ICLEA Spring Meeting – Minutes (Approved Nov. 2, 2017)
March 29th 2017- 10:00hrs-1:30 pm
Olivet Nazarene University- Warming House
Bourbonnais, Illinois
- 1. President O’Connor call meeting to order- 10:15am
- 2. Pledge of Allegiance to U.S. Flag
- 3. Introduction of Board Members
- 4. Introduction of Members Present
- 5. Minutes of Last Meeting by Secretary Montanari- Accepted
- 1st Chris Ballard
- 2nd Rich Soderquist
- 6. Treasurer Report by Treasurer Ballard- Accepted
- 1st Emad Eassa
- 2nd Brian Joschko
- 7. President’s Report –-O’Connor
- • Re-submission of paperwork to State of Illinois and IRS – Not for profit status
- • Law enforcement in Higher Education challenges and successes
- • Multiple Chief and Director retirements and position changes this year
- • Congratulations to new Chiefs/Directors! Fellow ICLEA member assistance
- 8. Vice President’s report –Newsome No report
- 9. Mia Langheim- updates from (STIC)- Trends
- • Protests- Fringe groups recruiting on campus/ i.e. New Black Panther Party at Millikin Univ. / White Nationalist groups showing activity/ support immigrant rights/ anti-President/first amendment / security and violence concerns
- • Bomb threats- Continuing in various forms including via email
- • Hoaxes- Fake billing to Universities/hacked student accounts/phishing emails
- • ISIS media- A new wave of high quality video is being distributed/ general theme encourages followers to take action on their own
- • Cyber-crime- Ransom requests using student accounts/public WI-FI security cautions/cyber security precautions while travelling
- • Assistance requested with drug use survey
- • School Safety Security grant- contact Mia
- • Discussion- Know your point of contact with FBI
- 10. Legislative update- pending legislation that will impact college and universities. Pres. O’Connor *ICLEA- Positions on Legislation for this session.
- • Information sharing with ILACP and ICLEA/ get involved!
- • How to submit witness slips/ contacting legislators
- • Discussion- State budget impacts
- Legislation in Committee as of this date
- HB 3023 Higher Ed. Sexual Assault Investigation (ILACP/IL Sheriffs/ICLEA opposed)
- Sexual assault investigations to be handled by municipal or county police
- HB0469 College Police Vehicles (ILACP/ICLEA supports)
- Distinctive license plates
- HB2591 Criminal and Traffic Assessment (ILACP/IL Sheriffs/opposed)
- Elimination of traffic ticket administrative fee to police training MTU’s
- HB0418 Police Return To Service (ILACP supports revised version)
- Suspension of current pension when re-employed as police officer at another agency
- Renegotiated language by ILACP with Rep. Wehrli with more realistic parameters
- HB0242 College Admission Inquiries (ICLEA opposed)
- No arrest or conviction inquiries during admissions process
- HB3142 Criminal History In College Applications (ICLEA opposed)
- No arrest or conviction inquiries during admissions process
- HB104 Sex Offender Battery Registration (Proposed by ILACP)
- Registration as a sex offender when convicted of sexually motivated battery
- HB243 School Police Job Training Program (ILACP neutral)
- High schools to develop police academy programs with local LE agency
- HB271 Serialization Of Ammunition (ILACP opposed)
- Requires serial number stamps on cartridge casings and record keeping
- HB309 Sex Offender Registration Loss Of Employment Reporting (ILACP supports)
- Three days to report loss of employment to local law enforcement
- HB426 Immigration Safe Zone (ILACP opposes this version of legislation)
- House version severely restricts state, county, local LE interaction with federal LE
- 11. Statement and discussion on Immigration Enforcement on Campus- Discussion
- • Campus law enforcement and immigration enforcement/ consensus that primary responsibility is with our students
- • Importance of cooperation – not obstruction- with Federal law enforcement
- • Immigration status alone should typically not involve police/ criminal versus civil violations/ develop a department policy
- • Legal opinion indicates “Sanctuary Campus” is not a legal standing
- 12. Old Business: Open Discussion from the floor- None
- 13. New Business Discussion of Training needs/ discussion- None
- 14. Unfinished Business- Update on Web site- Secretary Montanari
- 15. Adjournment- 1:00pm
- 1st Emad Eassa
- 2nd John Tsouchlos