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SUBSTITUTE FOR FILE # 15-1565
CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE MEETING
4/1/2015
DISTRIBUTED ON 3/27/2015
ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 46 OF THE COOK COUNTY CODE OF ORDINANCES CONCERNING "LAW ENFORCEMENT" BY ADDING A NEW SECTION 46-6 PROHIBITING THE USE OF CAROTID CONTROL HOLDS BY THE COOK COUNTY HEALTH AND HOSPITALS SYSTEM POLICE.
WHEREAS, the County of Cook is a home rule unit of government pursuant to the 1970 Illinois Constitution, Article VII, Section 6; and,
WHEREAS, pursuant to its home rule power the County of Cook may exercise any power and perform any function relating to its government and affairs, including the power to regulate for the protection of the public health, safety, morals and welfare; and,
WHEREAS, the sworn officers employed by the Cook County Health and Hospitals System will maintain a courteous and professional demeanor when dealing with the public, in addition to and including individuals detained in the Cook County Jail and the Juvenile Temporary Detention Center, pursuant to current standing orders, policies and procedures; and,
WHEREAS, the sworn officers employed by the Cook County Health and Hospitals System ,will maintain compliance with all laws, current standing orders, policies and procedures mandating that employees of the aforementioned departments select the appropriate level of force based on a subject's actions, and that employees further modify their selection of options as the subject offers less or greater resistance; and,
WHEREAS, carotid control holds are largely ineffective and create the potential for a subject to panic and react with greater resistance than he or she otherwise might deploy during an officer restraint; and,
WHEREAS, the President and Board of Commissioners of Cook County intend to modify the County Code of Ordinances with respect to the current orders, policies and procedures of the Office of the sworn officers employed by the Cook County Health and Hospita...
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