70 ILCS 200/240-40
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 70 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS|70 ILCS 200/ - Civic Center Code.|Article 240 - Rockford Civic Center

Sec. 240-40. Security police force. The Board of the  Authority may establish and maintain a 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 driveways,  sidewalks and property controlled by such Authority, 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 of the penal ordinances  of such Authority, or of the City of Rockford or any criminal law of the State.An arrest may be made by any such officer without a warrant when a criminal  offense is committed or attempted in his presence or when a criminal offense  has, in fact, been committed, and the officer has reasonable ground for  believing that the person to be arrested has committed it.  Any person so  arrested shall, without unnecessary delay, be taken by such officer before  the circuit court of the county having jurisdiction of the offense committed  or charged against such person, and such police officer shall thereupon  make and file a complaint in writing under oath, against such defendant,  charging the violation by such defendant of such statute or ordinance, and  such offender shall thereupon be dealt with according to law in the same  manner as if he had been arrested in the first instance under warrant lawfully  issued.  However, no member of any such Security Police Force shall be vested  with any police power outside the limits of the metropolitan area except  pursuant to and in accordance with an intergovernmental cooperation agreement  to which the Authority is a party.In all actions for the violation of any ordinance of the Authority, the  first process shall be a summons or a warrant.  A warrant for the arrest  of an accused person may issue upon the affidavit of any person that an  ordinance has been violated, and that person making the complaint has reasonable  grounds to believe that the party charged is guilty thereof.  Every person  arrested upon a warrant, without unnecessary delay, shall be taken before  the proper officer for trial.The Board of the Authority may establish reasonable eligibility requirements  for appointment to such Security Police Force relating to 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 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 such Security Police  Force personnel authorized to carry weapons 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.  (Source: P.A. 98-725, eff. 1-1-15.)