TITLE 20: CORRECTIONS, CRIMINAL JUSTICE, AND LAW ENFORCEMENT
CHAPTER V: ILLINOIS LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING AND STANDARDS BOARD
PART 1730 MANDATORY FIREARMS TRAINING FOR PEACE OFFICERS
SECTION 1730.10 DEFINITIONS


 

Section 1730.10  Definitions

 

"Act" means the Peace Officer Firearm Training Act [50 ILCS 710].

 

"Board" means the Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board created by the Illinois Police Training Act [50 ILCS 705].

 

"Firearms" means any weapon or device defined as a firearm in Section 1.1 of the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act [430 ILCS 65/1.1].

 

"Peace Officer" means:

 

any person who by virtue of his office or public employment is vested by law with a primary duty to maintain public order or to make arrests for offenses, whether that duty extends to all offenses or is limited to specific offenses, and who is employed in such capacity, by any county or municipality; or

 

any law enforcement officer as defined in Section 2 of the Illinois Police Training Act; or

 

any retired law enforcement officer qualified under federal law to carry a concealed weapon.

 

(Source:  Amended at 32 Ill. Reg. 3284, effective February 22, 2008)