Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 38, September 20, 2024
a) Employees shall obey all federal, State,
and local laws and applicable court decisions and orders related to the
performance of their services to the Department.
b) Employees shall verbally report as soon as
possible and shall submit a written report within five working days after any:
1) Arrest, indictment or conviction for a
felony or a misdemeanor, other than a minor traffic offense such as a parking
ticket, to their immediate supervisor. Driving under the influence is a
reportable offense. The report shall specify the facts forming the basis for
the arrest, indictment, or conviction and the caption of the case.
A) Any employee who is convicted after March
1, 1998 of a domestic violence crime as defined in the Federal Gun Control Act
and who may be required to possess, transport, or receive a weapon or
ammunition in the performance of his or her duties shall be terminated from
employment.
B) Any employee who is
charged and convicted of a felony shall be terminated from
employment.
2) Order of
protection against any employee. The report shall specify the facts for the
order of protection and include a caption of the case and the length of the
order.
A) Any employee who has an order of
protection against him or her shall provide a copy of the order of protection
or emergency or amended order of protection with his or her written
report.
B) Any employee who has an
order of protection against him or her that prohibits the possession or use of
a firearm shall not be issued a weapon for the duration of the order.
C) Any employee whose order of protection
prohibits the possession or use of firearms and is for a length of time
exceeding 90 days and who may be required to possess, transport, or receive a
weapon or ammunition in the performance of his or her duties shall be
terminated from employment.
3) Admission as an inpatient in a mental
hospital, if the employee is authorized to carry a firearm.
A) Any employee who has been admitted as an
inpatient in a mental health hospital in the last five years is prohibited from
receiving a firearm or ammunition.
B) Following an admission as an inpatient in
a mental health hospital, employees authorized to carry a firearm shall submit
either a court order or waiver from the State Police pursuant to
430
ILCS 65/10(c) lifting the prohibition
from possession of a firearm and firearms ammunition or be
terminated.
c) Employees shall comply with departmental
rules, written procedures, bulletins and written or verbal orders issued by
Department authorities.
d)
Employees shall utilize State equipment, property, or services only as
authorized by the job assignment.
e) Employees shall have a valid driver's
license and, at minimum, be covered by liability insurance prior to
transporting offenders in vehicles.
f) Employees shall cooperate with any
investigation conducted by internal investigators and other investigative
authorities, including the Office of the Executive Inspector General.
g) Employees shall respect the
confidentiality of information and shall be prohibited from accessing or
disclosing information such as, but not limited to, investigations, offender
records, and personnel issues, except to the extent required in the performance
of their job duties.
h) Employees
shall not intentionally perform any prohibited political activity during any
compensated time other than benefit time such as vacation, personal, holiday,
compensatory, or equivalent earned time. Employees shall not intentionally
misappropriate any State property or resources by engaging in prohibited
political activity for the benefit of any campaign for elective office or any
political organization.
