65 ILCS 5/1-4-6
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 1 - General Provisions

 (from Ch. 24, par. 1-4-6)Sec. 1-4-6.         In case any injury to the person or property of another is  caused by a member of the police department of a municipality having a  population of less than 500,000 while the member is engaged in the  performance of his or her duties as a police officer, and without the  contributory negligence of the injured person or the owner of the injured  property, or the agent or servant of the injured person or owner, the  municipality in whose behalf the member of the municipal police department  is performing his or her duties as police officer shall indemnify the  police officer for any judgment recovered against him or her as the result  of such injury, except where the injury results from the wilful misconduct  of the police officer, to the extent of not to exceed $1,000,000 including costs of the action.  Any police officer, or any person  who, at the time of performing such an act complained of, was a police officer,  who is made a party defendant to any such action shall, within 10 days of  service of process upon him or her, notify the municipality by whom he or she  is or was employed, of the fact that the  action has been instituted, and that  he or she has been made a party defendant to the same.  Such notice shall be in  writing, and shall be filed in the office of the city attorney or corporation  counsel, if there is a city attorney or corporation counsel, and also in  the office of the municipal clerk, either by himself, his or her agent,  or attorney.  The notice shall state in substance, that such police officer,  (naming him or her), has been served with process and  made a party defendant to an action wherein it is claimed that a person  has suffered injury to his or her person or property caused by such  police officer; stating the title and number of the case;  the court wherein the same is pending; and the date such police officer  was served with process in such action, and made a party defendant  thereto.  The municipality which is or may be liable to indemnify the police  officer shall have the right to intervene in the suit against  the police officer, and shall be permitted to appear and defend.  The duty of the city to indemnify any such  policeman for any judgment recovered against him shall be conditioned upon  receiving notice of the filing of any such action in the manner and form  hereinabove described.For the purposes of this Section, no civilian defense worker, nor any  member of any agency engaged in any civilian defense activity, performing  services as a part of any civilian defense program, shall be considered to  be a member of a municipal police department.If any person in obeying the command of any such policeman to assist in  arresting or securing an offender is killed or injured, or his or her property  or that of his or her employer is damaged, and such death, injury or damage  arises out of and in the course of aiding such policeman in arresting, or  endeavoring to arrest, a person or retaking or endeavoring to re-take a  person who has escaped from legal custody, the person or employer so  injured, or whose property is so damaged, or the personal representatives  of the person so killed, shall have a cause of action to recover the amount  of such damage or injury against the municipal corporation by which such  police officer is employed at the time such command is obeyed.If a police officer is acting within a municipality other than his or her  employing municipality under an agreement pursuant to Section 11-1-2.1, the  liability or obligation to indemnify imposed by this Section does not  extend to both municipalities.  Only that municipality designated by the  agreement is subject to such liability or obligation to indemnify, but, if  the agreement is silent as to such liability or obligation, then the  municipality by which the police officer is employed is subject to such  liability or obligation.If a police officer is acting within a municipality other than his or her  employing municipality under the provisions of Section 1-4-8, the liability or  obligation to indemnify imposed by this Section shall be the liability or  obligation of the requesting municipality only.  The notice required in this  Section 1-4-6 shall be given to the municipality in which he was acting if  other than his employing municipality.    (Source: P.A. 92-810, eff. 8-21-02.)