(55 ILCS 5/5-37011) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-37011)
Sec. 5-37011. Hospital security police force. The board of
commissioners, subject to the applicable merit system rules, may establish
and maintain a Hospital Security Police Force and may define and prescribe
all such peace officers' duties and compensation. Every security police
officer appointed by the board to such Security Police Force, as the same
shall be from time to time hereafter constituted, shall have and is hereby
vested with police powers, and is hereby authorized to act as a conservator
of the peace within and upon any and all hospital facilities operated and
hospital premises controlled by such board, and shall have power to make
arrests or cause to be arrested, with or without process, any person who
breaks the peace, or may be found violating any State statutes or city or
county ordinances within or upon such facilities or premises.
The board may establish reasonable eligibility requirements for appointment
to such Security Police Force relating to residence, health, habits and
moral character. However, no person may be appointed hereunder unless that
person is at least 21 years of age. No person may be appointed to or be
retained in the Hospital Security Police Force unless that person is of
good character and not a habitual drunkard, gambler or a person convicted
of a felony or a crime involving moral turpitude. All Security Police Force
personnel authorized to carry weapons within or upon hospital facilities
or premises while on-duty shall receive a course of training in the legal
and practical use of such weapons as is required of a police officer under
the Peace Officer and Probation Officer Firearm Training Act and all such Security Police Force personnel
shall also have received the training and certification required by the
"Illinois Police Training Act" as now or hereafter amended. Security Police
Force personnel shall not carry weapons while off-duty and all weapons shall
be checked and secured on the hospital premises while such personnel remain
off-duty.
(Source: P.A. 98-725, eff. 1-1-15.)
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