HB 2322-S - DIGEST

(SUBSTITUTED FOR - SEE 2ND SUB)

Authorizes the commission to require that each applicant that has been offered a conditional offer of employment as a full-time or part-time commissioned peace officer or a reserve officer that has had a break of more than twenty-four consecutive months in the officer's service as a full-time law enforcement officer to take and successfully pass a psychological examination and a polygraph test as administered by the commission as a condition of employment as a peace officer

Provides that the commission may require that each applicant who is required to take a psychological examination and a polygraph test pay a portion of the testing fee based on the actual cost of the test or four hundred dollars, whichever is less. The commission may establish a payment plan if it determines that the peace officer does not readily have the means to pay for his or her portion of the testing fee.

Provides that peace officers shall successfully pass a psychological examination and a polygraph test as administered by the commission if the officer is an applicant that has been offered a conditional offer of employment as a full-time or part-time commissioned peace officer or a reserve officer that has had a break of more than twenty-four consecutive months in the officer's service as a full-time law enforcement officer.

Provides that, before a person may be appointed or hired to act as a peace officer, the person shall meet the minimum standards for employment with the hiring local law enforcement agency, including: (1) Successful completion of a psychological examination and polygraph examination administered by the criminal justice training commission; and

(2) Obtaining a certificate of basic law enforcement training or a certificate of basic law enforcement training equivalency.