MN SF140

Requires law enforcement agencies to provide in-service training in crisis intervention, mental illness crisis response, conflict management, and implicit bias training to all peace officers, with at least 4 hours of crisis intervention and mental illness crisis training within each three-year licensing cycle.

Establishes training standards requiring the Peace Officer Standards and Training Board to create a list of approved entities and courses covering scenario-based instruction on mental illness response, crisis de-escalation, diverse communities, medications, substance use disorders, suicide prevention, and autism spectrum disorder.

Mandates law enforcement agencies maintain written records documenting training providers, content, scenario-based instruction compliance, evaluations, and fund expenditures, subject to board review and evaluation of effectiveness in reducing officer use of force and diverting people with mental illness from arrest.

Appropriates funding in fiscal year 2021 to the POST Board to reimburse law enforcement agencies for crisis intervention and mental illness crisis training expenses provided by approved entities.

Appropriates funding in fiscal year 2021 for a pilot project establishing collaborations between county mobile crisis mental health services and municipal law enforcement agencies, including purchase of tablets and telehealth services, with results reported by January 1, 2022.