Section 1710.10  Definitions

            "Board" means the Illinois Local Governmental Law Enforcement Officers Training Board created by the Illinois Police Training Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1981, ch. 85, pars. 501 et seq.).

            "Law enforcement officer" or "officer" means any person who has been employed full time for at least a year by a county, municipality or township as a policeman, peace officer, or in some like position involving the enforcement of the law and protection of the public interest at the risk of that person's life.

            "Municipality" means a city, village or incorporated town.