POLICE-POSITIONAL ASPHYXIATION Senate SponsorsSen. Rachelle Crowe 1/13/2021SenateSession Sine Die 50 ILCS 705/7from Ch. 85, par. 507720 ILCS 5/7-5.5Amends the Illinois Police Training Act. Provides that the curriculum for probationary police officers and in-service training shall include instruction on the prevention of positional asphyxiation. Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a peace officer shall not use prolonged restraint above the shoulders with risk of positional asphyxiation in the performance of his or her duties, unless deadly force is otherwise justified under the Code. Prohibits the use of prolonged restraint above the shoulders with risk of positional asphyxiation in order to prevent the destruction of evidence by ingestion. Effective immediately. 1/4/2021SenateFiled with Secretary by Sen. Rachelle Crowe 1/4/2021SenateFirst Reading 1/4/2021SenateReferred to Assignments 1/13/2021SenateSession Sine Die