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HB 255 Line of Duty Act; mandatory training required for employees covered thereby.

Introduced by: John A. Cosgrove | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles | history

SUMMARY AS PASSED:

Line of Duty Act; mandatory training.  Requires the Secretary of Public Safety to develop training guidelines to be distributed to agencies and localities with employees covered by the Line of Duty Act. Each agency or locality shall be required to provide training concerning the Act to its eligible law-enforcement and public safety officers. The training will not count towards in-service credit requirements for law-enforcement officers.

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE:

Line of Duty Act; mandatory training.  Requires the Secretary of Public Safety to develop training guidelines to be distributed to agencies and localities with employees covered by the Line of Duty Act. Each agency or locality shall be required to provide training concerning the Act to its eligible law-enforcement and public safety officers. The training will count towards in-service credit requirements for law-enforcement officers.

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Line of Duty Act; mandatory training.  Requires the Secretary of Public Safety to develop training guidelines to be distributed to agencies and localities with employees covered by the Line of Duty Act. Each agency or locality shall be required to provide a minimum of one hour of training concerning the Act to its eligible employees. The training will count towards in-service credit requirements for law-enforcement officers.