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Police departments will be required to request detailed background history from past employers, who will be mandated to provide it.

The measure signed by Gov. JB Pritzker is in honor of Sonya Massey, a woman shot to death in her kitchen by a Sangamon County deputy in July 2024.

The deputy accused of murdering Massey pleaded not guilty and is scheduled to stand trial in October.

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SPRINGFIELD – Police agencies in Illinois will soon be required to do more thorough background checks on prospective officers.

The measure signed by Gov. JB Pritzker Tuesday came in response to the July 2024 shooting death of Sonya Massey in Sangamon County by a sheriff’s deputy. Massey had called police to report a

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