ECC Police Department - Illinois Statute on Prostitution Investigation

Illinois Statute on Prostitution Investigations (5 ILCS 812/10)

Law enforcement agency policy; prostitution investigations. Each law enforcement agency shall create a policy on or before July 1, 2025, that prohibits law enforcement officers from knowingly and willingly performing an act of sexual penetration with the suspect of a criminal investigation of prostitution during an investigation conducted by that officer. The policy shall be posted and made publicly available. In response to recent changes in state legislation, the department updated its policy titled “Special Investigations – Prostitution Investigation Act” to include this prohibition, thereby addressing the standards of conduct that governs certain types of criminal investigations.