General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5917
January Session, 2015 LCO No. 1969
*01969*
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY
Introduced by:
REP. PISCOPO, 76th Dist.
General Assembly
Proposed Bill No. 5917
January Session, 2015
LCO No. 1969
*01969*
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY
Introduced by:
REP. PISCOPO, 76th Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING THE COST OF TRAINING AND CERTIFYING A POLICE OFFICER.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
That part I of chapter 104 of the general statutes be amended to require whenever a police officer obtains certification while employed by a law enforcement unit and is subsequently hired by another law enforcement unit within four years of such officer obtaining such certification, the law enforcement unit hiring the police officer shall reimburse the initial law enforcement unit the cost of training such officer and other related costs during the training period as follows: (1) If the police officer is hired not more than one year after certification, reimbursement shall be the full cost of certification, (2) if the police officer is hired more than one year, but less than two years, after certification, reimbursement shall be two-thirds of the cost of certification, (3) if the police officer is hired more than two years, but less than three years, after certification, reimbursement shall be one-half of the cost of certification, and (4) if the police officer is hired more than three years, but less than four years, after certification, reimbursement shall be one-quarter of the cost of certification.
Statement of Purpose:
To reimburse law enforcement units that pay the cost of certifying a police officer if such officer gains employment with a different law enforcement unit within four years of such officer's certification.