{"id":43313,"date":"2025-08-12T18:20:12","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T18:20:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/gov-jb-pritzker-to-sign-sonya-massey-act-reforming-police-hiring-in-illinois\/"},"modified":"2025-08-12T18:20:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T18:20:12","slug":"gov-jb-pritzker-to-sign-sonya-massey-act-reforming-police-hiring-in-illinois","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/gov-jb-pritzker-to-sign-sonya-massey-act-reforming-police-hiring-in-illinois\/","title":{"rendered":"Gov. JB Pritzker to sign Sonya Massey Act, reforming police hiring in Illinois"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker on Tuesday is expected to sign new <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/chicago\/news\/illinois-house-police-hiring-legislation-background-checks-sonya-massey\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">legislation requiring more thorough background checks before hiring police officers<\/a><\/span>, a law inspired by the shooting death of Sonya Massey.<\/p>\n<p>Massey was shot and killed by former Sangamon County Sheriff&#8217;s deputy Sean Grayson in July 2024 inside her home near Springfield. <\/p>\n<p>Grayson has been fired and\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/sonya-massey-killed-sangamon-county-deputy-sean-grayson-charged-murder-illinois\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">charged with first-degree murder in Massey&#8217;s killing<\/a><\/span>, and questions have been raised about why he was hired in the first place, given concerns about his conduct at past police jobs.<\/p>\n<p>Grayson\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/sonya-massey-fatal-shooting-deputy-sangamon-county-sheriff\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">shot and killed Massey<\/a><\/span>\u00a0as she was checking on a pot of boiling water in her kitchen while saying &#8220;I rebuke you in the name of Jesus,&#8221; but prosecutors have said Grayson asked her to move the pot off the stove, and that she never posed a danger that justified the use of lethal force.<\/p>\n<p>The Illinois House and Illinois Senate have passed the Sonya Massey Act, which would require more comprehensive background checks before hiring police or other law enforcement officers in Illinois. 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Pritzker is scheduled to sign the measure into law on Tuesday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>Under the legislation, law enforcement agencies would not be allowed to make a final job offer for police officers without first inspecting all of their prior employment records.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone applying for a police officer job in Illinois would be required to authorize all previous employers, including other law enforcement agencies, to provide full employment records \u2013 including &#8220;duty-related physical and psychological fitness-for-duty examinations; work performance records,&#8221; and any criminal records or records of other investigations connected to their conduct on the job.<\/p>\n<p>Before Grayson was hired in Sangamon County,\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/sean-grayson-sonya-massey-shooting-illinois-disciplinary-record\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">questions about his conduct<\/a><\/span>\u00a0were well-documented by other police agencies. But those concerns were somehow never shared with the Sangamon County Sheriff&#8217;s office during the hiring process.<\/p>\n<p>In his fifth police job, he refused to terminate a high-speed chase and drove more than 110 mph \u2014 only coming to an end when he hit a deer. A report from a department where Grayson was employed also said he struggled with report writing and was aggressive in his pursuit for drugs.<\/p>\n<p>Grayson is\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/chicago\/news\/sean-grayson-murder-trial-sonya-massey-scheduled-october\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">scheduled to go on trial for Massey&#8217;s death in October<\/a><\/span>\u00a0in Peoria County. 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