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AL HB765
Bill
Status
5/1/2012
Primary Sponsor
Dexter Grimsley
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AI Summary
HB765 Summary
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Requires each municipal chief of police to complete 2 hours annually of instruction on dealing with mentally ill patients as part of their required 20 hours of executive level continuing education.
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Requires each law enforcement officer to complete 1 hour annually of instruction on dealing with mentally ill patients as part of their required 12 hours of continuing education.
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Training requirement for county sheriff's department officers applies only if the county commission adopts a resolution requiring such continuing education.
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Officers who fail or refuse to comply face revocation of their certification or authority as a law enforcement officer by the commission.
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The commission may grant time extensions for sufficient cause, and officers may appeal any adverse order or ruling under the same procedures as other commission decisions.
Legislative Description
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
Law Enforcement Officers
Last Action
Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security
5/1/2012