RÉSUMÉ DIGEST
ACT 210 (HB 277) 2017 Regular Session James
Existing law establishes the Council on Peace Officer Standards and Training and authorizes
the council to develop curriculum requirements for training of peace officers and to accredit
law enforcement training centers. Existing law further provides for the training requirements
for peace officers.
New law requires all peace officers to successfully complete a minimum of 400 hours of
basic core curriculum training and a minimum of 20 hours of in-service training on an annual
basis to maintain P.O.S.T. certification, to be prescribed by the council.
New law requires the council to develop and implement curriculum for de-escalation, bias
policing recognition, sudden in-custody death, and crisis intervention training, including law
enforcement interaction with persons with mental illness and persons with developmental
disabilities, for peace officers no later than Jan. 1, 2018.
Prior law required the Council on Peace Officer Standards and Training to develop and
implement by Aug. 1, 2006, a training course on law enforcement interaction with mentally
ill or developmentally disabled persons with assistance from community, local, and state
organizations specialized in the area of working with such population, subject to available
funding.
New law repeals prior law.
Effective upon signature of governor (June 14, 2017).
(Adds R.S. 40:2404.2; Repeals R.S. 40:2405.5)