BILL REQ. #:  H-3413.1 

Read first time 01/28/14.   Referred to Committee on Public Safety.

     AN ACT Relating to reserve peace officers; and adding a new section to chapter 43.101 RCW.

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 criminal justice training commission shall develop criteria for the data collection and evaluation of the number of reserve peace officers who are specially commissioned Washington peace officers, as defined in RCW 10.93.020, employed, volunteering, or otherwise representing local law enforcement agencies each year. Such information, at a minimum, must include a complete list: (a) Of all reserve peace officers employed, volunteering, or otherwise representing the agency as of June 30, 2014; (b) showing whether each officer is or has ever been certified pursuant to RCW 43.101.095 as a peace officer; (c) of new reserve officers hired, volunteering, or otherwise representing the agency within the previous six months; and (d) of officers who have left, resigned, or transferred to another law enforcement agency within the previous six months.
     (2) Beginning July 1, 2014, each law enforcement agency of the state of Washington, or any political subdivision thereof, must immediately notify the commission on an approved form, provided by the commission, of each instance where a reserve peace officer begins employment, volunteering, or otherwise representing the law enforcement agency.     
     (3) Beginning July 1, 2014, upon termination of a reserve peace officer, including resignation, the law enforcement agency shall, within fifteen days of termination, notify the commission on a personnel action form provided by the commission.
     (4) Beginning July 1, 2014, as a condition of continuing employment, volunteering, or otherwise representing a law enforcement agency, all reserve peace officers must be reported to the commission. A reserve peace officer who is not on record as maintained by the commission by July 1, 2014, is prohibited from working, volunteering, or otherwise representing a law enforcement agency.
     (5) Beginning December 31, 2014, and annually thereafter, the criminal justice training commission shall collect and report to the legislature regarding the number of reserve peace officers who are employed at each local law enforcement agency of the state of Washington, or any political subdivision therof.