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610 ILCS 80/ Railroad Police Act.

(610 ILCS 80/0.01) (from Ch. 114, par. 97.9)     Sec. 0.01. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Railroad Police Act. (Source: P.A. 86‑1324.)

    (610 ILCS 80/2)(from Ch. 114, par. 98)
    Sec. 2. Conductors of all railroad trains, and the captain or master of any boat carrying passengers within the jurisdiction of this state, is vested with police powers while on duty on their respective trains and boats, and may wear an appropriate badge indicative of such authority.
    In the policing of its properties any registered rail carrier, as defined in Section 18c‑7201 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, may provide for the appointment and maintenance of such police force as it may find necessary and practicable to aid and supplement the police forces of any municipality in the protection of its property and the protection of the persons and property of its passengers and employees, or otherwise in furtherance of the purposes for which such railroad was organized. While engaged in the conduct of their employment, the members of such railroad police force have and may exercise like police powers as those conferred upon any peace officer employed by a law enforcement agency of this State.
    Any registered rail carrier that appoints and maintains a police force shall comply with the following requirements:
        (1) Establish an internal policy that includes

procedures to ensure objective oversight in addressing allegations of abuse of authority or other misconduct on the part of its police officers.

(2) Adopt appropriate policies and guidelines for

employee investigations by police officers. These policies and guidelines shall provide for initiating employee investigations only under the following conditions:

(A) There is reason to believe criminal

misconduct has occurred.

(B) In response to an employee accident.             (C) There is reason to believe that the interview

of an employee could result in workplace violence.

(D) There is a legitimate concern for the

personal safety of one or more employees.

These policies and guidelines shall provide for the

right of an employee to request a representative to be present during any interview concerning a non‑criminal matter.

(3) File copies of the policies and guidelines

adopted under paragraphs (1) and (2) with the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board, which shall make them available for public inspection. The Board shall review the policies and guidelines, and approve them if they comply with the Act.

(4) Appeal of a rail carrier's decision. A

person adversely affected or aggrieved by a decision of a rail carrier's internal investigation under this Act may appeal the decision to the Illinois State Police. The appeal shall be filed no later than 90 days after the issuance of the decision. The State Police shall review the depth, completeness, and objectivity of the rail carrier's investigation, and may conduct its own investigation of the complaint. The State Police may uphold, overturn, or modify the rail carrier's decision by filing a report of its findings and recommendations with the Illinois Commerce Commission. Consistent with authority under Chapter 18C of the Illinois Vehicle Code and the Commission rules of practice, the Commission shall have the power to conduct evidentiary hearings, make findings, and issue and enforce orders, including sanctions under Section 18c‑1704 of the Illinois Vehicle Code.

Rulemaking authority to implement this amendatory Act of

the 95th General Assembly, if any, is conditioned on the rules being adopted in accordance with all provisions of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act and all rules and procedures of the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules; any purported rule not so adopted, for whatever reason, is unauthorized.

(Source: P.A. 94‑846, eff. 1‑1‑07; 95‑1010, eff. 6‑1‑09.)

(610 ILCS 80/3) (from Ch. 114, par. 99)     Sec. 3. When any passenger shall be guilty of disorderly conduct, or use any obscene language, to the annoyance and vexation of passengers, or play any games of cards or other games of chance for money or other valuable thing, upon any railroad train or steamboat, the conductor of such train and captain or master of such steamboat is hereby authorized to stop his train or steamboat, at any place where such offense has been committed and eject such passenger from the train or boat using only such force as may be necessary to accomplish such removal, and may command the assistance of the employees of the railroad company or steamboat, or any of the passengers to assist in such removal; but before doing so he shall tender to such passenger such proportion of the fare he has paid as the distance he then is from the place to which he has paid his fare, bears to the whole distance for which he has paid his fare. (Source: Laws 1877, p. 166.)

(610 ILCS 80/4) (from Ch. 114, par. 100)     Sec. 4. When any passenger shall be guilty of any crime or misdemeanor upon any train, or steamboat, the conductor, captain or master, or employees of such train, or boat, may arrest such passenger and take him before any judge of the circuit court, in any county through which such boat or train may pass, or in which its trip may begin or terminate, and file an affidavit before such judge of the circuit court, charging him with such crime or misdemeanor. (Source: Laws 1965, p. 3687.)

    (610 ILCS 80/5)
    Sec. 5. Stolen or missing firearms, explosives, or other weapons. Whenever a shipment of firearms, explosives or other weapons is reported as stolen or missing to the railroad police force, the railroad police force shall report all information regarding the incident to local law enforcement, including, but not limited to, the municipal police, the County Sheriff, and the Department of State Police.
(Source: P.A. 96‑1133, eff. 1‑1‑11.)