This course prepares trainees for the performance of their duties as Illinois local law enforcement officers. Instructional units for this course include the following: Illinois Vehicle Code, Physical Training, Criminal Offenses in Illinois, Civil Rights and Civil Liability, Firearms, Law Enforcement Driving, and First Responder. Evaluations will be made on the basis of written examinations, performance in field practical exercises (Physical Training, Control and Arrest Tactics, and Firearms), classroom participation, and behavior.

Students must achieve an overall academic average of 70 percent and successfully demonstrate skills during practical exercises.

To obtain certification from the Board, students must also achieve a minimum score of 70 percent on a comprehensive examination.

For each supervisor provided to assist in the administration of this course, one student slot is provided to that agency at no charge.

The 480-hour class includes additional practical exercises and precision driving.

The applicant needs to be employed by a city police or county sheriff's department in Illinois to attend this training.

This course teaches police officers and investigators At-Scene Traffic Crash Investigation beyond the basic level. Students learn to make effective measurements, sketches, and take photographs of crash scenes and understand the purpose of such documentation. Interviewing techniques are also covered. This intermediate level course is a prerequisite for Crash Reconstructionist certification. Students must achieve a minimum score of 70 percent on a written examination and successfully demonstrate skills during practical exercises.

Prerequisite: Basic Traffic Collision Investigation

This course provides law enforcement officers with a basic knowledge of the Juvenile Court Act and other child-related laws, such as child abuse and neglect. Additional topics to be discussed include the role of the State's Attorney, courts, and social agencies (that serve as resource centers) to better enable juvenile officers to protect the rights of youth in Illinois. Students will be required to achieve a minimum score of 70 percent on a written examination.

Prerequisite: Participants must be Illinois state, county, or municipal law enforcement officers.

This course is designed to prepare the Breath Analyzer Operator for actual operation of the breath test instrument. The course will address such issues as: Law Surrounding DUI Arrests, Physiology and Pharmacology of Alcohol in the Human Body, Theories of Breath Testing, Operation of Breath Test Instruments, and Courtroom Preparation and Presentation.

Students much achieve 70 percent on a written examination in order to be licensed as a Breath Analyzer Operator. There will also be a practical examination in which the student conducts analyses using a wet bath simulator and a controlled reference solution. All analyses must be within plus/minus .01 of the controlled reference solution.

This course trains K-9s for use as a patrol protection and narcotic detection tool. This hands-on training will teach various uses of the K-9 unit, K-9 Case Law, and Proper Care and Maintenance of a K-9. The handler and K-9 will be trained as a team. Areas of instruction will include: Obedience, Agility, Article Search, Tracking, Narcotic Detection, Cadaver Detection, Criminal Apprehension, and a building and area search.

The handler and K-9 are required to successfully complete a practical examination.

Prerequisite: None.

Prerequisite: Police participants must have completed a basic law enforcement academy.

This program is directed toward 400 Hour Basic Training Course graduates who have less than two years of law enforcement driving experience. Programs will be scheduled based upon site availability and the number of applications processed. The course consists of classroom lecture, practical driving maneuvers, and will address the importance of Driver Attitude, Laws and Liability, Vehicle Dynamics, Defensive Driving, and various driving techniques using Illinois State Police vehicles.

Students will be evaluated daily on their practical skills and must maintain an overall satisfactory score of 70 percent for course completion. The overall score is based upon a written examination, precision driving practical, and highway response practical. Additionally, the student must score a 70 percent in each discipline.

This training introduces students to the forensic science laboratory. Students will be able to identify cannabis using a microscopic test and the modified Duquenois-Levine test, write a report based upon the results of tests, and testify and explain the results of tests in court. Students must achieve a minimum score of 70 percent on a written examination.

Contact Dr. Karl Larsen, Forensic Sciences Center at Chicago 312-433-8000 extension 2051

A follow-up to the At-Scene Traffic Crash Investigation course dealing with the analysis of data from traffic crashes. Students learn in the classroom and during field projects. Topics to be covered include: Vehicle Damage Assessment, Lamp Filament and Tire Damage Analysis, Post-crash Situational Map Construction, Data Gathering, Organization and Interpretation, Road Hazard Analysis, Technical Report Writing, and Legal Aspects of Crash Investigation. This course is a prerequisite for Crash Reconstructionist certification. Students must achieve a minimum score of 70 percent on a written examination and successfully demonstrate skills during practical exercises.

Prerequisite: At-Scene Crash Investigation.

The overall goal of this program is to complete training necessary for an officer to operate efficiently and independently as a Traffic Crash Reconstruction Officer. Topics of instruction include: Mathematics, Newton's Laws review, Time/Distance studies, Conservation of Linear Momentum, Vector Sum Analysis, Determining Principle Direction of Force and Delta V, Commercial Vehicle topics, Critical Speed, Weight Shift and Lane Change formulas, and Field Projects.

Successful completion of this course will qualify the student to test for state certification from the Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board (ILETSB) and for national certification with the Accreditation Commission for Traffic Accident Reconstruction (ACTAR).

Prerequisite: Students must have successfully completed the 80-hour At-Scene Crash Investigation course, the 80-hour Technical Crash Investigation course, and the 40-hour Vehicle Dynamics course.

The purpose of this training is to provide participants with training in Vehicle Dynamics as related to traffic collision investigation and traffic collision reconstruction. Upon completion of this course the student will be able to accomplish the following: accurately determine the velocity of crash vehicles given time and distance traveled, determine the momentum of vehicles based on a given rate of acceleration and weight, explain how energy transfer affects damage to crash vehicles and injury to drivers and occupants, and define the meaning of thrust and center mass.

Prerequisite: Students must have successfully completed the 80-hour At-Scene Crash Investigation Course and the 80-hour Technical Crash Investigation Course.

This course is designed to prepare the student to teach the American Heart Association’s approved CPR course and the Department of Transportation (DOT) approved First Responder course. The course covers instructional theory and methods, and concentrates on actual teaching of CPR and First Responder topics.

Prerequisite: Students must have successfully completed the American Heart Association or Red Cross CPR course within one year prior to taking this course and the DOT approved 40-hour or 20-hour First Responder course.

This training will be presented to county, municipal, and state law enforcement officers. The goal of this program is to prepare participants to instruct law enforcement personnel in the proper use of emergency vehicles. This course will develop the proper skills needed to become a safe, confident driver, and provide students with the basic instructional techniques required to present Emergency Vehicle Operation Course programs. This course integrates instructional techniques with driving skills and provides officers with the information and abilities to create a program not only consistent in its driver's training techniques, but efficient and professional in its presentation. Students must achieve a minimum overall score of 85 percent on evaluated practical skills and written examination.

Prerequisite: Students must have successfully completed a Basic Emergency Vehicle Operation Course or equivalent.

This training is exclusively for law enforcement personnel already certified as Electronic Criminal Surveillance Officers. The overall goal is to present a refresher course in the legal, technical, and practical techniques of the interception of private oral communications.

Prerequisite: The student must hold a certificate as an Electronic Criminal Surveillance Officer I.

The students will understand telephone company policies and procedures, correctly order a circuit, physically identify various color-coded telephone pairs, properly use specialized telephone tools and apparatus, understand the operation of a dialed number recorder and associated equipment, explain the theory of direct current and Ohm's Law, demonstrate proficiency in the installation of telephone intercept equipment, and conduct listening post operations.

Students must achieve a minimum score of 70 percent on two written examinations and successfully demonstrate skills during practical exercises. Agency heads must submit a letter of application to the Director of the Illinois State Police, 125 East Monroe Street, P. O. Box 19461, Springfield, Illinois 62794-9461.

Prerequisite: Student must hold certificate as an Electronic Criminal Surveillance Officer I.

The overall goal is to present a refresher course in the technical aspects of the interception of private oral wire communications and related investigation and prosecution techniques. Students must achieve a minimum score of 70 percent on a written and practical examination.

Prerequisite: The student must hold a certificate as an Electronic Criminal Surveillance Officer II.

This training is offered to full-time, non-probationary state, county, and municipal law enforcement officers who have valid certification at both the Electronic Criminal Surveillance Officer I and II levels. Open to Illinois law enforcement officers only. The goal of this course is to teach students to accomplish the interception of private oral communication in a premise or vehicle as authorized by a court of competent jurisdiction. Topics covered will include the installation of radio and telephone equipment and the methods by which sophisticated alarm systems and lock mechanisms may be by-passed.

Students must achieve a minimum score of 70 percent on two written examinations and a comprehensive examination, and successfully demonstrate skills during practical exercises.

Agency heads must submit a letter of application to the Director of the Illinois State Police, 125 East Monroe Street, P. O. Box 19461, Springfield, Illinois 62794-9461

Prerequisite: The student must hold a certificate as an Electronic Criminal Surveillance Officer I and II.

Students must achieve a minimum score of 70 percent on a written and practical examination.

Prerequisite: The student must hold a certificate as an Electronic Criminal Surveillance Officer III.

This course is designed to increase the effectiveness of major criminal investigations by instructing state and local law enforcement officers in legal, technical, and practical aspects of in-person and telephonic overhears utilizing body worn tape recorders and radio frequency transmitters. Students are encouraged to bring their department's audio equipment for hands-on training used in conjunction with field practical exercises. State-of-the-art technical equipment will be on display from various vendors. A letter to the Director of the Illinois State Police is not required.

Prerequisite: Full-time Law Enforcement Officer.

Students are encouraged to bring their department's video equipment for hands-on training used in conjunction with field practical exercises. State-of-the-art technical equipment will be on display from various vendors.

Prerequisite: Full-time Law Enforcement Officer.