Springfield – More than six years ago, the police of Chicago performed a house search order at the wrong address that social worker Anjanette Young Handbard and naked in her house was left when she prepared for bed.
An Illinois House Committee moved on Tuesday to revise how the police officers of Illinois perform search information in response to the failed 2019 raid at Young’s Home, including forbidding what is often called ‘no knock’ Warrants.
“What happened to her did not have to happen, and in fact should never happen again,” said Bill Sponsor Rep. Kam Buckner, D-Chicago. “Such situations not only hope the trust of the public, they also increase the danger of officers who enter an unknown environment without reliable intelligence. That unpredictability brings them to a high risk of confrontation or injury.”
The house Judiciary-Criminal Committee voted 8-5 to pass House Bill 1611But the laws in both parties expressed their concern about the logistics of the implementation of the new restrictions.
According to the proposed law, the police must beat, announce themselves and allow a person for at least 30 seconds to answer the door when performing an order in a home. Entering a house without the police announcing themselves or waiting 30 seconds for an answer would only be allowed in emergency situations to prevent injury or other damage.
However, judges can sign up an exemption to allow “no knock” conceptions when law enforcement successfully presents evidence that announcing himself at the door would endanger the lives or proof of a person in the case.
The death of 2020 of Breonna Taylor in Louisville caused national calls to ban “no -knock” wraps. Taylor was killed during an exchange of gunfire between the police and Taylor’s boyfriend.
“It is long beyond the time to stop protecting poor police work and protecting the people you are paid to protect and serve,” said Young.
The police would also be obliged to perform residential warrants between 9 a.m. and 7 p.m., unless they can convince a judge to approve the order for a different time of the day. The police should be uniformed or wear a badge and take body cameras.
Rep. Dennis Tipsword, R-Metamora, who is also the main representative of the Sheriff’s Office of Woodford County, said that he was worried about the rule of 30 seconds and restricting warrants until certain hours of the day of the day that more people are in the area, can form the security risks for the police and the public. He emphasized at night or early morning attacks, the police give more confidentiality and keeps the surprise element.
“I don’t think we can place a time frame for law enforcement officers on the porch and what could be a very dangerous situation,” Tipsword said.
Other new requirements, including having paramedics who respond close to medical issues, forbid the police to point out weapons of minors and a ban on the fascinating of parents or guardians for children, unless they are an ‘immediate threat’.
The bill would also limit if the police can obtain search orders for drug -related violations. Residential warrants could only be carried out for the production, sale or distribution of drugs, not for possession of drugs.
Warrants should also be performed by a trained tactical team in provinces with 90,000 or more people.
“This is not about binding hands and I really believe that,” said Buckner.
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Young was captured on the body cameras of the police officers of Chicago, when officers entered her house at the beginning of 2019 to perform a search order in search of a man with a gun. The film material Shows the police approaching and beats her door and announces herself before forcing their way to the house. Young was fascinated while she was naked because she had prepared herself for bed, but officers had entered the wrong house and eventually she was released.
“None of us who carries the badge wants to hear such a story,” Tipsword said. “I think we are all interested in sharpening this so that these situations do not happen.”
The sergeant of the Chicago police who supervised the raid was later dismissedand Young reached a $ 2.9 million settlement With the city.
“Money cannot erase the case,” said Young. “A check cannot restore our dignity. Let me be clear, we don’t want the money, we never wanted the money. We want to feel safe in our houses. We want to trust that law enforcement will do their work without violating our rights.”
Young has pushed CPD to spend more reforms in their command policy, but the Chicago city council has not taken over a regulation that defends by Young and ALD. Maria had.
“It should not take six years before they get up and have set a real policy that prevents the police from harming black and brown communities,” Young said on a Capitol News Conference on Tuesday.
The Illinois State Rifle Association, normally a conservative interest group, also supports the bill. Lobbyist of the Ed Sullivan Association said that the committee that prohibits “no knocking” information will improve safety between armed residents and the police.
“What happens if they don’t hear that this is law enforcement?” Sullivan said.
Buckner said that he expects to make further changes to the bill to tackle the concern that the police presented before the house votes on the legislation.
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