Alabama 2024 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Bill SB80 Compare Versions

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3	3	SB80
4	4	EIXN922-1
5	5	By Senators Smitherman, Singleton
6	6	RFD: Veterans and Military Affairs
7	7	First Read: 07-Feb-24
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12	12	5 EIXN922-1 02/06/2024 MAP (L)ma 2024-453
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14	14	First Read: 07-Feb-24
15	15	SYNOPSIS:
16	16	This bill would require law enforcement officers
17	17	in this state to complete a program of sensitivity
18	18	training. This bill would also require law enforcement
19	19	agencies to engage in efforts to recruit social workers
20	20	licensed at the clinical level of practice to be law
21	21	enforcement officers. This bill would require law
22	22	enforcement officers who carry firearms to also carry a
23	23	non-lethal weapon.
24	24	A BILL
25	25	TO BE ENTITLED
26	26	AN ACT
27	27	Relating to law enforcement; to require law enforcement
28	28	officers in this state to complete a program of sensitivity
29	29	training; to require law enforcement agencies to engage in
30	30	efforts to recruit social workers licensed at the clinical
31	31	level of practice to be law enforcement officers; and to
32	32	require law enforcement officers who carry firearms to also
33	33	carry a non-lethal weapon.
34	34	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
35	35	Section 1. (a) The Alabama Peace Officers' Standards
36	36	and Training Commission shall require a program of sensitivity
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66	66	and Training Commission shall require a program of sensitivity
67	67	training to be included in any law enforcement officer academy
68	68	course of study. The sensitivity training program shall be
69	69	developed in collaboration with the Alabama Chapter of the
70	70	National Association of Social Workers or a similar
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72	72	(b) Certified law enforcement officers in this state
73	73	shall be required to complete and report earned hours of
74	74	continuing education courses in sensitivity training to the
75	75	commission.
76	76	(c) Commencing January 1, 2025, all law enforcement
77	77	officers certified by the commission shall be required to
78	78	complete a program of sensitivity training described in
79	79	subsection (a). The training shall do all of the following:
80	80	(1) Include focus on social, ethnic, and racial bias,
81	81	cultural competency and diversity, and law enforcement
82	82	interaction with minorities, the disabled, the mentally ill,
83	83	unlawfully present aliens, and other populations.
84	84	(2) Provide instruction on situational assessment,
85	85	decision-making, and alternative de-escalation tactics that
86	86	will better equip law enforcement officer to handle difficult
87	87	socially volatile situations.
88	88	(d) The commission shall establish rules and policies
89	89	to ensure compliance with this section.
90	90	(e) The commission shall submit a report regarding
91	91	compliance to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and
92	92	the President Pro Tempore of the Senate on or before the first
93	93	day of each regular session of the Legislature.
94	94	Section 2. Commencing on January 1, 2025, state and
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124	124	Section 2. Commencing on January 1, 2025, state and
125	125	local law enforcement agencies shall engage in efforts to
126	126	recruit social workers licensed at the clinical level of
127	127	practice into the law enforcement officer workforce. The
128	128	social workers shall complete all necessary standards and
129	129	training to become sworn officers of the law. Licensed social
130	130	workers that become law enforcement officers shall assist law
131	131	enforcement agencies and first responding agencies in all of
132	132	the following areas to aid in the mitigation of high intensity
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134	134	(1) Human behavior in social environments.
135	135	(2) Crisis intervention.
136	136	(3) Diversity.
137	137	(4) Ethics.
138	138	(5) Diagnostic impression, assessment, and opinion
139	139	expertise.
140	140	Section 3. A uniformed law enforcement officer who
141	141	carries a firearm also shall carry a non-lethal weapon and
142	142	shall be trained in the appropriate use of that non-lethal
143	143	weapon.
144	144	Section 4. This act shall become effective on October
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