Through the efforts of the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board, the ILETSB Executive Institute, and the Center for Applied Internet Technology (CAIT) at Western Illinois University, the STTAR program has been redeveloped and updated to deliver part-time basic training in a cutting-edge distance learning format using the internet.               

Approximately 212 hours of instruction are delivered via the internet, allowing students to choose the times most convenient for them to independently complete an average of seven hours of training per week through the internet. This training is supplemented with eight-hour classroom sessions conducted on Saturdays, where the students receive lectures from instructors who are experts on the subject matter, and to participate in performance-based practical exercises.

This program, with the addition of the 40 Hour Mandatory Firearms Training course, meets the 400 hour curriculum for law enforcement basic training. In total, the program takes approximately 9 months to complete.               

The next STTAR program is tentatively scheduled to being in February 2011.

Tuition: $1,000.00

**Students are required to successfully complete the P.O.W.E.R. test to enroll in STTAR. NEMRT offers the P.O.W.E.R. test prior to the orientation for each program. There is a $35.00 fee to take the test.

Please contact April Morris for more information on Power Test dates.

**The 40 Hour Mandatory Firearms course is not included within either the PEP or the STTAR academies. Therefore, we have arranged a special firearms course reserved for those part-time officers enrolling in the academy who have not yet been certified. Tuition for the course is the standard in-service tuition of $175.00. Please indicate on the pre-registration form those officers who are enrolling in both the academy and the firearms course. The dates for this course will be announced.

Contact NEMRT for required enrollment paperwork.