(A) There is hereby established in the village the position of part-time police officer. Part-time police officers shall serve the village as employees at will.
(B) The Chief of Police may appoint part-time police officers as employees, in such number as the President and the Village Board shall approve and pursuant to the personnel code. The Chief of Police shall have the authority to discharge part-time police officers as provided in the personnel code. Part-time police officers shall be members of the regular Police Department, subject to the personnel code, except for pension and other benefits as may be provided to other village employees.
(C) Prior to appointment, part-time police officers shall be subject to a background check, including without limitation, fingerprint verification by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Illinois State Police. No person shall be hired as a part-time police officer unless he or she is a person of good character and is not a person who has been convicted of a felony or crime involving moral turpitude.
(D) Part-time police officers shall be assigned to perform duties by the Chief of Police. Primary duties shall include prevention and detection of crime and enforcement of the criminal code, traffic and highway laws of the state, the village’s ordinances and all other applicable laws, rules, ordinances and regulations. Every part-time police officer shall obey the orders and directions of the Chief of Police and any supervising officer. Part-time police officers shall at all times during the performance of their duties be subject to the direction, control and discipline of the Chief of Police.
(E) Part-time police officers may be hired by the village, as authorized by § 3.1-3021 of the Illinois Municipal Code (65 ILCS 5/3.1-30-21), in accordance with the following hiring standards:
(1) The applicant must be a U.S. citizen;
(2) The applicant must be 21 years of age or older;
(3) The applicant must possess a high school diploma or GED equivalency;
(4) The applicant must have a valid driver’s license;
(5) The applicant must have eyesight of 20/20, or correctable to 20/20;
(6) The applicant must not be colorblind;
(7) The applicant must have no felony convictions, or any violations (whether conviction or other dispositions where a finding of guilty was made) of other crimes involving moral turpitude as determined solely by the village (50 ILCS 705/6.1 and 65 ILCS 5/10-2.1-6 for list of disqualifying misdemeanor offenses);
(8) The applicant must meet all standards set forth in 430 ILCS 65/0.01 et seq., pertaining to the Firearms Owners Identification Act; and
(9) The hiring standards for part-time police officers, as set forth hereinabove, shall be submitted by the Chief of Police to the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board.
(F) No person shall be retained as a part-time police officer who has not achieved certification from the Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board (the “Board”) in the manner required by the village, including successful completion of police officer training pursuant to the Intergovernmental Law Enforcement Officer’s In-Service Training Act, 50 ILCS 720/1 et seq., in accordance with the procedures for part-time police officers established by the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board. Every part-time police officer, prior to entering into any duties, also shall receive not less than 40 hours of training within the Police Department, including, without limitation, police procedures, laws of arrest, search and seizure, deadly force, traffic law, criminal code and any other pertinent training issues covering rules and regulations, directives, and policies and procedures. Part-time police officers shall familiarize themselves with and be subject to and obey all ordinances and other rules, regulations, policies and procedures governing the conduct and operation of the Police Department of the village, including, but not limited to, the personnel code.
(G) Violation of any of the rules, regulations, policies and procedures of the Police Department or of any of the provisions of the village code of ordinances shall subject a part-time officer to disciplinary action up to and including termination of his or her appointment.
(H) Part-time police officers shall be paid an hourly wage as determined by the Village Board for each hour of service that is performed at the direction of the Chief of Police, or the Chief’s designee.
(I) Part-time police officers shall be considered employees of the village and, as employees, shall be covered by the village’s worker’s compensation insurance.
(J) Part-time police officers shall not be used as permanent replacements for permanent full-time police officers.
(K) Number of work hours: part-time police officers shall be restricted to working not more than 1,000 hours for the village within a calendar year.
(65 ILCS 5/11-1-2) (2009 Code, § 30-2-17) (Ord. 11-06, passed 4-11-2011; Ord. 16-11, passed 4-11-2016)
Editor’s note:
A copy of the Police Code on file in the Police Department.