(15 ILCS 205/4c) (from Ch. 14, par. 4c)
Sec. 4c.
(a) Subject to the qualifications set forth below,
investigators
employed by the Attorney General shall be peace officers and shall have
all the powers possessed by policemen
in cities and by sheriffs;
provided, that Attorney General's investigators may exercise such
powers anywhere in the State in cooperation with
and after contact with the local law enforcement
officials.
No investigator employed by the Attorney General shall have peace officer
status or exercise police powers unless he or she successfully completes the
basic police training course mandated and approved by the Illinois Law
Enforcement Training Standards Board or such board waives
the training requirement by reason of the investigator's prior law
enforcement experience or training or both.
The board shall not waive the training requirement unless the
investigator has had a minimum of 5 years experience as a sworn officer of
a local, state or federal law enforcement agency, 2 of which shall have
been in an investigatory capacity.
(b) The Attorney General must authorize to each investigator employed
under
this
Section and to any other employee exercising the powers of peace officers a
distinct
badge that, on its face, (i) clearly states that it is authorized by the Office
of
the Attorney
General and (ii)
contains a unique identifying number. No other badge shall be authorized by
the Office of the Attorney General.
(Source: P.A. 90-540, eff. 12-1-97; 91-883, eff. 1-1-01.)
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