State Fraternal Order of Police president named chairman of state board 

[MARCH 8, 2006]  SPRINGFIELD -- Ted J. Street, president of the Fraternal Order of Police, Illinois State Lodge, was recently installed as chairman of the Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board. The board is a state agency charged with maintaining and upgrading professional law enforcement for the state's 40,000 law enforcement personnel through the establishment of standards and training programs.

The board oversees 13 basic law enforcement and correctional academies for recruits; funds 16 mobile team training units; and funds and administers a number of professional training institutes, including the Computer Crime Institute and the Law Enforcement Executive Institute. The board's annual budget is $15 million.

Street was elected chairman of the board by his fellow board members. Board membership includes the attorney general, director of the Illinois State Police, director of the Illinois Department of Corrections, superintendent of the Chicago Police Department, sheriff of Cook County, and other state and local officials representing sheriffs, chiefs of police, police associations, mayors and city managers appointed by the governor. The new chairman will serve a two-year term. St. Clair County Sheriff Merle Justus was elected as vice chairman of the board.

Street has served as a board member since being appointed in 1998.

"Ted Street has distinguished himself as a strong and knowledgeable leader with respect to public safety matters," said Dr. Thomas J. Jurkanin, executive director of the board. "He is well-respected throughout the state and will provide solid leadership during his two-year term as chairman of the board.

"The FOP has a strong and impressive history in Illinois of representing the best interests of law enforcement officers, and training is key to officer safety and preparedness. Chairman Street will represent the board and the FOP well."

The new chairman, throughout his career with the Fraternal Order of Police, has served on a number of local and state lodge committees, as local and state lodge trustee, as well as local and state lodge vice president. Prior to his tenure with the Fraternal Order of Police, he served as a full-time law enforcement officer from 1977 to 1989.

[Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board news release]