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Active Membership
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, county or other 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.
(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.
(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 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.
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Class "A" Associate
Membership
Class "A"
Associate membership is
for law enforcement officers who do not qualify for Active
membership because of part time, honorary, special,
auxiliary or reserve police status. Included are full time
officers employed by a private corporation such as
department store, private detective agencies, watch
services, bank police and plant protection police.
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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Class "B" Associate
Membership
Class "B"
Associate membership is for
businessmen of high repute who are recommended by Active members.
Associate members shall require the sponsorship of an accredited
Active member, and such membership shall be issued only in limited
number as prescribed by resolution of the Board. They shall be
exempt from any benefits acquired through Active membership except
when Article 7, Section 1 applies to Associate "A" membership and
precluded from holding office and voting on administrative
polices.
(Amended September, 1991)
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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Honorary Membership
Honorary
Members
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Persons who are ineligible for Active
membership but who the Board finds are qualified by training and
experience in general law enforcement or have achieved
professional distinction in police science and administration;
those who have rendered distinguished public service in the
administration of criminal justice or who have made an outstanding
contribution to law enforcement or the prevention of crime;
members of the judiciary and officers of any municipal, count,
state, or federal agency and executive officials of a government
department are eligible for honorary membership.
PARAGRAPH A: Honorary members shall be exempt from the payment of
all dues and assessments and through their respective membership
shall extend throughout each calendar year following consideration
and approval of the Board of the respective person's
qualifications and status. They shall not be entitled to the death
benefit belonging to the Active members and shall be precluded
from holding office in the Association and voting at any meeting
of the membership.
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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Lifetime Membership
Lifetime
Members -
All Past Presidents shall
become Life members upon completion of their term of office and
shall be exempt from dues and enjoy all the privileges and
benefits of an Active member for the remainder of their lives.
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
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