(65 ILCS 5/3.1‑30‑21)
Sec. 3.1‑30‑21. Part‑time police. A municipality may appoint, discipline, and discharge part‑time police officers. A municipality that employs part‑time police officers shall, by ordinance, establish hiring standards for part‑time police officers and shall submit those standards to the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board.
Part‑time police officers shall be members of the regular police department, except for pension purposes. Part‑time police officers shall not be assigned under any circumstances to supervise or direct full‑time police officers of a police department. Part‑time police officers shall not be used as permanent replacements for permanent full‑time police officers.
Part‑time police officers shall be trained under the Intergovernmental Law Enforcement Officer's In‑Service Training Act in accordance with the procedures for part‑time police officers established by the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board. A part‑time police officer hired after January 1, 1996 who has not yet received certification under Section 8.2 of the Illinois Police Training Act shall be directly supervised.
(Source: P.A. 89‑170, eff. 1‑1‑96.) |