Lawmakers, AG seek tougher decertification standards for law enforcement – Capitol News IL

DuPage County State’s Attorney Bob Berlin, representing the State’s Attorneys Association, told lawmakers the fact that officers can leave a department due to misconduct and join a new one makes it difficult for prosecutors to obtain information on that officer’s history in subsequent investigations if the officer engages in further misconduct.
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Mike
3 years ago

In the education field the practice of allowing one suspected of misconduct to resign and get hired by another school district, the latter often unaware of the allegation, is known as passing the trash.

Various measures implemented in Illinois have reduced that and associated problems.

http://www.isbe.net/educatorquality

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