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SRT Training in Vandalia News Article

Tue, 01/10/2012 - 10:55pm — jctanner
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Attached is a recent news article about recent training conducted by the Region 9/11 SRT in Vandalia.

If you are in need of a highly trained and well equipped Special Response Team for a search or arrest warrant where there is a high risk potential (weapons, resistance, or destruction of evidence) or barricaded suspect(s) please call:

Team Commander Scott Burge 618-231-3879

Assistant Team Commander Blaine Uhls 618-322-4488

Northwest Central Dispatch (Orange Pocket Card #1-847-590-3500)  When calling NWCD you MUST specify a request for the ILEAS Region 9/11 WMD SRT Team. The dispatchers at NWCD must look at a different screen for a team callout otherwise they will look for and notify a department swat team.

If you have any questions about making a callout feel free to call Commander's Burge or Uhls.  They will be happy to discuss the procedure and what they have to offer.

Sincerely, 

 J Chris Tanner

 Illinois Law Enforcement Alarm System (ILEAS)
 1701 E. Main
 Urbana, Illinois 61802
 Regional Planning Coordinator

 

(618) 322-2629 mobile
 

 StarCom21 Identifier  “ILEAS 17”
                                          

 jctanner@ileas.org
 www.ileas.org       

Region 9/11 Special Response Team News Article

Mon, 01/02/2012 - 3:39pm — jctanner
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 On December 31, 2011 the Region 9/11 Special Response Team was activated to assist the Wayne Co. Sheriff's Department in the arrest of a barricaded suspect.

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Wayne County Man In Custody On Multiple Charges After Barricading Himself Inside A Geff Home
12/31/11 @ 1:00:22 pm

 

Nathan Easton

A 28-year-old Geff man is being held in the Wayne County Jail at Fairfield on multiple charges after allegedly barricading himself inside a home in Geff early Saturday morning.  Nathan Easton was arrested for alleged disorderly conduct, home invasion, domestic battery, leaving the scene of an accident, criminal damage to property over $500, theft over $500, criminal trespass to property, and resisting arrest. 

 Wayne County Sheriff's officials say Easton had barricaded himself inside his home around 12:15 Saturday morning after police arrived on the scene.  The Illinois Emergency Alert System tactical response team was called shortly before three Saturday am.  Easton was reported to be in custody at 4:50 am. 

 

No details have yet been released on what led up to the charges against Easton or how he was taken into custody.  

 

Additional news release:

Geff Man To Be Charged with Holding Police at Bay Saturday Morning
1/2/12 @ 12:15:23 pm

Formal charges are expected to be filed Tuesday against 28-year-old Nathan A. Easton of Geff.  Easton is accused of holding police at bay at his home in Geff for four hours early Saturday morning. He is also accused of battering his wife and stealing a pickup truck and later wrecking it in a neighbor's yard. The standoff ended when a SWAT team entered the home and took Easton into custody. He faces preliminary charges of home invasion, resisting arrest, vehicle theft, criminal damage to property and leaving the scene of an accident.

 

Just a reminder, If you are in need of a fully equipped, trained and responsive SWAT team the ILEAS Region 9/11 Team is available 24 hrs. a day.  Call Team Commander Scott Burge at 618-231-3879. Better yet put his contact information in your speed dial list.

Monthly STARCOM21 Radio Test

Mon, 01/02/2012 - 2:09pm — jctanner
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Greetings Chiefs, Sheriffs, Commanders, and ILEAS Contacts     

     I would like to invite all of you to participate in the StarCom21 radio tests conducted by our local EMA and ESDA directors. These tests are conducted the first Tuesday of each month at 1030 hrs. Not all agencies possess a STARCOM21 radio. Your 911 point of contact, Sheriff’s Department, or EMA Director should have access to one.

     My agencies consist of all of IEMA Region 9 and Douglas and Edgar Counties in Region 7. The test is conducted through each IEMA region alphabetically by county. Your agency will not be called if you have not participated in this radio test in the past. At the end of the test all of those agencies not automatically called will be given an opportunity to respond to the test. Simply respond by identifying your agency name. The next month and in all succeeding months, your agency will be automatically called and you will have the opportunity respond and test your radio.

     As always, there is no fee or charge for the use of your StarCom21 radio in these monthly tests, inter agency training or in the event of a critical incident. Agencies responding to a critical incident, as well as your ILEAS Regional Planning Coordinator, will be in contact with your EMA and ESDA directors and your agency through the use of the Starcom21 communications system.   Therefore it is very important that we all familiarize ourselves with the use of this valuable resource.

     Set your radio to Zone AA and 9B or 7b in Region 7. To assist you in achieving these settings ILEAS has provided simple Quick Start Guides on the ILEAS home page. Open the Communications link near the top of the page. Identify the StarCom21 radio that you possess and open that Quick Start guide.

     If your department, local fire agencies and EMA units would prefer hands on training, please contact me or our ILEAS StarCom21 communications liaison Russ Gentry at rlgentry@ileas.org and ILEAS will endeavor to provide you with free technical assistance.

     Again, the StarCom21 radio system is an integral part of our ILEAS statewide mutual aid system. It will bring us all closer together in our joint response to critical incidents within our state. 

     Any questions call or email and I will be happy to answer your questions.

 J. Chris Tanner

ILEAS Region 9

Regional Planning Coordinator

Cell 618.322.2629

Email jctanner@ileas.org

StarCom21 Identifier  “ILEAS 17”

 

 

                     STATE-WIDE LAW ENFORCEMENT MUTUAL AID

Law Enforcement Support Office (LESO) Training Announcement

Thu, 12/29/2011 - 10:52am — jctanner
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A little background on the LESO program:

The DLA Disposition Services Law Enforcement Support Office (LESO) conducts program management from Battle Creek, Michigan.  Currently, 50 states and 3 US territories participate in the program, which supports a law enforcement customer base of more than 1.7 million officers. Since inception of the program, more than $2.6 billion worth of property has been transferred and in FY 11 a record $498 million worth of property.  If your law enforcement agency qualifies and chooses to participate, it may become one of more than 11,573 (local, state, and federal) participating members to improve its capabilities, expand its patrol coverage, while saving the American taxpayer.

The LESO website address is:

https://www.dispositionservices.dla.mil/rtd03/leso/index.shtml

The following announcement may be of interest to you and your agency. Please contact Tracy directly if you wish to attend.

Officials with LESO out of Battle Creek, Michigan will be in Springfield the week of January 9, 2012, and have offered to conduct a website training session for any interested Illinois LEA's... we are tentatively planning this session for the morning of Tuesday, January 10th, exact time and place to be announced, depending on the amount of interest expressed by our members.

SO, if you or anyone from your organization would be interested in attending this training session in Springfield on January 10th, please indicate such by responding via email to my attention, tracy.nichols@illinois.gov NO LATER THAN TUESDAY, JANUARY 3, 2012. Please include the total number of personnel from your agency that will attend, so that we will have an idea on space requirements.

Thank you for your interest - and I would like to express my sincere wishes for a blessed New Year, and say THANKS to each and every one of you for the opportunity I have been given to work with all of you! I have learned so much about the sacrifices you in law enforcement make for all of us every single day, and I am honored to assist you in any way possible.

Thanks again,

Tracy Nichols
LESO-Springfield
217/558-1425
tracy.nichols@illinois.gov

Comprehensive Law Enforcement Resource Guide

Tue, 12/27/2011 - 12:32am — jctanner
Discussion: 

While checking the FLETC site I came across this resource guide that seems to cover almost all areas of law enforcement.  Hope you find it useful.

http://www.fletc.gov/osl/free-resources/resource-guide.pdf/view

 

Chris Tanner

Region 9 Planning Coordinator

c 618.322.2629

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