(A) The facts and statements contained in the preamble to the ordinance codified in this section are found by the President and Board of Trustees to be true and correct, and are hereby adopted as part of the ordinance codified in this section.
(B) The following standards for hiring part-time police officers be and hereby are established as follows.
(1) Part-time police officers shall be members of the regular Police Department of the village, except for pension, deferred compensation and other benefit purposes, as heretofore provided by ordinance. Part-time police officers shall not be assigned under any circumstances to supervise or direct full-time police officers of the Police Department. Part-time police officers shall not be used as permanent replacements for permanent full-time police officers.
(2) Part-time police officers shall be trained under the Intergovernmental Law Enforcement Officers In-Service Training Act in accordance with the procedures for part-time police officers established by the State Law Enforcement Training Standards Board.
(3) Part-time police officers shall be a minimum of 21 years of age.
(4) Part-time police officers must possess a valid high school diploma or G.E.D. equivalent. Preference may be given to individuals with added college, military or professional training.
(5) Part-time police officers must successfully complete a certified State Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board 40 mandatory firearms certification course prior to carrying a firearm in the performance of their duties.
(6) Part-time officers must complete the 400-hour basic law enforcement recruit training or its equivalent from another jurisdiction and have or be entitled to receive a waiver from the Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board, if necessary.
(7) Part-time police officers must possess a valid state driver’s license without restrictions relating to the ability to operate a motor vehicle during any portions of a 24-hour day.
(8) Part-time officers shall also comply with any requirements set forth in the rules and regulations for the Village Police Department, as amended, and with all applicable ordinances and regulations of the village pertaining to probationary periods for police officers.
(9) Reasonable accommodations to the foregoing standards, where appropriate and required by applicable law, will be made for persons with disabilities.
(C) The ordinance codified in this section shall amend any previous or inconsistent provisions of any ordinance of the village in regards to hiring standards of part-time police officers.
(Prior Code, § 37.008.1) (Ord. 97-021, passed 9-2-1997)