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Regular Session, 2014
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTI ON NO. 142
BY REPRESENTATIVE PYLANT
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTI ON
To urge and request the House Committee on the Administration of Criminal Justice to
study the feasibility of requiring part-time law enforcement officers to complete
Peace Officer Standards and Training programs and to report the findings of the
committee to the legislature prior to the convening of the 2015 Regular Session of
the Legislature of Louisiana.
WHEREAS, the Council on Peace Officer Standards and Training (P.O.S.T.) was
established by Act No. 397 of the 1976 Regular Session of the Legislature to develop
training standards for peace officers in the state of Louisiana; and
WHEREAS, the Council was charged with the responsibility of establishing
minimum curriculum requirements for the training of peace officers, accrediting law
enforcement training centers, and otherwise providing for the training and education of
peace officers; and
WHEREAS, any person who begins employment as a peace officer is required to
successfully complete a certified training program approved by the council; and
WHEREAS, Louisiana law defines "peace officer" as including any full-time
employee of the state, a municipality, a sheriff or other public agency, whose permanent
duties include the making of arrests, performance of searches and seizures, execution of
criminal warrants, and who is responsible for the prevention or detection of crime or for the
enforcement of the penal, traffic, or highway laws of this state; and
WHEREAS, although the P.O.S.T. training requirements have applied to all full-time
peace officers in Louisiana, the law does require part-time peace officers to participate in
basic firearms training; and ENROLLEDHCR NO. 142
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WHEREAS, it is a worthwhile study to determine if public safety will improve by
requiring part-time peace officers to complete the certified training program required of full-
time officers.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
request the House Committee on the Administration of Criminal Justice to study the
feasibility of requiring part-time peace officers to complete Peace Officer Standards and
Training programs and to report the findings of the committee to the legislature prior to the
convening of the 2015 Regular Session of the Legislature of Louisiana.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATI VES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE