Illinois Administrative Code › Title 20 - CORRECTIONS, CRIMINAL JUSTICE, AND LAW ENFORCEMENT › Part 1720 - ILLINOIS POLICE TRAINING ACT › Subpart A - CERTIFICATION OF POLICE OFFICERS › Section 1720.25 - Procedures for Administration of Law Enforcement and Correctional Officers Certification Examination

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) The
				Comprehensive Examination will be administered to all trainee law enforcement
				and correctional officers who successfully complete the Trainee Basic Law
				Enforcement or Correctional Officers Training Course at a State-certified
				academy.
b) Trainees who
				successfully pass the Comprehensive Examination shall be eligible to receive a
				certification attesting to the trainee's successful completion of the Minimum
				Standard Basic Law Enforcement or Correctional Training Requirements.
c) Certification Examination scores will be
				reported in writing to the Chief Administrator of the trainee's employing
				agency within 14 days after the examination date.
d) Trainees are required to successfully
				complete the Comprehensive Examination on one occasion only. There are no
				requirements for re-qualification.
e) Only trainees who have successfully
				completed the Trainee Basic Training Law Enforcement or Correctional Officers
				Training Course with an average minimum score of 70%, as certified by the
				Academy Director, are eligible to take the Comprehensive Examination.
f) Each trainee must be a full-time law
				enforcement or correctional officer and be employed by a local law enforcement
				agency.
g) In the event the trainee
				fails to pass the Comprehensive Examination on the initial administration, the
				trainee will be allowed to re-take the Comprehensive Examination a maximum of 2
				more times with respect to each appointment.
h) In order to be eligible to re-take the
				Comprehensive Examination, a written request must be submitted to the Board by
				the Chief Administrator of the trainee's employing agency. Upon receipt of the
				written request, the Board shall administer the re-take examination, except as
				may otherwise be provided in subsection (o).
i) Trainees who initially fail to pass the
				Comprehensive Examination will be administered an alternate version of the
				Comprehensive Examination on any successive re-takes.
j) The Board will establish and publish the
				locations with the dates and times for the administration of re-take
				Certification Examinations. Such exams will be given at least twice every 6
				months.
k) In the event that a
				trainee fails to successfully complete the Comprehensive Examination and is
				discharged as an employee by a law enforcement agency, trainee is nevertheless
				eligible to re-take the Comprehensive Examination if employed by another local
				law enforcement agency. The trainee will be viewed as a new trainee by the
				Board and will be granted all rights that are provided to new trainees as
				specified in this Part.
l) The
				Comprehensive Examination will be administered on site at the academies or at a
				special testing facility, at the conclusion of the last week of the basic
				course.
m) The trainee will have
				3.5 hours to complete the
				Comprehensive Examination. A trainee will be excused from completing the
				examination if the trainee is ill and excused by the proctor.
n) Individuals allowed within the testing
				area will be limited to Board-approved examination proctors and those who are
				taking the Certification Examination.
o) Any trainee who is uncooperative,
				disruptive or is thought to be cheating during the administration of the
				Comprehensive Examination will be ordered by the proctor to turn in the trainee
				examination and to leave the examination area. A complete written report of the
				incident will then be submitted to the Executive Director of the Board and to
				the Chief Administrator of the trainee's employing agency. The offending
				trainee shall have the opportunity within 7 days to submit a written report to
				the Executive Director describing the trainee's version of the event. In such
				cases it will be left to the discretion of the Executive Director to determine
				whether the trainee has forfeited the examination and whether the trainee is
				eligible to re-take the Comprehensive Examination. The Executive Director's
				determination will be based on the nature of the trainee's misbehavior and on
				the supporting evidence of such misbehavior.