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1     AN ACT concerning law enforcement training.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Illinois Police Training Act is amended by
5 changing Sections 6, 6.1, 7, 8.1, and 8.2 and adding Section
6 6.2 as follows:
 
7     (50 ILCS 705/6)  (from Ch. 85, par. 506)
8     Sec. 6. Powers and duties of Board; selection and
9 certification of schools. The Board shall select and certify
10 schools within the State of Illinois for the purpose of
11 providing basic training for probationary police officers,
12 probationary county corrections officers, and court security
13 officers and of providing advanced or in-service training for
14 permanent police officers or permanent county corrections
15 officers, which schools may be either publicly or privately
16 owned and operated. In addition, the Board has the following
17 power and duties:
18         a. To require local governmental units to furnish such
19 reports and information as the Board deems necessary to
20 fully implement this Act, including, but not limited to,
21 personnel rosters, employment status reports, and annual
22 training plans.
23         b. To establish appropriate mandatory minimum
24 standards relating to the training of probationary local
25 law enforcement officers or probationary county
26 corrections officers.
27         c. To provide appropriate licensure or certification
28 to those probationary officers who successfully complete
29 the prescribed minimum standard basic training course.
30         d. To review and approve annual training curriculum for
31 county sheriffs.
32         e. To review and approve applicants to ensure that no

 

 

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1 applicant is admitted to a certified academy unless the
2 applicant is a person of good character and has not been
3 convicted of a felony offense, any of the misdemeanors in
4 Sections 11-6, 11-9.1, 11-14, 11-17, 11-19, 12-2, 12-15,
5 16-1, 17-1, 17-2, 28-3, 29-1, 31-1, 31-6, 31-7, 32-4a, or
6 32-7 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or Section 5 or 5.2 of
7 the Cannabis Control Act, or a crime involving moral
8 turpitude under the laws of this State or any other state
9 which if committed in this State would be punishable as a
10 felony or a crime of moral turpitude. The Board may appoint
11 investigators who shall enforce the duties conferred upon
12 the Board by this Act.
13 (Source: P.A. 91-495, eff. 1-1-00.)
 
14     (50 ILCS 705/6.1)
15     Sec. 6.1. Revocation of license or decertification of
16 full-time and part-time police officers.
17     (a) The Board must review police officer conduct and
18 records to ensure that no police officer is licensed certified
19 or provided a valid waiver if that police officer has been
20 convicted of or has pled guilty to a felony offense under the
21 laws of this State or any other state which if committed in
22 this State would be punishable as a felony. The Board must also
23 ensure that no police officer is licensed certified or provided
24 a valid waiver if that police officer has been convicted on or
25 after the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1999 of any
26 misdemeanor specified in this Section or if committed in any
27 other state would be an offense similar to Section 11-6,
28 11-9.1, 11-14, 11-17, 11-19, 12-2, 12-15, 16-1, 17-1, 17-2,
29 28-3, 29-1, 31-1, 31-6, 31-7, 32-4a, or 32-7 of the Criminal
30 Code of 1961 or to Section 5 or 5.2 of the Cannabis Control
31 Act. The Board must appoint investigators to enforce the duties
32 conferred upon the Board by this Act.
33     (b) It is the responsibility of the sheriff or the chief
34 executive officer of every local law enforcement agency or
35 department within this State to report to the Board any arrest

 

 

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1 or conviction of any officer for an offense identified in this
2 Section.
3     (c) It is the duty and responsibility of every full-time
4 and part-time police officer in this State to report to the
5 Board within 30 days, and the officer's sheriff or chief
6 executive officer, of his or her arrest or conviction for an
7 offense identified in this Section. Any full-time or part-time
8 police officer who knowingly makes, submits, causes to be
9 submitted, or files a false or untruthful report to the Board
10 must have his or her license certificate or waiver immediately
11 decertified or revoked.
12     (d) Any person, or a local or State agency, or the Board is
13 immune from liability for submitting, disclosing, or releasing
14 information of arrests or convictions in this Section as long
15 as the information is submitted, disclosed, or released in good
16 faith and without malice. The Board has qualified immunity for
17 the release of the information.
18     (e) Whenever a Any full-time or part-time police officer
19 with a license certificate or waiver issued by the Board who is
20 convicted of or pleads guilty to any offense described in this
21 Section, his or her license or waiver is automatically revoked
22 by operation of law. immediately becomes decertified or no
23 longer has a valid waiver. The decertification and invalidity
24 of waivers occurs as a matter of law. Failure of a convicted
25 person to report to the Board his or her conviction as
26 described in this Section or any continued law enforcement
27 practice after receiving a conviction is a Class 4 felony.
28     (f) The Board's investigators are peace officers and have
29 all the powers possessed by policemen in cities and by
30 sheriff's, provided that the investigators may exercise those
31 powers anywhere in the State, only after contact and
32 cooperation with the appropriate local law enforcement
33 authorities.
34     (g) The Board must request and receive information and
35 assistance from any federal, state, or local governmental
36 agency as part of the authorized criminal background

 

 

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1 investigation. The Department of State Police must process,
2 retain, and additionally provide and disseminate information
3 to the Board concerning criminal charges, arrests,
4 convictions, and their disposition, that have been filed
5 before, on, or after the effective date of this amendatory Act
6 of the 91st General Assembly against a basic academy applicant,
7 law enforcement applicant, or law enforcement officer whose
8 fingerprint identification cards are on file or maintained by
9 the Department of State Police. The Federal Bureau of
10 Investigation must provide the Board any criminal history
11 record information contained in its files pertaining to law
12 enforcement officers or any applicant to a Board certified
13 basic law enforcement academy as described in this Act based on
14 fingerprint identification. The Board must make payment of fees
15 to the Department of State Police for each fingerprint card
16 submission in conformance with the requirements of paragraph 22
17 of Section 55a of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois.
18     (h) A police officer who has been certified, licensed, or
19 granted a valid waiver shall also be decertified, have his or
20 her license revoked, or have his or her waiver revoked upon a
21 determination by the Illinois Labor Relations Board State Panel
22 that he or she, while under oath, has knowingly and willfully
23 made false statements as to a material fact going to an element
24 of the offense of murder. If an appeal is filed, the
25 determination shall be stayed.
26         (1) In the case of an acquittal on a charge of murder,
27 a verified complaint may be filed:
28             (A) by the defendant; or
29             (B) by a police officer with personal knowledge of
30 perjured testimony.
31 The complaint must allege that a police officer, while under
32 oath, knowingly and willfully made false statements as to a
33 material fact going to an element of the offense of murder. The
34 verified complaint must be filed with the Executive Director of
35 the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board within 2
36 years of the judgment of acquittal.

 

 

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1         (2) Within 30 days, the Executive Director of the
2 Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board shall
3 review the verified complaint and determine whether the
4 verified complaint is frivolous and without merit, or
5 whether further investigation is warranted. The Illinois
6 Law Enforcement Training Standards Board shall notify the
7 officer and the Executive Director of the Illinois Labor
8 Relations Board State Panel of the filing of the complaint
9 and any action taken thereon. If the Executive Director of
10 the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board
11 determines that the verified complaint is frivolous and
12 without merit, it shall be dismissed. The Executive
13 Director of the Illinois Law Enforcement Training
14 Standards Board has sole discretion to make this
15 determination and this decision is not subject to appeal.
16     (i) If the Executive Director of the Illinois Law
17 Enforcement Training Standards Board determines that the
18 verified complaint warrants further investigation, he or she
19 shall refer the matter to a task force of investigators created
20 for this purpose. This task force shall consist of 8 sworn
21 police officers: 2 from the Illinois State Police, 2 from the
22 City of Chicago Police Department, 2 from county police
23 departments, and 2 from municipal police departments. These
24 investigators shall have a minimum of 5 years of experience in
25 conducting criminal investigations. The investigators shall be
26 appointed by the Executive Director of the Illinois Law
27 Enforcement Training Standards Board. Any officer or officers
28 acting in this capacity pursuant to this statutory provision
29 will have statewide police authority while acting in this
30 investigative capacity. Their salaries and expenses for the
31 time spent conducting investigations under this paragraph
32 shall be reimbursed by the Illinois Law Enforcement Training
33 Standards Board.
34     (j) Once the Executive Director of the Illinois Law
35 Enforcement Training Standards Board has determined that an
36 investigation is warranted, the verified complaint shall be

 

 

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1 assigned to an investigator or investigators. The investigator
2 or investigators shall conduct an investigation of the verified
3 complaint and shall write a report of his or her findings. This
4 report shall be submitted to the Executive Director of the
5 Illinois Labor Relations Board State Panel.
6     Within 30 days, the Executive Director of the Illinois
7 Labor Relations Board State Panel shall review the
8 investigative report and determine whether sufficient evidence
9 exists to conduct an evidentiary hearing on the verified
10 complaint. If the Executive Director of the Illinois Labor
11 Relations Board State Panel determines upon his or her review
12 of the investigatory report that a hearing should not be
13 conducted, the complaint shall be dismissed. This decision is
14 in the Executive Director's sole discretion, and this dismissal
15 may not be appealed.
16     If the Executive Director of the Illinois Labor Relations
17 Board State Panel determines that there is sufficient evidence
18 to warrant a hearing, a hearing shall be ordered on the
19 verified complaint, to be conducted by an administrative law
20 judge employed by the Illinois Labor Relations Board State
21 Panel. The Executive Director of the Illinois Labor Relations
22 Board State Panel shall inform the Executive Director of the
23 Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board and the
24 person who filed the complaint of either the dismissal of the
25 complaint or the issuance of the complaint for hearing. The
26 Executive Director shall assign the complaint to the
27 administrative law judge within 30 days of the decision
28 granting a hearing.
29     (k) In the case of a finding of guilt on the offense of
30 murder, if a new trial is granted on direct appeal, or a state
31 post-conviction evidentiary hearing is ordered, based on a
32 claim that a police officer, under oath, knowingly and
33 willfully made false statements as to a material fact going to
34 an element of the offense of murder, the Illinois Labor
35 Relations Board State Panel shall hold a hearing to determine
36 whether the officer should be decertified or have his or her

 

 

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1 license or waiver revoked if an interested party requests such
2 a hearing within 2 years of the court's decision. The complaint
3 shall be assigned to an administrative law judge within 30 days
4 so that a hearing can be scheduled.
5     At the hearing, the accused officer shall be afforded the
6 opportunity to:
7         (1) Be represented by counsel of his or her own
8 choosing;
9         (2) Be heard in his or her own defense;
10         (3) Produce evidence in his or her defense;
11         (4) Request that the Illinois Labor Relations Board
12 State Panel compel the attendance of witnesses and
13 production of related documents including but not limited
14 to court documents and records.
15     Once a case has been set for hearing, the verified
16 complaint shall be referred to the Department of Professional
17 Regulation. That office shall prosecute the verified complaint
18 at the hearing before the administrative law judge. The
19 Department of Professional Regulation shall have the
20 opportunity to produce evidence to support the verified
21 complaint and to request the Illinois Labor Relations Board
22 State Panel to compel the attendance of witnesses and the
23 production of related documents, including, but not limited to,
24 court documents and records. The Illinois Labor Relations Board
25 State Panel shall have the power to issue subpoenas requiring
26 the attendance of and testimony of witnesses and the production
27 of related documents including, but not limited to, court
28 documents and records and shall have the power to administer
29 oaths.
30     The administrative law judge shall have the responsibility
31 of receiving into evidence relevant testimony and documents,
32 including court records, to support or disprove the allegations
33 made by the person filing the verified complaint and, at the
34 close of the case, hear arguments. If the administrative law
35 judge finds that there is not clear and convincing evidence to
36 support the verified complaint that the police officer has,

 

 

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1 while under oath, knowingly and willfully made false statements
2 as to a material fact going to an element of the offense of
3 murder, the administrative law judge shall make a written
4 recommendation of dismissal to the Illinois Labor Relations
5 Board State Panel. If the administrative law judge finds that
6 there is clear and convincing evidence that the police officer
7 has, while under oath, knowingly and willfully made false
8 statements as to a material fact that goes to an element of the
9 offense of murder, the administrative law judge shall make a
10 written recommendation so concluding to the Illinois Labor
11 Relations Board State Panel. The hearings shall be transcribed.
12 The Executive Director of the Illinois Law Enforcement Training
13 Standards Board shall be informed of the administrative law
14 judge's recommended findings and decision and the Illinois
15 Labor Relations Board State Panel's subsequent review of the
16 recommendation.
17     (l) An officer named in any complaint filed pursuant to
18 this Act shall be indemnified for his or her reasonable
19 attorney's fees and costs by his or her employer. These fees
20 shall be paid in a regular and timely manner. The State, upon
21 application by the public employer, shall reimburse the public
22 employer for the accused officer's reasonable attorney's fees
23 and costs. At no time and under no circumstances will the
24 accused officer be required to pay his or her own reasonable
25 attorney's fees or costs.
26     (m) The accused officer shall not be placed on unpaid
27 status because of the filing or processing of the verified
28 complaint until there is a final non-appealable order
29 sustaining his or her guilt and his or her license or
30 certification is revoked. Nothing in this Act, however,
31 restricts the public employer from pursuing discipline against
32 the officer in the normal course and under procedures then in
33 place.
34     (n) The Illinois Labor Relations Board State Panel shall
35 review the administrative law judge's recommended decision and
36 order and determine by a majority vote whether or not there was

 

 

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1 clear and convincing evidence that the accused officer, while
2 under oath, knowingly and willfully made false statements as to
3 a material fact going to the offense of murder. Within 30 days
4 of service of the administrative law judge's recommended
5 decision and order, the parties may file exceptions to the
6 recommended decision and order and briefs in support of their
7 exceptions with the Illinois Labor Relations Board State Panel.
8 The parties may file responses to the exceptions and briefs in
9 support of the responses no later than 15 days after the
10 service of the exceptions. If exceptions are filed by any of
11 the parties, the Illinois Labor Relations Board State Panel
12 shall review the matter and make a finding to uphold, vacate,
13 or modify the recommended decision and order. If the Illinois
14 Labor Relations Board State Panel concludes that there is clear
15 and convincing evidence that the accused officer, while under
16 oath, knowingly and willfully made false statements as to a
17 material fact going to an element of the offense murder, the
18 Illinois Labor Relations Board State Panel shall inform the
19 Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board and the
20 Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board shall revoke
21 the accused officer's certification, license, or waiver. If the
22 accused officer appeals that determination to the Appellate
23 Court, as provided by this Act, he or she may petition the
24 Appellate Court to stay the revocation of his or her
25 certification, license, or waiver pending the court's review of
26 the matter.
27     (o) None of the Illinois Labor Relations Board State
28 Panel's findings or determinations shall set any precedent in
29 any of its decisions decided pursuant to the Illinois Public
30 Labor Relations Act by the Illinois Labor Relations Board State
31 Panel or the courts.
32     (p) A party aggrieved by the final order of the Illinois
33 Labor Relations Board State Panel may apply for and obtain
34 judicial review of an order of the Illinois Labor Relations
35 Board State Panel, in accordance with the provisions of the
36 Administrative Review Law, except that such judicial review

 

 

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1 shall be afforded directly in the Appellate Court for the
2 district in which the accused officer resides. Any direct
3 appeal to the Appellate Court shall be filed within 35 days
4 from the date that a copy of the decision sought to be reviewed
5 was served upon the party affected by the decision.
6     (q) Interested parties. Only interested parties to the
7 criminal prosecution in which the police officer allegedly,
8 while under oath, knowingly and willfully made false statements
9 as to a material fact going to an element of the offense of
10 murder may file a verified complaint pursuant to this Section.
11 For purposes of this Section, "interested parties" shall be
12 limited to the defendant and any police officer who has
13 personal knowledge that the police officer who is the subject
14 of the complaint has, while under oath, knowingly and willfully
15 made false statements as to a material fact going to an element
16 of the offense of murder.
17     (r) Semi-annual reports. The Executive Director of the
18 Illinois Labor Relations Board shall submit semi-annual
19 reports to the Governor, President, and Minority Leader of the
20 Senate, and to the Speaker and Minority Leader of the House of
21 Representatives beginning on June 30, 2004, indicating:
22             (1) the number of verified complaints received
23 since the date of the last report;
24             (2) the number of investigations initiated since
25 the date of the last report;
26             (3) the number of investigations concluded since
27 the date of the last report;
28             (4) the number of investigations pending as of the
29 reporting date;
30             (5) the number of hearings held since the date of
31 the last report; and
32             (6) the number of officers decertified or whose
33 licenses have been revoked since the date of the last
34 report.
35 (Source: P.A. 93-605, eff. 11-19-03; 93-655, eff. 1-20-04.)
 

 

 

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1     (50 ILCS 705/6.2 new)
2     Sec. 6.2. Conversion of certificates to licenses.
3     (a) Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act
4 of the 93rd General Assembly, the Board's recognition of
5 persons who have successfully completed the prescribed minimum
6 standard basic training course for police officers shall be
7 known as licensure rather than certification.
8     (b) If a person has successfully completed the prescribed
9 minimum standard basic training course for police officers and
10 holds a valid certification to that effect on the effective
11 date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly, that
12 certification shall be deemed to be a license for the purposes
13 of this Act.
14     (c) If, on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
15 93rd General Assembly, a person holds a valid waiver from one
16 of the certification requirements of this Act for police
17 officers, that waiver shall be deemed a waiver from the
18 corresponding licensure requirement of this Act.
19     (d) The Board shall replace the certificates or other
20 evidences of certification or waiver for police officers in use
21 on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd
22 General Assembly with new credentials reflecting the change in
23 nomenclature instituted by this amendatory Act.
 
24     (50 ILCS 705/7)  (from Ch. 85, par. 507)
25     Sec. 7. Rules and standards for schools. The Board shall
26 adopt rules and minimum standards for such schools which shall
27 include but not be limited to the following:
28     a. The curriculum for probationary police officers which
29 shall be offered by all certified schools shall include but not
30 be limited to courses of arrest, search and seizure, civil
31 rights, human relations, cultural diversity, including racial
32 and ethnic sensitivity, ethics in performing police duties,
33 criminal law, law of criminal procedure, vehicle and traffic
34 law including uniform and non-discriminatory enforcement of
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1 investigation, techniques of obtaining physical evidence,
2 court testimonies, statements, reports, firearms training,
3 first-aid (including cardiopulmonary resuscitation), handling
4 of juvenile offenders, recognition of mental conditions which
5 require immediate assistance and methods to safeguard and
6 provide assistance to a person in need of mental treatment, law
7 of evidence, the hazards of high-speed police vehicle chases
8 with an emphasis on alternatives to the high-speed chase, and
9 physical training. The curriculum shall include specific
10 training in techniques for immediate response to and
11 investigation of cases of domestic violence and of sexual
12 assault of adults and children. The curriculum for permanent
13 police officers shall include but not be limited to (1)
14 refresher and in-service training in any of the courses listed
15 above in this subparagraph, (2) advanced courses in any of the
16 subjects listed above in this subparagraph, (3) training for
17 supervisory personnel, and (4) specialized training in
18 subjects and fields to be selected by the board.
19     b. Minimum courses of study, attendance requirements and
20 equipment requirements.
21     c. Minimum requirements for instructors.
22     d. Minimum basic training requirements, which a
23 probationary police officer must satisfactorily complete
24 before being eligible for permanent employment as a local law
25 enforcement officer for a participating local governmental
26 agency. Those requirements shall include training in first aid
27 (including cardiopulmonary resuscitation).
28     e. Minimum basic training requirements, which a
29 probationary county corrections officer must satisfactorily
30 complete before being eligible for permanent employment as a
31 county corrections officer for a participating local
32 governmental agency.
33     f. Minimum basic training requirements which a
34 probationary court security officer must satisfactorily
35 complete before being eligible for permanent employment as a
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1 agency. The Board shall establish those training requirements
2 which it considers appropriate for court security officers and
3 shall certify schools to conduct that training.
4     A person hired to serve as a court security officer must
5 obtain from the Board a certificate (i) attesting to his or her
6 successful completion of the training course; (ii) attesting to
7 his or her satisfactory completion of a training program of
8 similar content and number of hours that has been found
9 acceptable by the Board under the provisions of this Act; or
10 (iii) attesting to the Board's determination that the training
11 course is unnecessary because of the person's extensive prior
12 law enforcement experience.
13     Individuals who currently serve as court security officers
14 shall be deemed qualified to continue to serve in that capacity
15 so long as they are certified as provided by this Act within 24
16 months of the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1996.
17 Failure to be so certified, absent a waiver from the Board,
18 shall cause the officer to forfeit his or her position.
19     All individuals hired as court security officers on or
20 after the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1996 shall
21 be certified within 12 months of the date of their hire, unless
22 a waiver has been obtained by the Board, or they shall forfeit
23 their positions.
24     The Sheriff's Merit Commission, if one exists, or the
25 Sheriff's Office if there is no Sheriff's Merit Commission,
26 shall maintain a list of all individuals who have filed
27 applications to become court security officers and who meet the
28 eligibility requirements established under this Act. Either
29 the Sheriff's Merit Commission, or the Sheriff's Office if no
30 Sheriff's Merit Commission exists, shall establish a schedule
31 of reasonable intervals for verification of the applicants'
32 qualifications under this Act and as established by the Board.
33 (Source: P.A. 93-209, eff. 7-18-03.)
 
34     (50 ILCS 705/8.1)  (from Ch. 85, par. 508.1)
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1 officers.
2     (a) No After January 1, 1976, no person shall receive a
3 permanent appointment as a law enforcement officer as defined
4 in this Act, nor shall any person receive, after the effective
5 date of this amendatory Act of 1984, a permanent appointment as
6 a county corrections officer, unless that person has been
7 awarded, within 6 six months of his or her initial full-time
8 employment, a license certificate attesting to his or her
9 successful completion of the Minimum Standards Basic Law
10 Enforcement and County Correctional Training Course as
11 prescribed by the Board; or has been awarded a license
12 certificate attesting to his or her satisfactory completion of
13 a training program of similar content and number of hours and
14 which course has been found acceptable by the Board under the
15 provisions of this Act; or by reason of extensive prior law
16 enforcement or county corrections experience the basic
17 training requirement is determined by the Board to be illogical
18 and unreasonable.
19     If such training is required and not completed within the
20 applicable 6 six months, then the officer must forfeit his or
21 her position, or the employing agency must obtain a waiver from
22 the Board extending the period for compliance. Such waiver
23 shall be issued only for good and justifiable reasons, and in
24 no case shall extend more than 90 days beyond the initial 6 six
25 months.
26     (b) No provision of this Section shall be construed to mean
27 that a law enforcement officer employed by a local governmental
28 agency at the time of the effective date of this amendatory
29 Act, either as a probationary police officer or as a permanent
30 police officer, shall require certification under the
31 provisions of this Section.
32     No provision of this Section shall be construed to mean
33 that a county corrections officer employed by a local
34 governmental agency at the time of the effective date of this
35 amendatory Act of 1984, either as a probationary county
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1 require certification under the provisions of this Section.
2     No provision of this Section shall be construed to apply to
3 licensure or certification of elected county sheriffs.
4     (c) This Section does not apply to part-time police
5 officers or probationary part-time police officers.
6 (Source: P.A. 89-170, eff. 1-1-96; 90-271, eff. 7-30-97.)
 
7     (50 ILCS 705/8.2)
8     Sec. 8.2. Part-time police officers.
9     (a) A person hired to serve as a part-time police officer
10 must obtain from the Board a license certificate (i) attesting
11 to his or her successful completion of the part-time police
12 training course; (ii) attesting to his or her satisfactory
13 completion of a training program of similar content and number
14 of hours that has been found acceptable by the Board under the
15 provisions of this Act; or (iii) attesting to the Board's
16 determination that the part-time police training course is
17 unnecessary because of the person's extensive prior law
18 enforcement experience. A person hired on or after the
19 effective date of this amendatory Act of the 92nd General
20 Assembly must obtain this license or certificate within 18
21 months after the initial date of hire as a probationary
22 part-time police officer in the State of Illinois. The
23 probationary part-time police officer must be enrolled and
24 accepted into a Board-approved course within 6 months after
25 active employment by any department in the State. A person
26 hired on or after January 1, 1996 and before the effective date
27 of this amendatory Act of the 92nd General Assembly must obtain
28 this certificate within 18 months after the date of hire. A
29 person hired before January 1, 1996 must obtain this
30 certificate within 24 months after the effective date of this
31 amendatory Act of 1995.
32     The employing agency may seek a waiver from the Board
33 extending the period for compliance. A waiver shall be issued
34 only for good and justifiable reasons, and the probationary
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1 officer during the waiver period. If training is required and
2 not completed within the applicable time period, as extended by
3 any waiver that may be granted, then the officer must forfeit
4 his or her position.
5     (b) (Blank).
6     (c) The part-time police training course referred to in
7 this Section shall be of similar content and the same number of
8 hours as the courses for full-time officers and shall be
9 provided by Mobile Team In-Service Training Units under the
10 Intergovernmental Law Enforcement Officer's In-Service
11 Training Act or by another approved program or facility in a
12 manner prescribed by the Board.
13     (d) For the purposes of this Section, the Board shall adopt
14 rules defining what constitutes employment on a part-time
15 basis.
16 (Source: P.A. 92-533, eff. 3-14-02.)
 
17     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
18 becoming law.