ISP further reduces FOID card backlog

Posted on December 6, 2021
ISP Trooper Jason Wilson says the FOID card backlog in November of last year reached nearly 139,000, but has now been whittled down to 7,800. (Facebook/Illinois State Police)

By IIS Radio

SPRINGFIELD – Illinois State Police are announcing a significant decrease in the backlog of FOID cards that need to be processed.

ISP Trooper Jason Wilson says the FOID card backlog in November of last year reached nearly 139,000, but has now been whittled down to 7,800. Processing times currently average about 38 days.

“We are working as hard as we can to get this taken care of and we do understand the frustration that is out there,” said Wilson. “We are doing everything possible to make sure we can get that down and hopefully the numbers from last year to this year prove it.”

Wilson says streamlining the process and adding more analysts has really helped chip away at the backlog.

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