88R6033 JCG-D
By: Plesa H.B. No. 2441
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to required training on trauma-impacted veterans for
certain peace officers.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 1701.352(b), Occupations Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(b) The commission shall require a state, county, special
district, or municipal agency that appoints or employs peace
officers to provide each peace officer with a training program at
least once every 48 months that is approved by the commission and
consists of:
(1) topics selected by the agency; and
(2) for an officer holding only a basic proficiency
certificate, not more than 20 hours of education and training that
contain curricula incorporating the learning objectives developed
by the commission regarding:
(A) civil rights, racial sensitivity, and
cultural diversity;
(B) de-escalation and crisis intervention
techniques to facilitate interaction with persons with mental
impairments, including training on identifying and interacting
with trauma-impacted veterans and training on diverting those
veterans to available community resources;
(C) de-escalation techniques to facilitate
interaction with members of the public, including techniques for
limiting the use of force resulting in bodily injury; and
(D) unless determined by the agency head to be
inconsistent with the officer's assigned duties:
(i) the recognition, documentation, and
investigation of cases that involve child abuse or neglect, family
violence, and sexual assault, including the use of best practices
and trauma-informed techniques to effectively recognize, document,
and investigate those cases; and
(ii) issues concerning sex offender
characteristics.
SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date
of this Act, the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement shall adopt
rules necessary to implement Section 1701.352(b), Occupations
Code, as amended by this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.