Sen. Terri Bryant | senatorbryant.com
Sen. Terri Bryant | senatorbryant.com
State Sen. Terri Bryant (R-Murphysboro) is spreading the word about the Illinois State Police opening three regional FOID kiosks to assist people with limited internet access with their FOID applications.
“The regional kiosk for Southern Illinois will be located in Du Quoin,” Bryant posted on Facebook.
FOID kiosks are now also open in Northern Illinois at Illinois State Police District 5 and in Central Illinois at Illinois State Police Central Headquarters.
The kiosks come at a time when state officials continue to work through a FOID backlog that at one point greatly slowed the processing of applications.
More recently, the Firearms Services Bureau has reduced the FOID backlog by 89% for renewals and 75% for new applications.
“This is a continuation of our efforts to streamline the application and renewal process of FOID Cards through the Office of Firearms Safety,” Illinois State Police Director Brendan F. Kelly told WREX.com. “We are dedicated to stay this course.”
In November 2021, the Illinois State Police approved 21,011 applications for new FOID cards, and 8,419 applications for renewals.
For customers with revoked cards or denied applications, representatives at the kiosks will not be available to assist and customers will need to contact the Office of Firearms Safety.
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