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SECOND SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2323
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AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE
Passed Legislature - 1996 Regular Session
State of Washington 54th Legislature 1996
Regular Session
By
Read first time 02/05/96.
Providing for future law enforcement
officers training.
AN ACT Relating to law
enforcement training; adding new sections to chapter 43.101 RCW; creating a new
section; and declaring an emergency.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF
WASHINGTON:
NEW SECTION. Sec.
1. A new section is added
to chapter 43.101 RCW to read as follows:
(1) The Washington
association of sheriffs and police chiefs shall assemble a study group to
evaluate and make recommendations to the legislature regarding the commission
mission, duties, and administration. The commissioners of the commission shall
review the study group recommendations for acceptance or modification. The
study group shall deliver its recommendations to the legislature by January 1,
1997.
(2) The study group
shall:
(a) Review and evaluate
the desirability and feasibility of providing basic law enforcement training to
preemployed law enforcement officer applicants on a tuition or fee basis;
(b) Review and evaluate
the adequacy of the commission's four-hundred-forty-hour basic law enforcement
academy training program, including general curriculum requirements;
(c) Review and evaluate
the status of supervisory, management, and advanced training for incumbent law
enforcement officers, and the desirability and feasibility of providing the
officers with advanced training;
(d) Review the
desirability and feasibility of certification or licensing of law enforcement
officers;
(e) Review and evaluate
the adequacy of the capital and operating investments made in law enforcement training,
make recommendations regarding improvements, and provide documentation of the
cost of implementing the improvements;
(f) Review and make
recommendations regarding funding sources to adequately support all
recommendations; and
(g) Investigate other
issues related to law enforcement training, as desired by the study group.
(3) The Washington
association of sheriffs and police chiefs shall assemble the study group from
names provided from the following entities or groups: One sheriff; three police
chiefs; four representatives from the Washington state council of police
officers; two representatives employed by the criminal justice training
commission; one police psychologist; one representative from the association of
Washington cities; one representative from the Washington association of county
officials; one representative from the Washington state association of
counties; one representative from a public university; one representative from
a public community college; and one legislator from each caucus of the senate
and the house of representatives, as appointed by the leaders of the caucuses.
(4) The Washington
association of sheriffs and police chiefs shall organize and administer the
study group meetings and provide the necessary staff resources to meet the
requests of the study group members.
NEW SECTION. Sec.
2. If specific funding for
section 1 of this act, referencing section 1 of this act by bill and section
number or chapter and section number, is not provided by June 30, 1996, in the
omnibus appropriations act, section 1 of this act is null and void.
NEW SECTION. Sec.
3. A new section is added to chapter 43.101 RCW to
read as follows:
The commission may
provide basic law enforcement training to students who are enrolled in criminal
justice courses of study at four-year institutions of higher education, if the
training is provided during the summers following the students' junior and senior
years and so long as the students bear the full cost of the training.
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 4. This act is necessary for
the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support
of the state government and its existing public institutions, and shall take
effect immediately.
