(A) The county elects to participate in the program provided for in the State Police Training Act.
(B) Before an individual may commence regular employment as a police officer, he or she must be certified by the State Local Governmental Law Enforcement Officers’ Training Board as having successfully completed the approved training course provided in the Act.
(C) This basic training must be completed by the trainee within his or her probationary period of 12 months.
(D) The Commissioners of the County Police Department shall make the necessary amendments to the personnel rules of the Manual of Rules of the County Police Department, and to the Commission rules, to require that any person appointed to the Police Department of the county pursuant to the provisions of ILCS Ch. 65, Act 5, § 10-2.1-29 and the State Police Training Act shall not become a regular member of the County Police Department until he or she has completed the approved training course within 12 months of the date of his or her initial employment.
(1980 Code, § 33.01) (1966 pp. 338—339, adopted 6- -1966) (Sup. Rec. Bk. 237, p. 163)
Statutory reference:
Board of Police Commissioners, see ILCS Ch. 65, Act 5, §§ 10-2.1-1 et seq.
Illinois Local Government Law Enforcement Officers’ Training Board, see ILCS Ch. 50, Act 705, §§ 1 et seq.
Illinois Police Training Act, see ILCS Ch. 50, Act 705, §§ 1 et seq.