§501.50. Firearms Authorization

a)         Employees shall not be authorized to carry or use a firearm unless they have received Department firearms training and qualification.

 

b)         The Director may authorize employees to carry firearms:

 

1)         To escort or transport a committed person outside the facilities of the Department and to return from such trips;

 

2)         To protect, arrest, apprehend and reconfine a committed person;

 

3)         To fill assigned security positions requiring firearms as standard equipment; and

 

4)         For training purposes.

 

c)         The Director may personally authorize other agency employees to carry firearms after determining that there is a need based upon the specific duties and responsibilities of the employee.

 

(Source:  Amended at 11 Ill. Reg. 14697, effective September 1, 1987)