General Assembly Committee Bill No. 6009
January Session, 2013 LCO No. 4445
*04445HB06009PS_*
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY
Introduced by:
(PS)
General Assembly
Committee Bill No. 6009
January Session, 2013
LCO No. 4445
*04445HB06009PS_*
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY
Introduced by:
(PS)
AN ACT CONCERNING LOCAL TRAINING OF MUNICIPAL POLICE OFFICERS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Subsection (a) of section 7-294d of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2013):
(a) The Police Officer Standards and Training Council shall have the following powers:
(1) To develop and periodically update and revise a comprehensive municipal police training plan;
(2) To approve, or revoke the approval of, any police training school and to issue certification to such schools and to revoke such certification;
(3) To set the minimum courses of study and attendance required and the equipment and facilities to be required of approved police training schools;
(4) To set the minimum qualifications for law enforcement instructors and to issue appropriate certification to such instructors;
(5) To require that all probationary candidates receive the hours of basic training deemed necessary before being eligible for certification, such basic training to be completed within one year following the appointment as a probationary candidate, unless the candidate is granted additional time to complete such basic training by the council;
(6) To require the registration of probationary candidates with the academy within ten days of hiring for the purpose of scheduling training;
(7) To issue appropriate certification to police officers who have satisfactorily completed minimum basic training programs;
(8) To require that each police officer satisfactorily complete at least forty hours of certified review training every three years in order to maintain certification, unless the officer is granted additional time not to exceed one year to complete such training by the council;
(9) To develop an interactive electronic computer platform capable of administering training courses and to authorize police officers to complete certified review training at a local police department facility by means of such platform;
[(9)] (10) To renew the certification of those police officers who have satisfactorily completed review training programs;
[(10)] (11) To establish uniform minimum educational and training standards for employment as a police officer in full-time positions, temporary or probationary positions and part-time or voluntary positions;
[(11)] (12) To develop, in consultation with the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection, a schedule to visit and inspect police basic training schools and to inspect each school at least once each year;
[(12)] (13) To consult with and cooperate with universities, colleges and institutes for the development of specialized courses of study for police officers in police science and police administration;
[(13)] (14) To work with the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection and with departments and agencies of this state and other states and the federal government concerned with police training;
[(14)] (15) To make recommendations to the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection concerning a training academy administrator, who shall be appointed by the commissioner, and concerning the hiring of staff, within available appropriations, that may be necessary in the performance of its functions;
[(15)] (16) To perform any other acts that may be necessary and appropriate to carry out the functions of the council as set forth in sections 7-294a to 7-294e, inclusive;
[(16)] (17) To accept, with the approval of the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection, contributions, grants, gifts, donations, services or other financial assistance from any governmental unit, public agency or the private sector;
[(17)] (18) To conduct any inspection and evaluation that may be necessary to determine if a law enforcement unit is complying with the provisions of this section;
[(18)] (19) At the request and expense of any law enforcement unit, to conduct general or specific management surveys;
[(19)] (20) To develop objective and uniform criteria for recommending any waiver of regulations or granting a waiver of procedures established by the council;
[(20)] (21) To recruit, select and appoint candidates to the position of probationary candidate, as defined in section 7-294a, and provide recruit training for candidates of the Connecticut Police Corps program in accordance with the Police Corps Act, 42 USC 14091 et seq., as amended from time to time;
[(21)] (22) To develop, adopt and revise, as necessary, comprehensive accreditation standards for the administration and management of law enforcement units, to grant accreditation to those law enforcement units that demonstrate their compliance with such standards and, at the request and expense of any law enforcement unit, to conduct such surveys as may be necessary to determine such unit's compliance with such standards; and
[(22)] (23) To recommend to the commissioner the appointment of any council training instructor, or such other person as determined by the council, to act as a special police officer throughout the state as such instructor or other person's official duties may require, provided any such instructor or other person so appointed shall be a certified police officer. Each such special police officer shall be sworn and may arrest and present before a competent authority any person for any offense committed within the officer's precinct.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2013 7-294d(a)
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
October 1, 2013
7-294d(a)
Statement of Purpose:
To authorize the Police Officer Standards and Training Council to develop an interactive electronic computer platform that will allow police officers to complete certified review training in their jurisdictions, rather than at a Police Officer Standards and Training Council facility.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.]
Co-Sponsors: REP. CAFERO, 142nd Dist.
Co-Sponsors:
REP. CAFERO, 142nd Dist.
H.B. 6009