AUTHORITY: Implementing Sections 7-1, 7-3, 7-9 and 31A-1.1 of the Criminal Code of 2012 [720 ILCS 5/7-1, 7-3, 7-9 and 31A-1.1] and Article 103 of the Code of Criminal Procedures of 1963 [725 ILCS 5/Art. 103] and Sections 3-2.5-20, 3-4-3, 3-6-2, 3-6-4, 3-7-2, 3-7-4, 3-10-1, 3-10-8 and 3-10-9 of the Unified Code of Corrections [730 ILCS 5/3-2.5-20, 3-4-3, 3-6-2, 3-6-4, 3-7-2, 3-7-4, 3-10-1, 3-10-8 and 3-10-9] and authorized by Sections 3-2.5-20, 3-7-1, 3-7-4 and 3-10-8(b) of the Unified Code of Corrections [730 ILCS 5/3-2.5-20, 3-7-1, 3-7-4 and 3-10-8(b)]. Sections 2501.70 and 2501.220 are also implementing Consent Decrees (Czajaka vs. Brierton, #76 C 772, N.D. Ill. 1977; Drew vs. Sielaff, #73 C 2911, N.D. Ill. 1977; and Meeks vs. Lane, #75 C 96, N.D. Ill. 1981).DEPARTMENT OF JUVENILE JUSTICE
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 youth outside the facilities of the Department and to return from such trips;
2) To protect, arrest, apprehend and reconfine a committed youth;
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.