ILLINOIS USE OF FORCE GUIDELINES

TRAINING, RESEARCH, UPDATES & PROTOCOLS

The Illinois Law Enforcement Training & Standards Board (ILETSB) has established mandated training requirements for Illinois Peace officers. Such training equates to 30 hours within a three-year period. Calibre Press, with over 40 years of state-of-the-art, up-to-date researched training has created a specially designed 16-hour course that specifically addresses most of the subject matters -required by the ILETSB.

The required subjects addressed in our two-day course include, but are not limited to, the following:

• 6 Hours of Instruction On: Use of force techniques including the use of de-escalation techniques designed to prevent or reduce the need for force whenever safe and feasible

• 6 Hours of Instruction Focused on: Traffic stops, including high-risk stops, as well as:
  • The law concerning stops & searches
  • Laws regulating the use of force under the 4th Amendment of the US Constitution
  • The Graham Standard
  • LE Policies & Procedures
  • The Illinois SAFE-T Act

• Safety Techniques & Considerations
  • Time
  • Cover & Concealment
  • Distance
  • Communication

• Acute Stress: How the mind and body reacts during such experiences

• Tactics & Techniques for Patrol Officers
  • Approach to People
  • Approach to Vehicles
  • Approach to Buildings