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65 ILCS 5/7-4-7 (2026)

The territory which is embraced within the corporate limits of adjoining municipalities within any county in this State shall be a police district

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(65 ILCS 5/7-4-7) (from Ch. 24, par. 7-4-7)
    Sec. 7-4-7. The territory which is embraced within the corporate limits of adjoining municipalities within any county in this State shall be a police district.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7 cases, 2002–2017 · leading case: People v. Reynolds, 2016 IL App (4th) 150572 (Ill. App. Ct. 2016).
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People v. Reynolds, 2016 IL App (4th) 150572 (Ill. App. Ct. 2016). · cites it 3× “" 65 ILCS 5/7-4-7 (West 2014). "The police of any municipality in such a police district have full authority and power as peace officers and may go into any part of the district to exercise that authority and power.”
People v. Contreras, 2011 IL App (2d) 100930 (Ill. App. Ct. 2011). “See 65 ILCS 5/7-4-7 (West 2008) (“The territory which is embraced within the corporate limits of adjoining municipalities within any county in this State shall be a police district.”
People v. Bond, 2016 IL App (1st) 152007 (Ill. App. Ct. 2017). “” 65 ILCS 5/7-4-7 (West 2014). “The police of any municipality in such a police district have full authority and power as peace officers and may go into any part of the district to exercise that authority and power.”
People v. Contreras, 962 N.E.2d 1140 (Ill. App. Ct. 2011). “See 65 ILCS 5/7-4-7 (West 2008) ("The territory which is embraced within the corporate limits of adjoining municipalities within any county in this State shall be a police district.”
People v. Bond, 2016 IL App (1st) 152007 (Ill. App. Ct. 2016). “” 65 ILCS 5/7-4-7 (West 2014). “The police of any municipality in such a police district have full authority and power as peace officers and may go into any part of the district to exercise that authority and power.”
People v. Barwig Opinion corrected 10/23/02 (Ill. App. Ct. 2002). · cites it 4× “The court determined that defendant's arrest in Benton by a West City police officer was permitted pursuant to sections 7-4-7 and 7-4-8 of the Municipal Code (65 ILCS 5/7-4-7, 7-4-8 (West 2000)), because section 7-4-7 created "police districts" and section 7-4-8 gave the police…”
People v. Harrell, 2012 IL App (1st) 103724 (Ill. App. Ct. 2012). · cites it 3× “Further, it stated that the language of the Illinois Municipal Code (65 ILCS 5/7-4-7, 7-4-8 (West 2010)) about police districts “is to make or instill common sense in neighboring municipalities[’] ability to seek assistance from police officers in adjoining jurisdictions” and…”
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