SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois State Police (ISP) today announced that in 2025 the agency conducted just over a thousand firearm enforcement details statewide to help ensure individuals who are prohibited from having a firearm and pose a threat do not have firearms in their possession.
Additionally, local law enforcement agencies supported through state agency enforcement grants reported almost 11,000 compliance checks during fiscal year 2025, the highest number since the state began issuing grants.
“ISP is protecting our communities by taking steps to ensure deadly weapons aren’t in the hands of those who pose a risk to themselves or others,” said Governor JB Pritzker. “I commend ISP’s ongoing efforts to prevent and address gun violence, and I highly encourage all eligible law enforcement agencies to apply for ISP enforcement grant funding as we continue to strengthen our public safety efforts across Illinois.”
The ISP enforcement details focused on individuals who have become the subject of a Firearms Restraining Order or Clear and Present Danger, or received a criminal conviction, among other reasons.
“In our commitment to protect the public and reduce gun violence, ISP focuses our firearm enforcement details on those who pose a significant threat to themselves or others,” said ISP Director Bredan F. Kelly. “Firearms Restraining Orders and Clear and Present Danger reporting are two highly effective tools, and when coupled with enforcement details, help keep our communities safe.”
In 2025, ISP officers completed 1,001 firearms enforcement details statewide and brought 4,949 people into compliance with state law. ISP began conducting firearm enforcement details in May 2019. Over the last six years, ISP has conducted almost 3,000 details (2,970) and placed more than 11,400 (11,440) individuals into compliance with the law.
Along with enforcement details, between 2020 and the end of 2025, ISP stopped more than 172,805 unlawful attempts to obtain a firearm through firearm eligibility checks.
In addition to its own efforts, ISP provides grants to local law enforcement agencies to help protect the public by transferring firearms out of the possession of a person legally prohibited from having a firearm and who is a danger to themselves or others.
During the first three years of the grants, local law enforcement agencies conducted thousands of compliance checks and placed thousands of individuals directly into compliance, transferring all firearms out of their possession and documenting that transfer with a Firearm Disposition Record. The number of compliance checks and individuals placed into compliance has increased each of the three years.
Law enforcement agencies that are members of the Violent Crime Intelligence Task Force are eligible to receive grants from the State Police Enforcement Fund. Funding helps agencies conduct firearms enforcement details and ensure firearms are turned over to a person who is legally allowed to possess firearms, or to law enforcement.
Funding for the enforcement grants comes from the State Police Enforcement Fund and were made possible through Public Act 102-0237. Law enforcement agencies interested in applying for upcoming grant funding can contact ISP.GLO@illinois.gov. The application period is open now and will end on April 10, 2026.
More information about Firearm Restraining Orders and Clear and Present Danger reports can be found on the ISP website at https://isp.illinois.gov/FirearmsSafety, along with information about the “Pause to Heal” campaign, designed to bring awareness about Firearm Restraining Orders and how they can pause a potentially deadly situation involving a person in crisis who has access to a firearm.