Illinois Police Reserves

State law challenges

In late 2010, an opinion by Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan affirmed a state law that requires any auxiliary police to be state certified officers. Since IPR was not state certified, its partnerships with suburban police departments went away and they stopped training new recruits.

After a four year break, a new class of recruits is beginning the organization's 300-hour law enforcement training in January 2015; training that is not approved by the state board responsible for certifying all law enforcement personnel in Illinois.