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AL HJR267
Joint Resolution
Status
5/19/2017
Primary Sponsor
Mike Ball
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AI Summary
HJR267 Summary
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Congratulates the Alabama Peace Officers Standards and Training Commission (APOST) for recognizing the importance and value of crisis intervention training.
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Directs APOST to make crisis intervention training (CIT) a mandatory component of APOST training, commencing at the earliest possible date.
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Requires APOST to incorporate CIT into continuing education for law enforcement in its next curriculum revision for continuing education.
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Identifies CIT as the gold standard for de-escalating confrontations between law enforcement and persons living with mental illness.
Legislative Description
Carter, Wytasha; Russell, Wallace; Deane, Shaun; Lucas, Thomas; Swinney, John; Tolliver, Marlon; Moore, Stephen; Wesley, Frederick; Alexander, Frank; Slaughter, Vonric; and Irwin, Paul, nominees for the 2017 Alabama Legislative Medal of Honor for Law Enforcement, commended
Resolutions, Congratulatory
Last Action
Rules first Substitute Offered
5/19/2017