Illinois Administrative Code › Title 20 - CORRECTIONS, CRIMINAL JUSTICE, AND LAW ENFORCEMENT › Part 1720 - ILLINOIS POLICE TRAINING ACT › Subpart A - CERTIFICATION OF POLICE OFFICERS › Section 1720.70 - Minimum Training Requirements for Illinois Sheriffs

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) Illinois Sheriffs shall successfully
				complete 20 hours of training at a Board certified training academy or a Mobile
				Team Training Unit organized pursuant to the Intergovernmental Law Enforcement
				Officer's In-Service Training Act [50 ILCS 720 ].
b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), Illinois
				Sheriffs may complete up to 20 hours of approved training by successfully
				completing training programs approved by the Executive Director of the Board.
				In order to obtain approval of a training program, the entity seeking approval
				shall submit the proposed training program to the Executive Director 30 to 90
				days prior to the administration of the training program. The Executive
				Director shall approve or deny the proposed training program within 14 days
				following receipt of the proposal.
c) Proposed training programs submitted for
				approval shall contain an outline of the proposed training program, the dates
				when the proposed program will be offered, a listing of all instructors
				offering the proposed program, and the location of the proposed
				program.
d) In approving training
				programs, the Board will determine if the training relates to job tasks
				performed by Illinois Sheriffs within their own department or relates to the
				duties and responsibilities of Sheriffs in supervising law enforcement or
				correctional tasks within their own department. Approved training programs may
				include, but are not limited to, the local operation of correctional
				facilities, supervision of deputies or county correctional officers, operation
				of the Sheriff's department and methods of management regarding operational and
				administrative departmental quality control for county correctional or local
				Sheriff's departments.
e) If the
				Executive Director denies or requests additional information, the program is
				not approved. The Executive Director will verify in writing to the entity
				seeking approval when a training program is approved.
f) The Illinois Local Governmental Law
				Enforcement Officers Training Board shall maintain a record for each Sheriff in
				Illinois to determine the amount of hours of approved training each Sheriff
				receives during each calendar year.
g) Upon the completion of 20 hours of
				training approved by the Board, the Executive Director of the Board shall issue
				a certificate to the Sheriff attesting to the completion of training.
h) Upon completion of any Board approved
				training program, each Sheriff is responsible for submitting proof of
				completion of training to the Board's office in Springfield,
				Illinois.
i) Sheriffs who do not
				complete 20 hours of approved training prior to December 31 of any calendar
				year for the preceding calendar year will be issued a letter notifying them of
				non-compliance with the Board's training requirements.