| 12 | | - | SECTION 1. Section 1701.352(b), Occupations Code, is |
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| 13 | | - | amended to read as follows: |
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| 14 | | - | (b) The commission shall require a state, county, special |
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| 15 | | - | district, or municipal agency that appoints or employs peace |
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| 16 | | - | officers to provide each peace officer with a training program at |
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| 17 | | - | least once every 48 months that is approved by the commission and |
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| 18 | | - | consists of: |
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| 19 | | - | (1) topics selected by the agency; and |
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| 20 | | - | (2) for an officer holding only a basic proficiency |
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| 21 | | - | certificate, not more than 20 hours of education and training that |
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| 22 | | - | contain curricula incorporating the learning objectives developed |
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| 23 | | - | by the commission regarding: |
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| 24 | | - | (A) civil rights, racial sensitivity, and |
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| 25 | | - | cultural diversity; |
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| 26 | | - | (B) de-escalation and crisis intervention |
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| 27 | | - | techniques to facilitate interaction with persons with mental |
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| 28 | | - | impairments, including training on identifying and interacting |
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| 29 | | - | with trauma-impacted veterans and training on diverting those |
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| 30 | | - | veterans to available community resources; |
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| 31 | | - | (C) de-escalation techniques to facilitate |
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| 32 | | - | interaction with members of the public, including techniques for |
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| 33 | | - | limiting the use of force resulting in bodily injury; and |
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| 34 | | - | (D) unless determined by the agency head to be |
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| 35 | | - | inconsistent with the officer's assigned duties: |
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| 36 | | - | (i) the recognition, documentation, and |
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| 37 | | - | investigation of cases that involve child abuse or neglect, family |
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| 38 | | - | violence, and sexual assault, including the use of best practices |
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| 39 | | - | and trauma-informed techniques to effectively recognize, document, |
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| 40 | | - | and investigate those cases; and |
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| 41 | | - | (ii) issues concerning sex offender |
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| 42 | | - | characteristics. |
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| 43 | | - | SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date |
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| 44 | | - | of this Act, the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement shall adopt |
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| 45 | | - | rules necessary to implement Section 1701.352(b), Occupations |
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| 46 | | - | Code, as amended by this Act. |
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| 10 | + | SECTION 1. Section 1701.351, Occupations Code, is amended |
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| 11 | + | by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows: |
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| 12 | + | (e) Not later than the last day of the first full continuing |
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| 13 | + | education training period that begins after the date a peace |
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| 14 | + | officer completes four cumulative years of service as a peace |
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| 15 | + | officer, the officer shall complete, in addition to the other |
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| 16 | + | training required by this section, the training program established |
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| 17 | + | under Section 1701.265. |
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| 18 | + | SECTION 2. (a) The change in law made by this Act applies to |
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| 19 | + | a peace officer licensed under Chapter 1701, Occupations Code, |
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| 20 | + | regardless of whether the license was issued before, on, or after |
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| 21 | + | the effective date of this Act. |
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| 22 | + | (b) Notwithstanding Section 1701.351(e), Occupations Code, |
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| 23 | + | as added by this Act, a peace officer who on the effective date of |
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| 24 | + | this Act has four or more cumulative years of service shall complete |
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| 25 | + | the training program established under Section 1701.265, |
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| 26 | + | Occupations Code, not later than the last day of the first full |
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| 27 | + | continuing education training period that begins on or after the |
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| 28 | + | effective date of this Act. |
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