Public Services & Community Outreach
Central Illinois Police Training Center
Program Information
The Central Illinois Police Training Center is housed at Illinois Central College in the Health Careers and Public Services Department. The Central Illinois Police Training Center is a Statewide System for In-Service Training (ASSIST) for continuous in-service training for current law enforcement officers.
The Central Illinois Police Training Center is also labeled as Mobile Team, Unit #7. The Training Center is part of 16 Mobile Team Units in the State of Illinois. Mobile Team Units are established under the "Intergovernmental Law Enforcement Officers In-Service Training Act." The "Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board" has the direct responsibility and control of the Mobile Team Unit. The "Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board" along with Local Membership participation supply the funding for the Mobile Team Unit.
The Training Center delivers in-service training to law officers in Peoria, Tazewell, and Woodford Counties. The Training Center is a not-for-profit governmental entity which is directed and administered by an advisory board composed of the sheriff of each county who is a member, the chief of police of each municipality who is a member, the head of the law enforcement agency of any local government which may be a member, the county board chairman of one of the member counties, the chief executive officer of one of the member municipalities, and either the executive director or chairman of the Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board.
The objective of Mobile Team In-Service Law Enforcement Training is to encourage local and state law enforcement officers to upgrade their knowledge and skills in techniques pertinent to the law enforcement profession; to provide law enforcement officers with training opportunities within their own locality, and on flexible schedules; and, to provide quality training on topics of instruction centered on specific local needs.