Section 1705.120  Eligibility

a)         GATA Compliance.  In additional to the specific criteria identified below, all applicant agencies must be registered in the Grantee Portal and be “qualified” as described by the Grant Accountability and Transparency Act Administrative Rules (see 44 Ill. Adm. Code 7000.70).

b)         Eligibility Criteria.  Law enforcement agencies meeting the following criteria are eligible for financial assistance from the Law Enforcement Camera Grant Fund.  The law enforcement agency must:

1)         be an Illinois law enforcement agency of a unit of local government, or public university that is recognized by the Board.

2)         list their active law enforcement officers on a roster on file with the Board.

3)         indicate that all active law enforcement officers reflected on the agency roster subject to the mandated training requirements of Section 7 of the Police Training Act are compliant with all Board training requirements at the time of award.  Any officer that is not compliant may be listed as inactive upon reporting the date the officer left service, their expected date of return, the reason for leaving service, and an acknowledgement that all outstanding training will be completed within 60 days of return.

4)         be compliant with all reporting requirements of Sections 15 and 20 of the Law Enforcement Camera Grant Act and Section 10-25 of the Law Enforcement Officer-Worn Body Camera Act [50 ILCS 706].

c)         Post-award Compliance.  All grant recipients must continue to meet the requirements of the Law Enforcement Camera Grant Act, the Grant Accountability and Transparency Act, and all corresponding administrative rules after award.