RS 2404.2 - Minimum training requirements; basic curriculum; annual training
A. In addition to all training requirements provided for in this Chapter, in order to be certified as a level one basic law enforcement peace officer, all persons shall successfully complete a minimum of four hundred hours of core curriculum for basic peace officers as prescribed by the council.
B.(1) All full-time, part-time, or reserve peace officers shall successfully complete a minimum of twenty hours of in-service training requirements prescribed by the council on an annual basis. All initial training requirements must be completed within the first calendar year after receiving P.O.S.T. certification and annually thereafter.
(2) Under certain circumstances, the council may modify, extend, or waive an in-service training requirement on a case-by-case basis. Requests for modifications, extensions, or waivers of annual in-service training requirements for an officer shall be in writing from the agency head directly to the council. Waivers may be considered for extended continuous medical leave or any other emergency event or events deemed as such by the council.
(3) Peace officers called to active military duty are not required to complete in-service training requirements missed during the performance of the active duty service.
(4) The council shall promulgate rules and regulations to implement the provisions of this Subsection.
C.(1) No later than January 1, 2018, the council shall develop and implement curriculum for de-escalation, bias policing recognition, sudden in-custody death, and crisis intervention training, which shall include training for law enforcement interaction with persons with mental illness and persons with developmental disabilities, for peace officers that consists of classroom or internet instruction, or both.
(2) No later than January 1, 2022, the council shall develop and implement curriculum to provide instruction for law enforcement personnel on procedural justice and duty–to–intervene matters which shall include training for law enforcement personnel that consists of classroom or internet instruction, or both.
Acts 2017, No. 210, §1, eff. June 14, 2017; Acts 2020, No. 104, §1; Acts 2021, No. 418, §2.