Public Act 90-0271 of the 90th General Assembly
Public Act 90-0271
SB762 Enrolled LRB9003191MWmg
AN ACT to amend the Illinois Police Training Act by
changing Sections 2, 8.1, 8.2, and 10.1.
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, 8.1, 8.2, and 10.1 as follows:
(50 ILCS 705/2) (from Ch. 85, par. 502)
(Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 89-685)
Sec. 2. Definitions. As used in this Act, unless the
context otherwise requires:
"Board" means the Illinois Law Enforcement Training
Standards Board.
"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,
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 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 thereof.
"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.
"Probationary part-time county corrections officer" means
a recruit part-time county corrections officer required to
successfully complete initial minimum part-time training
requirements to be eligible for part-time employment as a
county corrections officer.
"Part-time county corrections officer" means a county
corrections officer who has completed his or her probationary
period and is employed on a part-time basis as a county
corrections officer by a participating local governmental
unit.
"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
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.
(Source: P.A. 88-586, eff. 8-12-94; 89-170, eff. 1-1-96.)
(Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 89-685)
Sec. 2. Definitions. As used in this Act, unless the
context otherwise requires:
"Board" means the Illinois Law Enforcement Training
Standards Board.
"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,
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 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 thereof.
"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.
"Probationary part-time county corrections officer" means
a recruit part-time county corrections officer required to
successfully complete initial minimum part-time training
requirements to be eligible for part-time employment as a
county corrections officer.
"Part-time county corrections officer" means a county
corrections officer who has completed his or her probationary
period and is employed on a part-time basis as a county
corrections officer by a participating local governmental
unit.
"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
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 permanent 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 permanently 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. 88-586, eff. 8-12-94; 89-170, eff. 1-1-96;
89-685, eff. 6-1-97.)
(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 six months of his or her initial full-time
employment, a 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 certificate attesting to his
satisfactory completion of a training program of similar
content and number of hours and which course has been found
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 six months, then the officer must forfeit his
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 six
months.
(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 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 certification of elected
county sheriffs.
(c) This Section does not apply to part-time police
officers or , probationary part-time police officers,
part-time county corrections officers, or probationary
part-time county corrections officers.
(Source: P.A. 89-170, eff. 1-1-96.)
(50 ILCS 705/8.2)
Sec. 8.2. Part-time police and county corrections
officers.
(a) A person hired to serve as a part-time police
officer must obtain from the Board a 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 January 1, 1996 must obtain this certificate
within 18 months after the date of hire. A person hired
before January 1, 1996 must obtain this 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 may not
extend the initial period by more than 90 days. 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). A person hired to serve as a part-time
county corrections officer must obtain from the Board a
certificate (i) attesting to his or her successful completion
of the part-time county correctional 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 county correctional training course is unnecessary
because of the person's extensive prior county corrections
experience. A person hired on or after January 1, 1996 must
obtain this certificate within 18 months after the date of
hire. A person hired before January 1, 1996 must obtain this
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 may not
extend the initial period by more than 90 days. 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.
(c) The part-time police training course and the
part-time county correctional 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 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. 89-170, eff. 1-1-96.)
(50 ILCS 705/10.1) (from Ch. 85, par. 510.1)
Sec. 10.1. Additional training programs. The Board
shall initiate, administer, and conduct training programs for
permanent police officers and permanent county corrections
officers in addition to the basic recruit training program.
The Board may initiate, administer, and conduct training
programs for part-time police officers and part-time county
corrections officers in addition to the basic part-time
police training course and the basic part-time county
correctional officers course. The training for permanent and
part-time police officers and permanent and part-time county
corrections officers may be given in any schools selected by
the Board. Such training may include all or any part of the
subjects enumerated in Section 7 of this Act.
The corporate authorities of all participating local
governmental agencies may elect to participate in the
advanced training for permanent and part-time police officers
and permanent and part-time county corrections officers but
nonparticipation in this program shall not in any way affect
the mandatory responsibility of governmental units to
participate in the basic recruit training programs for
probationary full-time and part-time police and permanent
county corrections officers. The failure of any permanent or
part-time police officer or permanent or part-time county
corrections officer to successfully complete any course
authorized under this Section shall not affect the officer's
status as a member of the police department or county
sheriff's office of any local governmental agency.
The Board may initiate, administer, and conduct training
programs for clerks of circuit courts. Those training
programs, at the Board's discretion, may be the same or
variations of training programs for law enforcement officers.
(Source: P.A. 89-170, eff. 1-1-96; 89-670, eff. 8-14-96.)
Section 95. No acceleration or delay. Where this Act
makes changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by
text that is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a
Section represented by multiple versions), the use of that
text does not accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i)
the changes made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from
any other Public Act.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.