CENTRAL ILLINOIS POLICE TRAINING CENTER

Brian Fengel, Director

Phone: (309) 690-7355
Fax: (309) 690-7359
Heather Grove: hgrove@icc.edu

Jean Swan: jswan@icc.edu

Robert Pyszka: rp717@icc.edu

ILETSB – School Resource Officer Training

Instructor: Danielle Butts and Team

July 28-August 1, 2025

8am – 5pm

 Class will meet at: CIPTC, ICC Peoria Campus, 5407 N. University, Poplar P104, Peoria

Enrollment Deadline: July 21, 2025

Course Size:  Minimum –5 Maximum – 20

Please bring a fully charged laptop, all handouts will be given to students on a thumb drive.

Course Objective

This 5-day, 40-hour program has been designed by the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board to provide students with the required training in use of police personnel within the school setting in accordance with SB 2925 (PA 100-984).

SROs must be police officers of law enforcement agencies who are to serve within a school setting pursuant to a memorandum of understanding between the employing law enforcement agency and a school district within the agency’s jurisdiction.

Any officer serving in this role as of January 1, 2021 must have a special certification issued by the Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board (“Board”). Such officers must have attended a special training, or attained a waiver by the Board, before they can serve in this role.

To be eligible for this special certificate, a full-time Illinois law enforcement officer must have been actively employed in a law enforcement position within the state for at least three years (five years for part-time officers) before enrolling in the course or requesting a waiver. Each such officer must also be of sound character, free of disciplinary concerns, and open to working with minors.

Course Content

Topics discussed will include:

Day One: Juvenile Considerations / Adolescent Development & the Teen / Due Process / Interrogating Juvenile Suspects / Interviewing Juvenile Witnesses

Day Two: Intro to Juvenile Law & Juvenile Court Act / Detention of Juveniles / Rights of Parents / School Law / Roles of SRO / Developing Relationships with diverse students

Day Three: School Structure and Hierarchy / School Safety & Design / Student Communication / Understanding special youth considerations disabilities

Day Four: Special Needs / Overview of Criminal Activity in Schools / Law Enforcement Action in schools / Intro to School Threat Response and Case Study Review / Role of SRO in Active Threat / Recognizing Active Threat

Day Five: SWAT, Tactical, School Safety & SWAT Officers / Tactical Maneuvering on school grounds: solo/group responses, clear classrooms, response to threat / Post Event Considerations / Threat Response Scenario Trainings

Successful completion and attendance of the course, including passing the exam, is required to be State Certified.

Mobile In-Service Training Team # 7 Illinois Enforcement Training and Standards Board

MTU #7 request for certification of this course has been approved by the Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board

Meets the following mandatory training criteria: Civil Rights 1.50 hours, Const. Use of LE Authority 1.00, Crisis Intervention 4 hours, Cultural Competency 2.50 hours, Human Rights .50 hours, Legal Updates 3.00 hours, Officer Wellness/Mental Heal 1 hour, Procedural Justice 7.00 hours, Psychology of Domestic Violence .50 hours, Reporting of Child Abuse and Neglect .50 hours, De-Escalation 3 hours with 2.50 hours of Scenario Based, Laws Concerning stops, searches and use of force, 1 hour and Officer Safety Techniques 3 hours with 2.50 hour Scenario Based SPECIALIZED Training; Active Threat Response 7 hours, with 6 hour of Scenario Based, Juvenile Law 6 hours, and Officer & Youth Interaction 8 hours.

CENTRAL ILLINOIS POLICE TRAINING CENTER

Brian Fengel, Director

Phone: (309) 690-7355
Fax: (309) 690-7359
Heather Grove: hgrove@icc.edu

Jean Swan: jswan@icc.edu

Robert Pyszka: rp717@icc.edu

ITOA – High Risk Traffic Stops Instructor

Instructor: S.T.K. Training

www.stktraining.com

Instructor:

(Dan Glover, Jon Quast, Kyle Veech, Kevin Keen, Mike Taylor, Kyle Durst)

August 10-11, 2025

8am-4pm

Class will meet at: Tazewell County Sheriff’s Office Range, 21302 Illinois Route 9, Tremont, IL

Enrollment Deadline: August 3, 2025

Maximum – 18 students

Course Objective:

This two-day, 16-hour course is designed to provide officers with the knowledge, specialized tactical skills, associated presentations, and materials they will need to develop, implement, and teach High Risk Patrol Traffic Stops to their officers.        

 The focus of this program is to certify your department instructors to teach high risk traffic stops. This course is designed to incorporate basic tactical knowledge, awareness, and skill sets, when performing and teaching this high-risk patrol operation.   

Course Content:

To provide students with an opportunity to:

• Understand the need to integrate high risk traffic stops skill sets into patrol operations.
• Identify and discuss high risk traffic stop case law; legal justification; IVC utilization; safety priorities; use-of-force and the established safety priorities.
• Assist participants in demonstrating practical knowledge and performance ability while conducting high-risk traffic stop operations, to include: Probable cause; vehicle positioning; verbal commands; suspect custody; vehicle clearing techniques; firearms handling/deployment skills.
• Allow students the opportunity to participate in and conduct realistic scenario-based training.
• Allow the students the opportunity to conduct platform, performance and scenario-based training, preparing them to teach High Risk Traffic Stop Tactics and Techniques.

Who Should Attend: COURSE PREREQUISITES:

• This course IS NOT a beginner’s course. It is designed for those who have a basic understanding and practiced knowledge of High-Risk Traffic Stops. Attendees should be established department instructors / FTO’s / Range Instructors and those responsible for use-of-force / tactical training.
• Course participants should be physically capable of operating in physical situations, and may be required to sprint, kneel, and perform police tactical skills.  If an officer is physically incapable of performing these physical tasks, please do not register to them to attend.

Mobile In-Service Training Team#7 Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board

MTU 7 request for certification of this course has been approved by the Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board

Meets the following mandatory training criteria: Constitutional Use of Law Enforcement Authority 1.5 hours,  Crisis Intervention 1.5 hours, Legal Update .50 hours; 4.50 hours De-Escalation with 3.50 hours scenario based, High Risk Traffic Stops 6.0 hours with 5.50 hours scenario based; Laws concerning stops, searches and use of force .50 hours with 5.50 hours scenario based and Officer Safety Techniques 1.0 hours with 1.0 hours scenario based.