Crime in Illinois 2015 School Incidents SCHOOL INCIDENTS IV 259 260 Crime in Illinois 2015 School Incidents School Incidents Historically, Illinois law enforcement agencies have been mandated by the Illinois Compiled Statutes (ILCS) to report attacks against school personnel to the Illinois Uniform Crime Reporting Program. In the 2014 reporting year, attacks against school personnel were transitioned from Supplemental Data reporting to the newly created School Incidents reporting. The School Incidents reporting category was implemented to attain compliance to the ILCS mandated collection of attacks against school personnel, intimidation incidents, drug incidents, and firearm incidents which occurred in public and private schools. Schools, public and private, are also mandated by the ILCS to report these types of incidents to local law enforcement agencies. Agencies are only accountable for reporting incidents that are reported to them by schools within their jurisdiction. It is not the responsibility of the law enforcement agency to enforce reporting mandates. Attacks Against School Personnel The reporting of attacks against elementary and secondary school personnel is mandated by Chapter 50, 709/5 and Chapter 105, 5/10-21.7 of the ILCS. Select offenses committed against teachers, administrative personnel, and other school personnel are reported. Offenses constituting an attack are criminal homicide, criminal sexual assault, aggravated battery, aggravated assault, battery, and assault. The number of victims for each offense is reported. Prior to 2014, reporting was limited to incidents when a student was the offender. This constraint has been eliminated. The offender can be a student, parent, other school personnel, or a complete stranger. The offense need not have occurred on school grounds or during the academic school day, as long as the victim was acting in an official capacity. Attacks that occur when the victim is not acting in an official capacity are only reported when motivated by actions taken previously by the victim while acting in an official capacity. The reporting of intimidation is mandated by Chapter 50, 709/5 and Chapter 105, 5/34-84a.1 of the ILCS. Reporting is not limited to those incidents where the victim was a teacher, administrator, or other school personnel. Intimidation offenses when a student is the victim must also be reported. Bullying and offenses such as cyberstalking, stalking, and compelling organization membership could be considered forms of intimidation; however, reporting is limited to the offenses of aggravated intimidation, intimidation, and educational intimidation. An arrest is not required to report an attack against school personnel or intimidation. Incidents handled administratively must be reported to the I-UCR Program. Drug Incidents Drug-related incident reporting is mandated by Chapter 50, 709/5 and Chapter 105, 10-27.1B of the ILCS. The reporting of drug incidents is limited to those occurring on school-owned or leased property or any conveyance used by the school for the transport of students. Reporting is not limited to incidents occurring during the academic school day; however, the incident must have occurred during a school sanctioned activity or shortly thereafter. The suspected offender does not have to be a student and the identity of the offender can be unknown. Required reporting also includes incidents when drugs and/or drug paraphernalia are discovered on school-owned or leased property or any conveyance used by the school to transport students. 261 School Incidents Crime in Illinois 2015 School Incidents Incidents reported include offenses in the Cannabis Control Act, Controlled Substance Act, Hypodermic Syringe and Needle Act, Drug Paraphernalia Act, and Methamphetamine Act. Each category of drug involved in an incident is reported. Multiple drug categories could be reported for one incident. An arrest is not required to report an incident. Drug incidents handled administratively must be reported to the I-UCR Program. Firearm Incidents The reporting of select firearm incidents in schools is mandated by Chapter 50, 709/5 and Chapter 105, 5/34-8.05 of the ILCS. The reporting of firearm incidents is limited to those occurring on school- owned or leased property or any conveyance used by the school for the transport of students. Reporting is not limited to incidents occurring during the academic school day; however, the incident must have occurred during a school sanctioned activity or shortly thereafter. The suspected offender does not have to be a student and the identity of the offender can be unknown. Required reporting also includes incidents when firearms are discovered on school-owned or leased property or any conveyance used by the school to transport students. Firearm incidents are reported by identifying the type and number of firearms in the incident. There are three primary categories of firearms: handgun, long gun, and look-alike guns. Handgun and long gun have three subcategories. An incident involving a firearm that is not in working condition must be reported in the appropriate category; however, incidents involving firearm parts are not reported. Incidents involving ammunition, silencers, scopes, clips, or magazines are not reported if there was no firearm involved in the incident. Each firearm involved in an incident is reported in the appropriate category. Multiple firearms could be reported for one incident. An arrest is not required to report an incident. Firearm incidents handled administratively must be reported to the I-UCR Program. Report Considerations If an agency reported, at minimum, one incident involving attacks against school personnel, drugs, or firearms, the agency is included in the following tables. The statistics are provided alphabetically by county. Following the tables are two agency listings. The first is an alphabetical listing of agencies who were compliant and reported School Incidents; however, no incidents occurred within the 2015 reporting year. The second is an alphabetical listing of agencies exempt from School Incident reporting. An agency is determined to be exempt if the agency meets either of the following criteria. If there are no schools located within the agency’s jurisdiction, the agency is exempt. There are many small police departments who have no schools located within their jurisdiction. If the agency is not the primary law enforcement responder to incidents having occurred in a school located within the agency’s jurisdiction, the agency is exempt, Schools throughout a county are within the jurisdiction of the sheriff’s department; however, the primary law enforcement response to an incident generally originates from the local police department. If there are no schools located in the county outside the jurisdiction of local police departments, the sheriff’s department is exempt. 262 Crime in Illinois 2015 School Incidents Attacks Against School Personnel 2015 Category # of Offenses % of Total Criminal Homicide 0 0.0% Criminal Sexual Assault 20 0.7% Aggravated Battery 448 15.7% Battery 1,234 43.4% Aggravated Assault 138 4.9% Assault 647 22.7% Intimidation 360 12.6% TOTAL 2,847 100.0% Drug Incidents 2015 Category # of Incidents % of Total Cannabis Control Act 1,101 63.4% Controlled Substances Act 241 13.9% Hypodermic Syringes & Needles Act 7 0.4% Drug Paraphernalia Act 382 22.0% Methamphetamine Act 5 0.3% TOTAL 1,736 100.0% Firearm Incidents 2015 Category # of Firearms % of Total Pistol Semi-Automatic 50 37.0% Pistol Revolver 9 6.7% Pistol Derringer 0 0.0% Shotgun/Rifle 2 1.5% Rifle/Semi-Automatic 0 0.0% Assault-Machine Submachine Gun 1 0.7% Toy or Fake 73 54.1% TOTAL 135 100.0% Percentages may not sum to 100 due to rounding. 263 264 Attacks Against School Personnel Drug Incidents Firearm Incidents Crim Cannabis Hypodermic Assault Crim Sex Agg Agg Control Controlled Syringes/ Drug Pistol Semi- Pistol Pistol Shotgun/ Rifle/ Semi- Machine Toy/ Hom Assault Battery Battery Assault Assault Intimidation Act Substances Needles Paraphernalia Meth Automatic Revolver Derringer Rifle Automatic Gun Fake ADAMS CO SO 2015 0001 00 000000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 QUINCY PD 2015 00159 1 1 061010 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 ADAMS TOTALS 2015 0 0 15 10 1 1 0 6 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 CAIRO PD 2015 0000 00 000000 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 ALEXANDER TOTALS 2015 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 BROWN CO SO 2015 0000 00 001000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 BROWN TOTALS 2015 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 BUREAU CO SO 2015 0000 00 100000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 SPRING VALLEY PD 2015 0000 00 001000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 BUREAU TOTALS 2015 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 SAVANNA PD 2015 0000 00 010000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 CARROLL TOTALS 2015 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 CHAMPAIGN CO SO 2015 0110 00 000000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 CHAMPAIGN PD 2015 00191 0 1 1142030 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 RANTOUL PD 2015 0093 00 420030 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 URBANA PD 2015 00424 1 1 091030 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 CHAMPAIGN TOTALS 2015 0 1 71 8 1 2 5 25 3 0 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 TAYLORVILLE PD 2015 0000 00 002000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 CHRISTIAN TOTALS 2015 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 MARSHALL PD 2015 0000 30 010340 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 CLARK TOTALS 2015 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Attacks Against School Personnel Drug Incidents Firearm Incidents Crim Cannabis Hypodermic Assault Crim Sex Agg Agg Control Controlled Syringes/ Drug Pistol Semi- Pistol Pistol Shotgun/ Rifle/ Semi- Machine Toy/ Hom Assault Battery Battery Assault Assault Intimidation Act Substances Needles Paraphernalia Meth Automatic Revolver Derringer Rifle Automatic Gun