Public Accountability Report
State Police Merit Board
(Appropriated Spending in Thousands)
| FY |
FY |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporting Programs | Expenditures | Headcount | Expenditures | Headcount |
| Promotional Assessments | $ 600.0 | 3.0 | $ 450.0 | 3.0 |
| Discipline | $ 592.0 | 3.0 | $ 175.7 | 3.0 |
| Recruitment & Selection | $ 500.3 | 3.0 | $ 360.0 | 3.0 |
| Totals | $ 1,692.3 | 9.0 | $ 985.7 | 9.0 |
Amounts may not sum to total due to rounding.
Agency Narrative
The mission of the Illinois State Police Merit Board is to remove political influence and provide a fair and equitable merit process for the selection of Illinois State Trooper candidates and the promotion and discipline of Illinois State Police officers.
The applicant certification process (recruitment and selection): the Board certifies applicants as eligible for hiring by the Illinois State Police. Applicants are administered a written test, physical fitness test, background investigation and review, and oral interview.
The promotion certification process (promotional assessments): the Board certifies sworn officers as eligible for promotion to higher ranks. Promotional candidates seeking promotion to Sergeant, Master Sergeant, Lieutenant, and Captain are administered a written examination and an assessment exercise.
The discipline process handles all instances where the Illinois State Police seeks discipline for sworn officers of a thirty-day suspension or greater, up to termination. The Director of the Illinois State Police initiates the process by filing a Complaint with the Board. The Board assigns the case to a hearing officer to conduct a hearing and issue recommended findings of fact and conclusions of law. The Board then decides the case and issues the appropriate level of discipline.
