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Illinois
Police Association ACTIVE MEMBERSHIP...
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ACTIVE MEMBERS – Active
members shall be limited to police officers,
correctional officers, sheriffs, full time railroad
police officers, coroners, duly authorized prosecutors
and their assistants during their term of office, a duly
state and federal parole officers, and other public law
enforcement officers employed by any municipality, |
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political subdivision or within the territorial limits
of Illinois including law enforcement officers employed
by the United States whose tour of duty or office from
where he reports is located within Illinois; and
officers who have been pensioned or eligible for pension
after serving twenty years but not yet age fifty, from
law enforcement employment. Application for Active
membership may not be accepted unless the law
enforcement qualifications of the applicant’s employer
are clearly defined by state or federal statutes. The
Executive Board may deny an application for membership
where its acceptance may result in risks or losses being
unnecessarily increased and which it is believed would
prove detrimental to the operations of the Association. |
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(Amended
September, 1982)
SECTION 2 – PARAGRAPH A – POLICE OFFICERS DEFINED – Any
person who is hired and employed specifically as a
police officer by a law enforcement agency authorized by
statute, federal or state, to enforce the law, other
than those in a judicial capacity. Such officers must be
employed on a full time basis and otherwise come under
the provisions of Municipalities 820 ILCS 105/1,
commonly known as the Minimum Wage Law, when said
applies. Employees of agencies not included in the
Minimum Wage Act must be compensated at an annual rate
reasonable consistent with full time service not lower
than 75 percent of THE ESTABLISHED MINIMUM SALARY.
Eligibility for Active membership shall not be altered
if a police officer is assigned to clerical, radio,
telephone switchboard, dog pound, or ambulance service
unless the principal reason for their employment is to
perform such non-police service and unless such employee
is compensated at a salary lower than that received by a
patrolman of the same department. Persons employed by a
police department because of their specialized training
or profession shall not be considered a police officer
unless they are originally employed as such police
officer and are compensated at the same salary as those
of corresponding rank on the same department. |
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(Amended
September, 1975)
SECTION 2 – PARAGRAPH B – A candidate for Active
membership must be proposed by an Active member who
shall submit the name and the candidate’s written
request for membership on forms provided by the
Association. The Executive Director may approve the
application if the is satisfied that the applicant has
truthfully and fully answered all questions contained in
the application, and is entitled to active membership.
In case the Executive director is doubtful of the
candidate’s eligibility he shall refer the application
to the Board for its decision thereon, which shall be
final.
(Amended September, 1964 – September 1996)
SECTION 2 – PARAGRAPH C – A member may be disciplined,
suspended or expelled for a misrepresentation of facts
in his application for membership, for unprofessional
conduct or other just cause, but such punishment shall
not be inflicted except upon written charges being filed
against him and until he has had an opportunity to be
heard in his own defense before the Board. The member
shall be entitled to counsel at said hearing.
(Amended September, 1965)
Sex, color, race or creed shall not be a bar to
membership in the Association.
PROHIBITIONS – no person who has been convicted of a
felony against the laws of any state or the federal
government shall be eligible for membership and any
member who is convicted of a felony against the laws of
any state or federal government shall be automatically
dropped from the membership from the date his conviction
becomes final.
(Amended September, 1991) |
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