Lame Duck Look Back: How criminal justice bill would overhaul officer certification – Capitol News IL

Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul, testifying in support of the provision, told lawmakers that while he does believe Illinois has the best trained and most upstanding law enforcement in the country, the massive discrepancy in the numbers has more to do with how hard it is to fire and decertify officers for blatant misconduct, even if the officers were known to be repeat offenders.