Minnesota S.F. No. 1 Summary

• Increases Peace Officer Standards and Training Board membership from 15 to 17 members and changes public members from two to four members appointed by the governor.

• Requires crisis intervention and mental illness crisis training for all peace officers, with the board creating approved training courses covering mental illness response, de-escalation, suicide prevention, and autism spectrum disorder by established standards.

• Mandates autism training for peace officers beginning July 1, 2021, including preservice curriculum requirements and four continuing education credits per three-year licensing cycle, with learning objectives addressing autism overview, de-escalation, crisis reduction models, and available tools.

• Appropriates $200,000 in fiscal year 2021 each for crisis intervention training reimbursement, police-mental health collaboration pilot projects in metropolitan and non-metropolitan areas, and autism training implementation.

• Modifies prior appropriation by changing fiscal year 2022 Peace Officer Training Assistance base from $0 to $5,600,000.