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ICJIA Designates $19 Million to ILEAS for "Less Lethal Alternatives for Law Enforcement" grant

ICJIA Designates $19 Million to ILEAS

UPDATE August 17, 2023

On June 20, 2023, ILEAS applied for funding from the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority (ICJIA).  This state-funded grant, known as “Less Lethal Alternatives for Law Enforcement,” is focused on two areas.  First, it will support the purchase of less lethal devices.  Second, it will support funding for training on topics such as de-escalation, cultural competency, trauma-informed response, etc.

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Update on ILEAS Training Center Remodeling Project

UPDATE - September 22, 2023

  • After receiving sealed bids, Felmley Dickerson Company of Champaign, Illinois was selected as the general contractor for this project.  
  • The asbestos removal contractor that started on August 21st, has cleared asbestos from the B Wing and the Basement Communications Storage area.  They are currently finishing up the C Wing.  It is anticipated that within two weeks, asbestos abatement for teh entire building will be completed.    
  • Felmly Dickerson has begun the demolition work in the B Wing and the center courtyard. 
  • Bids were let for the replacement of the current parking lot and its expansion to the west.  
    • Open Roads paving submitted the only bid. 
    • Contract negotiations are underway with Open Roads Paving to begin work (most likely to begin in early Spring of 2024).

ILEAS would also like to thank the late Senator Scott Bennett and his family for working hard to identify the funding to make this project come to life.  

ILEAS to seek applicants for a hiring opportunity related to the recently awarded ICJIA Less Lethal Alternatives for Law Enforcement Grant.

ILEAS seeking applicants for hiring opportunity related to the recently awarded ICJIA Less Lethal Alternatives for Law Enforcement Grant.

The recently awarded $19 million ICJIA grant to ILEAS will be an aggressive undertaking.  The performance period for this grant officially started on August 17th, 2023 and at this point, ends on June 30th, 2024.  In that time, a competitive application process will have to be designed, inventory acquisition, distribution and accounting, training involving officer interactions as well as device certification and reporting and the financial accounting for each dollar spent will all have to be overseen by new staff members.  ILEAS has recently filled the positions of Special Programs Manager and Programs Device Coordinator.  We continue to accept submissions from experienced, qualified persons to handle the role of Training Coordinator. 

  • Special Program Training Coordinator - $6,303/month. A sizeable portion of this grant will involve the identification and possible funding for a variety of classroom and scenario based training offering Less Lethal Alternatives to L.E. Officers.  Interviewing skills, de-escalation and C.I.T. course work are examples this person will explore.  A working or past relationship with the M.T.U. system, ILETSB and Western Illinois University and the Executive Institute for training will be vital to success to bring about training options across the state. 

ILEAS Training Center Remodel Update

UPDATE August 1, 2023

  • IGW Architects from Urbana, Illinois was selected as the architect and project manager. 
  • Reliable Environmental Solutions, Inc. from Springfield, Illinois was selected as the asbestos abatement project manager. 
  • After receiving sealed bids, Felmley Dickerson Company of Champaign, Illinois was selected as the general contractor for this project.  
  • Bidding is underway to select an asbestos abatement contractor.  
    • Asbestos abatement starts on August 21st.
    • Once that is complete, then the general contractor will start its remodeling work.  
  • The ILEAS Governing Board has met and approved the plan and the expenditure of the funds and engagement of contracts 
  • Over the summer, ILEAS part time individuals who were assigned some demolition work (removal of cabinets, cleaning, furniture/equipment moving) to prepare the A and B Wings for construction. 
  • Berns, Clancy and Associates of Urbana, Illinois was selected as the parking lot engineers. 
    • Bidding will begin shortly for the parking lot contractor.  

It should be noted that the State of Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) developed Business Enterprise Program (BEP) goals for this project. The BEP goals established by DCEO was the hiring of minority and female-owned businesses.  The goals were set at 11% minority-owned businesses/contractors and 7% female-owned businesses/contractors. with regard to the general and asbestos contractors, ILEAS has met those goals.   

ILEAS would also like to thank the late Senator Scott Bennett and his family for working hard to identify the funding to make this project come to life.  

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As we have previously announced, ILEAS received a $3 million grant from the State of Illinois through the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) to remodel the ILEAS Training Center (ITC).  The grant is routed from through the City of Urbana to ILEAS as a sub-grantee.  ILEAS is currently awaiting the final approval from DCEO.  However, we have already issued an RFP for architectural services and selected IGW Architecture (IGW) from Urbana as the project architect.  The project budget will be $2.975 million ($25,000 retained by Urbana for grant processing).  Based on a previous feasibility study, the remodeling will focus on:

  • Remodeling and upgrading the basement storage area in order to safely store and secure communications technology
  • Expand and resurface the north parking lot to accommodate more vehicles
  • Demolish individual rooms and remove the ceiling in the B Wing of the building in order to accommodate more versatile scenario-based training events 
  • Remove the remaining asbestos in the building 
  • Expand the shipping/receiving area 
  • Create a new "laboratory" style classroom where training can be conducted that requires the ability to be cleaned easily.  This includes the annual EOD robot maintenance training, crime scene processing and other training that cannot be conducted in a normal carpeted classroom 
  • Clean-up of one of the five enclosed courtyards to be used for outdoor training not visible to the public

Bids for the work have been going out and the engineering/architectural work is being completed. Once the remodeling is completed, ILEAS will have a community-wide open house to highlight what is available at the ITC for professional groups to rent/lease.  

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