HB410 Summary

• Allows retired police officers, deputy sheriffs, and other retired law enforcement officers who resigned in good standing to serve as part-time reserve school resource officers in Alabama schools.

• Part-time reserve officers must be certified by the Alabama Peace Officers' Standards and Training Commission but are exempt from physical examination and continuing education requirements other than firearms and use-of-force training.

• Part-time reserve officers are ineligible for health insurance or retirement benefits beyond those already received from former full-time employment but may be required to work full school day schedules.

• Part-time reserve officers possess all rights, privileges, and powers of fully certified law enforcement officers and are entitled to civil liability immunity for actions in their official capacity.

• Funding for reserve school resource officers may come from local, state, or federal budgets or boards of education, with pay rates determined at the hiring authority's discretion rather than tied to existing pay scales.