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Old 02-24-2010, 06:51 PM
heeter3 heeter3 is offline
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Im also from Illinois and have been retired for 5 years after having served for 30.I was able to qualify through my department until a new mayor was elected last year(also a retired cop from our department by the way).Well in his new found political wisdom he decided that retirees could no longer qualify through the department (hes also a special with a different agency and qualifies through them).Fortunately,as ISP Capt has said ,Illinois has made it fairly easy to qualify( for those whose departments have abandoned them which sadly are quite a few).That said Im looking forward to passage and implementation of the proposed amendments to HR218 which will allow certified Instructors to qualify retired officers using state or local qualification standards.This will relieve us from the whims of some states and many departments that have chosen to ignore our past service!
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