HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - R-19-014 - 09/03/2019 - Consolidated Law Enforcement Training Facility RESOLUTION: R-19-014
RESOLUTION PURSUING A MCHENRY COUNTY
CONSOLIDATED LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING FACILITY
WHEREAS, McHenry County law enforcement agencies have a need to properly train
agency personnel in critical training such as: firearms proficiency, rapid deployment, defensive
tactics and use of force;
WHEREAS, The Illinois Police Training Act(50 ILCS 705/) sets minimum requirements
for police officer training and firearm qualification;
WHEREAS, not one law enforcement agency in McHenry County has an indoor firearms
range;
WHEREAS, every agency, except for the McHenry County Sheriff's Office is dependent
on another entity for their firearms training;
WHEREAS, McHenry County agencies have the desire to work collectively across
political boundaries in order to optimize the delivery of vital services in high-quality,cost-effective
ways;
WHEREAS, McHenry County agencies have the desire to improve efficiency, reduce
duplication of services and encourage resource sharing;
WHEREAS,McHenry County agencies have the desire to explore ways in which working
together as opposed to working independently can eliminate inefficient or duplicative services;
WHEREAS, McHenry County agencies have the desire to explore ways to make use of
existing facilities to achieve economies of scale;
WHEREAS, McHenry County agencies have the desire to provide career-long training to
law enforcement professionals to help them fulfill their responsibilities safely and proficiently.
NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED,by the undersigned Corporate Authority that
their respective staff employees do the following:
1. Identify ways to be more efficient with the resources at hand, including sharing staff
and pooling resources with neighboring jurisdictions to create more effective law
enforcement training operations.
2. Analyze how to organize law enforcement training services in the most logical way
countywide, rather than have them constrained by jurisdictional or area limits.
3. Explore ways to make use of existing qualified law enforcement personnel and
facilities countywide to achieve economies of scale.
4. Explore the quantitative and qualitative benefits from a McHenry County consolidated
law enforcement training facility model, including the efficiencies inherent in shared
services, higher quality training, and improved interoperability.
5. Jointly pursue and evaluate the possibility of an intergovernmental agreement between
the undersigned entities establishing a consolidated training facility which includes a
firearm range.
Passed this 3rd day of September, 2019.
Ayes Nays Absent Abstain
Alderwoman Baehne k
Alderman Devine k
Alderman Glab k
Alderman Mihevc k
Alderwoman Miller X
Alderman Santi a'
Alderman Schaefer fir
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