SLS 19RS-3432 ORIGINAL
2019 Regular Session
SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 276
BY SENATOR MILKOVICH
LAW ENFORCEMENT. Requests the Department of Public Safety and Corrections to
conduct a study of whether retired peace officers, specifically those who have worked for
the office of juvenile justice, in good standing and in compliance with R.S. 40:2405, are
being properly issued a POST card.
1 A RESOLUTION
2 To urge and request the Department of Public Safety and Corrections to conduct a study and
3 issue a written report to the Senate Committee on Judiciary B, no later than March
4 1, 2020, regarding whether retired peace officers, specifically those who have
5 worked for the office of juvenile justice, in good standing and in compliance with
6 R.S. 40:2405, are being properly issued a Peace Officer Standards and Training card,
7 indicative of their ongoing training and entitlement to increased pay and retirement
8 benefits.
9 WHEREAS, the Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) became a requirement
10 for most in 1986 and was established by the Louisiana Legislature in order to combine
11 improved and ongoing training with a raise in pay for peace officers employed in Louisiana;
12 and
13 WHEREAS, the financial enhancements from the POST certification were intended
14 to continue through a peace officer's retirement years; and
15 WHEREAS, generally, training is at the expense of the employing agency or political
16 subdivision; and
17 WHEREAS, the training was intended to provide a more professional group of peace
18 officers, but also to reward the additional training with additional financial benefits, paid
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1 through retirement; and
2 WHEREAS, peace officers, including those who have served through the office of
3 juvenile justice, are entitled to the enhanced pay because of their training, and it is important
4 for the people of Louisiana to keep their promises to these servants of the public and keepers
5 of the peace.
6 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana
7 does hereby urge and request the Department of Public Safety and Corrections to conduct
8 a study and issue a written report to the Senate Committee on Judiciary B, no later than
9 March 1, 2020, regarding whether retired peace officers, specifically those who have worked
10 for the office of juvenile justice, in good standing and in compliance with R.S. 40:2405, are
11 being properly issued a POST card, indicative of their ongoing training and entitlement to
12 increased pay and retirement benefits.
13 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
14 secretary of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections.
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Mary Dozier O'Brien.
DIGEST
SR 276 Original 2019 Regular Session Milkovich
Requests the Department of Public Safety and Corrections to conduct a study and issue a
written report to the Senate Committee on Judiciary B, specifically those who have worked
for the office of juvenile justice, in good standing and in compliance with R.S. 40:2405, are
being properly issued a POST card.
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