SB 6085-S - DIGEST

(DIGEST OF PROPOSED 1ST SUBSTITUTE)

     Declares that all liquor enforcement officers shall engage in basic law enforcement officer training provided by the criminal justice training commission.  An officer employed on or after the effective date of this act may not engage in any enforcement duties until the officer has received the basic law enforcement training certificate.

     Provides that law enforcement training for liquor enforcement officers employed prior to the effective date of this act shall be phased in over time.  The liquor control board shall adopt a policy specifying the number of officers who shall attend basic law enforcement training per year, and the procedure for selecting the order and timing of officers sent to the training.

     Declares that, during the course of their liquor enforcement duties, liquor enforcement officers who have completed the training prescribed under this act, and have received the basic law enforcement training certificate, have the authority to arrest without a warrant any person who is found in the act of violating any criminal law of this state.