MN SF81

Chief law enforcement officers must provide in-service training to all peace officers in crisis intervention and mental illness crisis response; conflict management and mediation; and cultural diversity including implicit bias training.

Crisis intervention and mental illness crisis training must include at least 4 hours within a three-year licensing cycle and meet board-approved standards covering scenario-based instruction on de-escalation techniques, mental illness recognition, community resources, psychotropic medications, suicide prevention, and autism spectrum disorder.

Law enforcement agencies must 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 in mental health crisis from arrest.

The Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) Board may impose licensing sanctions and seek injunctive relief for agencies failing to comply with training requirements.

General fund appropriations in fiscal year 2021 are authorized to reimburse law enforcement agencies for crisis intervention training expenses and to fund a pilot project creating collaborations between county mobile crisis mental health services and municipal law enforcement agencies through tablets and telehealth video conferencing.