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Personnel and Training. On 29 April,
62 recruits of the Chicago Police Department
and five members of suburban
police departments completed recruit
training and were graduated. There remain
223 Chicago recruits, 29 members
of 13 suburban and institutional police
departments, and 7 members of the
Cook County Sheriff's Police in various
stages of training in the 14-week program
at the Academy.
On 11 April and 25 April, two 11week
accelerated recruit courses were
started. There are 64 cadets and probationary
patrolmen currently engaged in
the program.
Meetings were held with representatives
of the Chicago Board of Education
and the Illinois Department of Labor
and temporary information sheets were
prepared and distributed by the Special
Services Section of the Personnel D ivision.
A total of 3,000 new Civil Service
Commission applications and letters of
recruitment instruction were distributed
to all districts and headquarters.
Processing began on 25 applicants for
the position of part-time cadet. It is anticipated
that the initial group of cadets
under this program, who must be fulltime
college students, will have been
assigned for on-the-job training by mid­
May.
During April, three classes totaling
107 sergeants attended the one-week
Advanced Supervisory Training Course
conducted by the Northwestern Uni-
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There were 352 patrolmen who completed
the one-week in-service patrolmen's
course; 31 men attended a oneweek
Marine unit training course; 180
officers completed the two-day Task
Force in-service training program; 36
men completed the two-day prisoner
van driver's training course; 200 men
completed the four-hour lock-up keeper's
training program; and on 25 April ,
208 men attended the one-day sixth
annual Commanding Officer's Seminar
on Human Relations.
Crossing Guard Manual. A "Crossing
Guard Guidebook" has been prepared
and is currently being distributed. The
booklet contains sections on Crossing
Guard status, responsibilities, benefits,
and personnel practices as well as
general information relating to the
organization and operation of the
Department.
Illinois Police Training Act. At the
May 3rd meeting of the Illinois Police
Training Board in Springfield, the Board
adopted by-laws, rules and regulations.
They also established a 160-hour recruit
curriculum requirement for certified
training programs under the Illinois
Police Training Act.
The Board approved the certification
of the Chicago Police Academy and the
Illinois Police Institute subject to the
receipt of formal applications. Following
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official notification of certification, the
City will be eligible for some remuneration
for each Chicago Police Department
recruit who completes the training program
at the Academy.
Civil Rights. A new General Order
has been distributed consolidating the
policy of the Department on civil rights
(General Order 66-9). The order contains
specific sections relating to the
safeguarding of individual rights, the
extent of the rjghts of free speech and
assembly, the manner in which the rights
of arrested persons will be guaranteed
and the responsibilities of each officer in
this regard.
Revised Field Reporting System. On
28 April, Special Order 66-18 went into
effect in the 1st Police Area. The purpose
of the program established by thi s
order is to study the feasibility of police
officers completing reports in the field
and sending them to Department headquarters
rather than calling the requisite
information in by telephone. Under the
pilot program, police officers assigned to
the 1st Area have been provided with
formsets for each type of report. All
necessary reports are prepared in the
field and submitted to the reporting
officer's immediate supervisor. Transportation
to the Record ing and
Transcribing section at headquarters is
provided through regular Department
mail service.
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