CENTRAL ILLINOIS POLICE TRAINING CENTER
Brian Fengel, Director
Phone: (309) 690-7355
Fax: (309) 690-7359
Heather Grove: hgrove@icc.edu
Diane Schrementi: ds018b@icc.edu
Robert Pyszka: rp717@icc.edu
ISP – Understanding the Firearms Restraining Order Act
Instructor: ISP, M/Sgt. Zachary Kettelkamp
November 10, 2025
11am – 1pm
Class will meet at: CIPTC, ICC Peoria Campus, 5407 N. University, Poplar Hall P101, Peoria
Enrollment Deadline: November 3, 2025
Course Size: Minimum –15 Maximum – 40
Course Objective
Firearms Restraining Orders allow law enforcement officers and family members or household members to obtain a court order temporarily restricting an individual who is determined to be at risk of harming themselves or others from securing or maintaining access to firearms, ammunition, or firearm parts while respecting the individual’s constitutional rights and providing a judicial procedure for challenging the Order. The FRO may be an Emergency Order which will last 14 days or an order which will last one year.
Course Content
An individual filing a petition (Petitioner) for an emergency or one-year FRO may be any one of the following:
- Law Enforcement Officer
- Spouse of the respondent
- Former Spouse of the respondent
- Parent
- Child or stepchild of the respondent
- Any other person related by blood or present marriage to the respondent
- A person with whom the respondent has a child in common
- A person who shares a common dwelling with the respondent
A FRO Petition may be filed in any county where the individual identified as posing a threat (Respondent) resides or any county where an incident occurred that involved the Respondent posing an immediate and present danger of causing personal injury to the Respondent or another by having in his or her custody or control, or purchasing, possessing, or receiving a firearm, ammunition, or firearm parts that could be assembled to make an operable firearm.
Mobile In-Service Training Team#7 Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board
MTU 7 request for certification of this course has been approved by the Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board
Meets the following mandatory training criteria: Firearms Restrianing Order Act 1 hour and Legal Updates 1 hour
