HB653 Alabama 2015 Session

Sponsors

Session

Regular Session 2015

Title

Law enforcement officers, training required for newly appointed chiefs of police, and annual training required for all law enforcement officers, Sec. 36-21-51 am'd.

Description

<p class="bill_description"> Under existing law, chiefs of police of municipalities are required to complete 20 hours of continuing education annually, and other law enforcement officers are required to complete 12 hours of continuing education annually, except officers employed by a sheriff's department are only required to complete annual continuing education if the county commission requires the training</p><p class="bill_description"> This bill would require a newly appointed chief of police of a municipality to complete an additional training course for newly appointed chiefs of police</p><p class="bill_description"> This bill would also require law enforcement officers employed by a sheriff's department to complete 12 hours of continuing education annually, without regard to the county commission</p><p class="bill_entitled_an_act"> Relating to law enforcement officers; to amend Section 36-21-51, Code of Alabama 1975; to require a newly appointed chief of police of a municipality to complete an additional training course for newly appointed chiefs; and to require all law enforcement officers, including those employed by a sheriff's department, to complete 12 hours of continuing education annually. </p>

Subjects

Law Enforcement Officers