The Illinois Valley Crime Prevention Commission was established in 1972 and has operated a training program for local law enforcement personnel since 1974. This training program became a full-time project in 1976 with funding form the Illinois Law Enforcement Commission. On January 1, 1983, the Illinois Local Governmental Law Enforcement Officers Training Board received a grant from the Law Enforcement Commission to continue the operations of the training program for six months. On July 1, 1983 the program became funded in full by the State of Illinois through the Traffic Surcharge Fund and was titled “A Statewide System of In-Service Training – A.S.S.I.S.T. The Illinois Valley Crime Prevention Commission, as part of the A.S.S.I.S.T. Program, is also know as Mobile Team Training Unit #5.
The objectives of the regional in-service training program are to:
Provide sufficient courses to meet the demand of each county sheriff’s department or local police department
Encourage full-time and certified part-time police officers, correctional officers and coroners to upgrade their knowledge and skills
Assist with policy and procedure information
Schedule quality training programs at convenient locations for all officer participation
Encourage all agencies to use the media films and tapes at Western Illinois University provided by the State Training Board and MTU’s
Encourage Advisory Board members to provide training input and encourage their subordinates to attend the quality training provided
To continue providing a viable part-time officer training program which meets the minimum standards of police training
The Director of the Illinois Valley Crime Prevention – Mobile Team Unit 5 is Beth Pinter. Greg Elliott is the Assistant Director
