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                                                   SENATE BILL NO. 6510

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State of Washington                              50th Legislature                              1988 Regular Session

By Senators Barr, Owen and Pullen

Read first time 1/22/88 and referred to Committee on Law & Justice.

AN ACT Relating to law enforcement personnel; and amending RCW 43.101.200.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

        Sec. 1.  Section 2, chapter 212, Laws of 1977 ex. sess. and RCW 43.101.200 are each amended to read as follows:

          (1) All full-time commissioned law enforcement personnel, except volunteers, and reserve officers whether paid or unpaid, initially employed on or after January 1, 1978, shall engage in basic law enforcement training which complies with standards adopted by the commission pursuant to RCW 43.101.080 and 43.101.160.  Such training shall be successfully completed during the first fifteen  months of employment of such personnel unless otherwise extended or waived by the commission and shall be requisite to the continuation of such employment.

          (2) The commission shall provide the aforementioned training together with necessary facilities, supplies, materials, and the board and room of noncommuting attendees for seven days per week.  Additionally, the commission shall reimburse to participating law enforcement agencies with ten or less full-time commissioned patrol officers the cost of temporary replacement of each officer who is enrolled in basic law enforcement training:  PROVIDED, That such reimbursement shall include only the actual cost of temporary replacement not to exceed the total amount of salary and benefits received by the replaced officer during his training period.