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HB452 Alabama 2016 Session

Updated Jul 24, 2021
HB452 Alabama 2016 Session
House Bill
In Committee
Current Status
Regular Session 2016
Session
1
Sponsor

Summary

Session
Regular Session 2016
Title
Law enforcement officers, continuing education, chief of police and law enforcement officers required to complete continuing education courses that consist of a certain number of hours of instruction on dealing with mentally ill patients, Sec. 36-21-51 am'd
Description

Under existing law, each chief of police of any municipality in this state is required to annually complete 20 hours of executive level continuing education courses and each law enforcement officer is required to annually complete 12 hours of continuing education courses.

This bill would require the executive level continuing education courses for each chief of police of any municipality to consist of two hours of instruction on dealing with mentally ill patients.

This bill would require the continuing education courses for each law enforcement officer to consist of one hour of instruction on dealing with mentally ill patients.

Subjects
Law Enforcement Officers

Bill Actions

H

Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security

Bill Text

Documents

Source: Alabama Legislature