These officers are commonly referred to as forest rangers. Forest preserve districts must report rangers’ earnings to IMRF in the same manner as other employees. Forest preserve districts have the option to adopt the Sheriff’s Law Enforcement Personnel (SLEP) plan for their forest rangers. The forest rangers will participate in the Regular plan unless their District adopts the SLEP plan.
The following forest preserve districts have adopted the SLEP plan:
Lake County Forest Preserve District
DuPage County Forest Preserve District
Will County Forest Preserve District