Bill Text: IL SB3547 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Police Training Act. Defines "active licensed law enforcement officer" and "inactive licensed law enforcement officer". Requires full-time and part-time police officers to be licensed rather than certified. Makes corresponding changes. Provides that the Board has the power to require local governmental units to furnish personnel rosters, employment status reports, and annual training plans to the Board. Sets forth procedures concerning the permanent appointment of a county corrections officer. Provides that each law enforcement officer, excluding any police chief, deputy police chief, or elected sheriff, shall complete a minimum of 32 hours of in-service training every 4 years during the term of his or her license. Sets forth requirements concerning the training. Contains other provisions.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [SB3547 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2011-SB3547-Introduced.html

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97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2011 and 2012 SB3547 Introduced 2/8/2012, by Sen. Tim Bivins SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
50 ILCS 705/2 from Ch. 85, par. 502
50 ILCS 705/6 from Ch. 85, par. 506
50 ILCS 705/6.1
50 ILCS 705/6.2 new
50 ILCS 705/8.1 from Ch. 85, par. 508.1
50 ILCS 705/8.2
50 ILCS 705/10.8 new
Amends the Illinois Police Training Act. Defines "active licensed law enforcement officer" and "inactive licensed law enforcement officer". Requires full-time and part-time police officers to be licensed rather than certified. Makes corresponding changes. Provides that the Board has the power to require local governmental units to furnish personnel rosters, employment status reports, and annual training plans to the Board. Sets forth procedures concerning the permanent appointment of a county corrections officer. Provides that each law enforcement officer, excluding any police chief, deputy police chief, or elected sheriff, shall complete a minimum of 32 hours of in-service training every 4 years during the term of his or her license. Sets forth requirements concerning the training. Contains other provisions.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning law enforcement training.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Illinois Police Training Act is amended by
changing Sections 2, 6, 6.1, 8.1, and 8.2 and adding Sections
6.2 and 10.8 as follows:
(50 ILCS 705/2) (from Ch. 85, par. 502)
Sec. 2. Definitions. As used in this Act, unless the
context otherwise requires:
"Active licensed law enforcement officer" means any full or
part-time law enforcement officer who (i) holds a valid 4-year
license issued by the Illinois Law Enforcement Training and
Standards Board, (ii) meets all of the applicable requirements
of this Act, and (iii) is employed by an agency or department
recognized by the Board.
"Board" means the Illinois Law Enforcement Training
Standards Board.
"Inactive licensed law enforcement officer" means any
individual who previously met the requirements of an active
licensed law enforcement officer, but is no longer employed by
an agency or department recognized by the Board because he or
she has retired, resigned, or otherwise left his or her
employer in good standing.

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"Local governmental agency" means any local governmental
unit or municipal corporation in this State. It does not
include the State of Illinois or any office, officer,
department, division, bureau, board, commission, or agency of
the State, except that it does include a State-controlled
university, college or public community college.
"Police training school" means any school located within
the State of Illinois whether privately or publicly owned which
offers a course in police or county corrections training and
has been approved by the Board.
"Probationary police officer" means a recruit law
enforcement officer required to successfully complete initial
minimum basic training requirements at a police training school
to be eligible for permanent full-time employment as a local
law enforcement officer.
"Probationary part-time police officer" means a recruit
part-time law enforcement officer required to successfully
complete initial minimum part-time training requirements to be
eligible for employment on a part-time basis as a local law
enforcement officer.
"Permanent police officer" means a law enforcement officer
who has completed his or her probationary period and is
permanently employed on a full-time basis as a local law
enforcement officer by a participating local governmental unit
or as a security officer or campus policeman permanently
employed by a participating State-controlled university,

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college, or public community college.
"Part-time police officer" means a law enforcement officer
who has completed his or her probationary period and is
employed on a part-time basis as a law enforcement officer by a
participating unit of local government or as a campus policeman
by a participating State-controlled university, college, or
public community college.
"Law enforcement officer" means (i) any police officer of a
local governmental agency who is primarily responsible for
prevention or detection of crime and the enforcement of the
criminal code, traffic, or highway laws of this State or any
political subdivision of this State or (ii) any member of a
police force appointed and maintained as provided in Section 2
of the Railroad Police Act.
"Recruit" means any full-time or part-time law enforcement
officer or full-time county corrections officer who is enrolled
in an approved training course.
"Probationary county corrections officer" means a recruit
county corrections officer required to successfully complete
initial minimum basic training requirements at a police
training school to be eligible for permanent employment on a
full-time basis as a county corrections officer.
"Permanent county corrections officer" means a county
corrections officer who has completed his probationary period
and is permanently employed on a full-time basis as a county
corrections officer by a participating local governmental

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unit.
"County corrections officer" means any sworn officer of the
sheriff who is primarily responsible for the control and
custody of offenders, detainees or inmates.
"Probationary court security officer" means a recruit
court security officer required to successfully complete
initial minimum basic training requirements at a designated
training school to be eligible for employment as a court
security officer.
"Permanent court security officer" means a court security
officer who has completed his or her probationary period and is
employed as a court security officer by a participating local
governmental unit.
"Court security officer" has the meaning ascribed to it in
Section 3-6012.1 of the Counties Code.
(Source: P.A. 94-846, eff. 1-1-07.)
(50 ILCS 705/6) (from Ch. 85, par. 506)
Sec. 6. Powers and duties of the Board; selection and
certification of schools. Selection and certification of
schools. The Board shall select and certify schools within the
State of Illinois for the purpose of providing basic training
for probationary police officers, probationary county
corrections officers, and court security officers and of
providing advanced or in-service training for permanent police
officers or permanent county corrections officers, which

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schools may be either publicly or privately owned and operated.
In addition, the Board has the following power and duties:
a. To require local governmental units to furnish such
reports and information as the Board deems necessary to
fully implement this Act, including, but not limited to,
personnel rosters, employment status reports, and annual
training plans.
b. To establish appropriate mandatory minimum
standards relating to the training of probationary local
law enforcement officers or probationary county
corrections officers.
c. To provide appropriate 4-year licensure
certification to those probationary officers who
successfully complete the prescribed minimum standard
basic training course.
d. To review and approve annual training curriculum for
county sheriffs.
e. To review and approve applicants to ensure no
applicant is admitted to a certified academy unless the
applicant is a person of good character and has not been
convicted of a felony offense, any of the misdemeanors in
Sections 11-1.50, 11-6, 11-9.1, 11-14, 11-17, 11-19, 12-2,
12-15, 16-1, 17-1, 17-2, 28-3, 29-1, 31-1, 31-6, 31-7,
32-4a, or 32-7 of the Criminal Code of 1961, subdivision
(a)(1) or (a)(2)(C) of Section 11-14.3 of the Criminal Code
of 1961, or Section 5 or 5.2 of the Cannabis Control Act,

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or a crime involving moral turpitude under the laws of this
State or any other state which if committed in this State
would be punishable as a felony or a crime of moral
turpitude. The Board may appoint investigators who shall
enforce the duties conferred upon the Board by this Act.
(Source: P.A. 96-1551, eff. 7-1-11.)
(50 ILCS 705/6.1)
Sec. 6.1. Revocation of license Decertification of
full-time and part-time police officers.
(a) The Board must review police officer conduct and
records to ensure that no police officer is licensed certified
or provided a valid waiver if that police officer has been
convicted of or has pled guilty to a felony offense under the
laws of this State or any other state which if committed in
this State would be punishable as a felony. The Board must also
ensure that no police officer is licensed certified or provided
a valid waiver if that police officer has been convicted or has
pled guilty on or after the effective date of this amendatory
Act of 1999 of any misdemeanor specified in this Section or if
committed in any other state would be an offense similar to
Section 11-1.50, 11-6, 11-9.1, 11-14, 11-17, 11-19, 12-2,
12-15, 16-1, 17-1, 17-2, 28-3, 29-1, 31-1, 31-6, 31-7, 32-4a,
or 32-7 of the Criminal Code of 1961, to subdivision (a)(1) or
(a)(2)(C) of Section 11-14.3 of the Criminal Code of 1961, or
to Section 5 or 5.2 of the Cannabis Control Act. The Board must

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appoint investigators to enforce the duties conferred upon the
Board by this Act.
(b) It is the responsibility of the sheriff or the chief
executive officer of every local law enforcement agency or
department within this State to report to the Board any arrest
or conviction of any officer for an offense identified in this
Section.
(c) It is the duty and responsibility of every full-time
and part-time police officer in this State to report to the
Board within 30 days, and the officer's sheriff or chief
executive officer, of his or her arrest or conviction for or
plea of guilty to an offense identified in this Section. Any
full-time or part-time police officer who knowingly makes,
submits, causes to be submitted, or files a false or untruthful
report to the Board must have his or her license certificate or
waiver immediately decertified or revoked.
(d) Any person, or a local or State agency, or the Board is
immune from liability for submitting, disclosing, or releasing
information of arrests or convictions in this Section as long
as the information is submitted, disclosed, or released in good
faith and without malice. The Board has qualified immunity for
the release of the information.
(e) Whenever a Any full-time or part-time police officer
with a license certificate or waiver issued by the Board who is
convicted of or pleads guilty to any offense described in this
Section, his or her license is automatically revoked

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immediately becomes decertified or no longer has a valid
waiver. The revocation of licenses decertification and
invalidity of waivers occurs as a matter of law. Failure of a
convicted person to report to the Board his or her conviction
or plea of guilty as described in this Section or any continued
law enforcement practice after receiving a conviction is a
Class 4 felony.
(f) The Board's investigators are peace officers and have
all the powers possessed by policemen in cities and by
sheriff's, provided that the investigators may exercise those
powers anywhere in the State, only after contact and
cooperation with the appropriate local law enforcement
authorities.
(g) The Board must request and receive information and
assistance from any federal, state, or local governmental
agency as part of the authorized criminal background
investigation. The Department of State Police must process,
retain, and additionally provide and disseminate information
to the Board concerning criminal charges, arrests,
convictions, and their disposition, that have been filed
before, on, or after the effective date of this amendatory Act
of the 91st General Assembly against a basic academy applicant,
law enforcement applicant, or law enforcement officer whose
fingerprint identification cards are on file or maintained by
the Department of State Police. The Federal Bureau of
Investigation must provide the Board any criminal history

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record information contained in its files pertaining to law
enforcement officers or any applicant to a Board certified
basic law enforcement academy as described in this Act based on
fingerprint identification. The Board must make payment of fees
to the Department of State Police for each fingerprint card
submission in conformance with the requirements of paragraph 22
of Section 55a of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois.
(h) A police officer who has been licensed certified or
granted a valid waiver shall also be decertified or have his or
her license waiver revoked upon a determination by the Illinois
Labor Relations Board State Panel that he or she, while under
oath, has knowingly and willfully made false statements as to a
material fact going to an element of the offense of murder. If
an appeal is filed, the determination shall be stayed.
(1) In the case of an acquittal on a charge of murder,
a verified complaint may be filed:
(A) by the defendant; or
(B) by a police officer with personal knowledge of
perjured testimony.
The complaint must allege that a police officer, while
under oath, knowingly and willfully made false statements
as to a material fact going to an element of the offense of
murder. The verified complaint must be filed with the
Executive Director of the Illinois Law Enforcement
Training Standards Board within 2 years of the judgment of
acquittal.

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(2) Within 30 days, the Executive Director of the
Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board shall
review the verified complaint and determine whether the
verified complaint is frivolous and without merit, or
whether further investigation is warranted. The Illinois
Law Enforcement Training Standards Board shall notify the
officer and the Executive Director of the Illinois Labor
Relations Board State Panel of the filing of the complaint
and any action taken thereon. If the Executive Director of
the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board
determines that the verified complaint is frivolous and
without merit, it shall be dismissed. The Executive
Director of the Illinois Law Enforcement Training
Standards Board has sole discretion to make this
determination and this decision is not subject to appeal.
(i) If the Executive Director of the Illinois Law
Enforcement Training Standards Board determines that the
verified complaint warrants further investigation, he or she
shall refer the matter to a task force of investigators created
for this purpose. This task force shall consist of 8 sworn
police officers: 2 from the Illinois State Police, 2 from the
City of Chicago Police Department, 2 from county police
departments, and 2 from municipal police departments. These
investigators shall have a minimum of 5 years of experience in
conducting criminal investigations. The investigators shall be
appointed by the Executive Director of the Illinois Law

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Enforcement Training Standards Board. Any officer or officers
acting in this capacity pursuant to this statutory provision
will have statewide police authority while acting in this
investigative capacity. Their salaries and expenses for the
time spent conducting investigations under this paragraph
shall be reimbursed by the Illinois Law Enforcement Training
Standards Board.
(j) Once the Executive Director of the Illinois Law
Enforcement Training Standards Board has determined that an
investigation is warranted, the verified complaint shall be
assigned to an investigator or investigators. The investigator
or investigators shall conduct an investigation of the verified
complaint and shall write a report of his or her findings. This
report shall be submitted to the Executive Director of the
Illinois Labor Relations Board State Panel.
Within 30 days, the Executive Director of the Illinois
Labor Relations Board State Panel shall review the
investigative report and determine whether sufficient evidence
exists to conduct an evidentiary hearing on the verified
complaint. If the Executive Director of the Illinois Labor
Relations Board State Panel determines upon his or her review
of the investigatory report that a hearing should not be
conducted, the complaint shall be dismissed. This decision is
in the Executive Director's sole discretion, and this dismissal
may not be appealed.
If the Executive Director of the Illinois Labor Relations

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Board State Panel determines that there is sufficient evidence
to warrant a hearing, a hearing shall be ordered on the
verified complaint, to be conducted by an administrative law
judge employed by the Illinois Labor Relations Board State
Panel. The Executive Director of the Illinois Labor Relations
Board State Panel shall inform the Executive Director of the
Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board and the
person who filed the complaint of either the dismissal of the
complaint or the issuance of the complaint for hearing. The
Executive Director shall assign the complaint to the
administrative law judge within 30 days of the decision
granting a hearing.
(k) In the case of a finding of guilt on the offense of
murder, if a new trial is granted on direct appeal, or a state
post-conviction evidentiary hearing is ordered, based on a
claim that a police officer, under oath, knowingly and
willfully made false statements as to a material fact going to
an element of the offense of murder, the Illinois Labor
Relations Board State Panel shall hold a hearing to determine
whether the officer should have his or her license revoked be
decertified if an interested party requests such a hearing
within 2 years of the court's decision. The complaint shall be
assigned to an administrative law judge within 30 days so that
a hearing can be scheduled.
At the hearing, the accused officer shall be afforded the
opportunity to:

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(1) Be represented by counsel of his or her own
choosing;
(2) Be heard in his or her own defense;
(3) Produce evidence in his or her defense;
(4) Request that the Illinois Labor Relations Board
State Panel compel the attendance of witnesses and
production of related documents including but not limited
to court documents and records.
Once a case has been set for hearing, the verified
complaint shall be referred to the Department of Professional
Regulation. That office shall prosecute the verified complaint
at the hearing before the administrative law judge. The
Department of Professional Regulation shall have the
opportunity to produce evidence to support the verified
complaint and to request the Illinois Labor Relations Board
State Panel to compel the attendance of witnesses and the
production of related documents, including, but not limited to,
court documents and records. The Illinois Labor Relations Board
State Panel shall have the power to issue subpoenas requiring
the attendance of and testimony of witnesses and the production
of related documents including, but not limited to, court
documents and records and shall have the power to administer
oaths.
The administrative law judge shall have the responsibility
of receiving into evidence relevant testimony and documents,
including court records, to support or disprove the allegations

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made by the person filing the verified complaint and, at the
close of the case, hear arguments. If the administrative law
judge finds that there is not clear and convincing evidence to
support the verified complaint that the police officer has,
while under oath, knowingly and willfully made false statements
as to a material fact going to an element of the offense of
murder, the administrative law judge shall make a written
recommendation of dismissal to the Illinois Labor Relations
Board State Panel. If the administrative law judge finds that
there is clear and convincing evidence that the police officer
has, while under oath, knowingly and willfully made false
statements as to a material fact that goes to an element of the
offense of murder, the administrative law judge shall make a
written recommendation so concluding to the Illinois Labor
Relations Board State Panel. The hearings shall be transcribed.
The Executive Director of the Illinois Law Enforcement Training
Standards Board shall be informed of the administrative law
judge's recommended findings and decision and the Illinois
Labor Relations Board State Panel's subsequent review of the
recommendation.
(l) An officer named in any complaint filed pursuant to
this Act shall be indemnified for his or her reasonable
attorney's fees and costs by his or her employer. These fees
shall be paid in a regular and timely manner. The State, upon
application by the public employer, shall reimburse the public
employer for the accused officer's reasonable attorney's fees

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and costs. At no time and under no circumstances will the
accused officer be required to pay his or her own reasonable
attorney's fees or costs.
(m) The accused officer shall not be placed on unpaid
status because of the filing or processing of the verified
complaint until there is a final non-appealable order
sustaining his or her guilt and his or her license
certification is revoked. Nothing in this Act, however,
restricts the public employer from pursuing discipline against
the officer in the normal course and under procedures then in
place.
(n) The Illinois Labor Relations Board State Panel shall
review the administrative law judge's recommended decision and
order and determine by a majority vote whether or not there was
clear and convincing evidence that the accused officer, while
under oath, knowingly and willfully made false statements as to
a material fact going to the offense of murder. Within 30 days
of service of the administrative law judge's recommended
decision and order, the parties may file exceptions to the
recommended decision and order and briefs in support of their
exceptions with the Illinois Labor Relations Board State Panel.
The parties may file responses to the exceptions and briefs in
support of the responses no later than 15 days after the
service of the exceptions. If exceptions are filed by any of
the parties, the Illinois Labor Relations Board State Panel
shall review the matter and make a finding to uphold, vacate,

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or modify the recommended decision and order. If the Illinois
Labor Relations Board State Panel concludes that there is clear
and convincing evidence that the accused officer, while under
oath, knowingly and willfully made false statements as to a
material fact going to an element of the offense murder, the
Illinois Labor Relations Board State Panel shall inform the
Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board and the
Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board shall revoke
the accused officer's license certification. If the accused
officer appeals that determination to the Appellate Court, as
provided by this Act, he or she may petition the Appellate
Court to stay the revocation of his or her license
certification pending the court's review of the matter.
(o) None of the Illinois Labor Relations Board State
Panel's findings or determinations shall set any precedent in
any of its decisions decided pursuant to the Illinois Public
Labor Relations Act by the Illinois Labor Relations Board State
Panel or the courts.
(p) A party aggrieved by the final order of the Illinois
Labor Relations Board State Panel may apply for and obtain
judicial review of an order of the Illinois Labor Relations
Board State Panel, in accordance with the provisions of the
Administrative Review Law, except that such judicial review
shall be afforded directly in the Appellate Court for the
district in which the accused officer resides. Any direct
appeal to the Appellate Court shall be filed within 35 days

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from the date that a copy of the decision sought to be reviewed
was served upon the party affected by the decision.
(q) Interested parties. Only interested parties to the
criminal prosecution in which the police officer allegedly,
while under oath, knowingly and willfully made false statements
as to a material fact going to an element of the offense of
murder may file a verified complaint pursuant to this Section.
For purposes of this Section, "interested parties" shall be
limited to the defendant and any police officer who has
personal knowledge that the police officer who is the subject
of the complaint has, while under oath, knowingly and willfully
made false statements as to a material fact going to an element
of the offense of murder.
(r) Semi-annual reports. The Executive Director of the
Illinois Labor Relations Board shall submit semi-annual
reports to the Governor, President, and Minority Leader of the
Senate, and to the Speaker and Minority Leader of the House of
Representatives beginning on June 30, 2004, indicating:
(1) the number of verified complaints received since
the date of the last report;
(2) the number of investigations initiated since the
date of the last report;
(3) the number of investigations concluded since the
date of the last report;
(4) the number of investigations pending as of the
reporting date;

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(5) the number of hearings held since the date of the
last report; and
(6) the number of officers whose licenses have been
revoked decertified since the date of the last report.
(Source: P.A. 96-1551, eff. 7-1-11.)
(50 ILCS 705/6.2 new)
Sec. 6.2. Conversion of certificates to licenses.
(a) Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act
of the 97th General Assembly, the Board's recognition of active
licensed law enforcement officers who have successfully
completed the prescribed minimum standard basic training
course for police officers shall be known as licensure rather
than certification.
(b) If an active licensed law enforcement officer has
successfully completed the prescribed minimum standard basic
training course for police officers and holds a valid
certification to that effect on the effective date of this
amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly, that certification
shall be deemed to be a license for the purposes of this Act,
and the individual shall be issued a license.
(c) If, on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
97th General Assembly, a law enforcement officer holds a valid
waiver from one of the certification requirements of this Act
for police officers, he or she shall be issued a license.
(d) The Board shall replace the certificates or other

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evidences of certification or waiver for police officers in use
on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th
General Assembly with new credentials reflecting the change in
nomenclature instituted by this amendatory Act of the 97th
General Assembly.
(e) For the initial 4 years after the effective date of
this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly and
thereafter, the Board shall issue new licenses on a staggered
schedule.
(50 ILCS 705/8.1) (from Ch. 85, par. 508.1)
Sec. 8.1. Full-time police and county corrections
officers.
(a) After January 1, 1976, no person shall receive a
permanent appointment as a law enforcement officer as defined
in this Act, nor shall any person receive, after the effective
date of this amendatory Act of 1984, a permanent appointment as
a county corrections officer unless that person has been
awarded, within 6 six months of his or her initial full-time
employment, a 4-year license and verification certificate
attesting to his or her successful completion of the Minimum
Standards Basic Law Enforcement and County Correctional
Training Course as prescribed by the Board; or has been awarded
a 4-year license and verification certificate attesting to his
or her satisfactory completion of a training program of similar
content and number of hours and which course has been found

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acceptable by the Board under the provisions of this Act; or by
reason of extensive prior law enforcement or county corrections
experience the basic training requirement is determined by the
Board to be illogical and unreasonable.
If such training is required and not completed within the
applicable 6 six months, then the officer must forfeit his or
her position, or the employing agency must obtain a waiver from
the Board extending the period for compliance. Such waiver
shall be issued only for good and justifiable reasons, and in
no case shall extend more than 90 days beyond the initial 6 six
months.
(a-5) Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory
Act of the 97th General Assembly, no person shall receive a
permanent appointment as a county corrections officer unless
that person has been awarded, within 6 months of his or her
initial full-time employment, a certificate attesting to his or
her successful completion of the County Correctional Training
Course as prescribed by the Board; or has been awarded
certificate attesting to his or her satisfactory completion of
a training program of similar content and number of hours in a
course that has been found acceptable by the Board; or by
reason of extensive prior law enforcement or county corrections
experience, the basic training requirement is determined by the
Board to be waived.
If the training is required and not completed within the
applicable 6 months, then the officer must forfeit his or her

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position, or the employing agency must obtain a waiver from the
Board extending the period for compliance. Such waiver shall be
issued only for good and justifiable reasons, and in no case
shall extend more than 90 days after the expiration of the
initial 6 six month period.
(b) No provision of this Section shall be construed to mean
that a law enforcement officer employed by a local governmental
agency at the time of the effective date of this amendatory
Act, either as a probationary police officer or as a permanent
police officer, shall require licensure certification under
the provisions of this Section.
No provision of this Section shall be construed to mean
that a county corrections officer employed by a local
governmental agency at the time of the effective date of this
amendatory Act of 1984, either as a probationary county
corrections or as a permanent county corrections officer, shall
require certification under the provisions of this Section.
No provision of this Section shall be construed to apply to
licensure certification of elected county sheriffs.
(c) This Section does not apply to part-time police
officers or probationary part-time police officers.
(Source: P.A. 89-170, eff. 1-1-96; 90-271, eff. 7-30-97.)
(50 ILCS 705/8.2)
Sec. 8.2. Part-time police officers.
(a) A person hired to serve as a part-time police officer

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must obtain from the Board a license and verification
certificate (i) attesting to his or her successful completion
of the part-time police training course; (ii) attesting to his
or her satisfactory completion of a training program of similar
content and number of hours that has been found acceptable by
the Board under the provisions of this Act; or (iii) attesting
to the Board's determination that the part-time police training
course is unnecessary because of the person's extensive prior
law enforcement experience. A person hired on or after the
effective date of this amendatory Act of the 92nd General
Assembly must obtain this certificate within 18 months after
the initial date of hire as a probationary part-time police
officer in the State of Illinois. The probationary part-time
police officer must be enrolled and accepted into a
Board-approved course within 6 months after active employment
by any department in the State. A person hired on or after
January 1, 1996 and before the effective date of this
amendatory Act of the 92nd General Assembly must obtain this
license certificate within 18 months after the date of hire. A
person hired before January 1, 1996 must obtain this license
certificate within 24 months after the effective date of this
amendatory Act of 1995.
The employing agency may seek a waiver from the Board
extending the period for compliance. A waiver shall be issued
only for good and justifiable reasons, and the probationary
part-time police officer may not practice as a part-time police

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officer during the waiver period. If training is required and
not completed within the applicable time period, as extended by
any waiver that may be granted, then the officer must forfeit
his or her position.
(b) (Blank).
(c) The part-time police training course referred to in
this Section shall be of similar content and the same number of
hours as the courses for full-time officers and shall be
provided by Mobile Team In-Service Training Units under the
Intergovernmental Law Enforcement Officer's In-Service
Training Act or by another approved program or facility in a
manner prescribed by the Board.
(d) For the purposes of this Section, the Board shall adopt
rules defining what constitutes employment on a part-time
basis.
(Source: P.A. 92-533, eff. 3-14-02.)
(50 ILCS 705/10.8 new)
Sec. 10.8. Mandatory law enforcement in-service training.
Each law enforcement officer, excluding any police chief,
deputy police chief, or elected sheriff, shall complete a
minimum of 32 hours of in-service training every 4 years during
the term of his or her license. The training must be approved
by the Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board
and must be scheduled by the officer's employing agency. This
requirement may be satisfied by attending any training

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conference that has been approved by the Illinois Law
Enforcement Training and Standards Board.