AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning state and local administration.
before July 1, 1993, may not enforce the laws or ordinances of the state
or any political subdivision unless the officer has, within one (1) year
from the date of appointment, successfully completed the minimum
basic training requirements established under this chapter by the board.
If a person fails to successfully complete the basic training
requirements within one (1) year from the date of employment, the
officer may not perform any of the duties of a law enforcement officer
involving control or direction of members of the public or exercising
the power of arrest until the officer has successfully completed the
training requirements. This subsection does not apply to any law
enforcement officer appointed before July 6, 1972, or after June 30,
1993.
(c) Military leave or other authorized leave of absence from law
enforcement duty during the first year of employment after July 6,
1972, shall toll the running of the first year, which shall be calculated
by the aggregate of the time before and after the leave, for the purposes
of this chapter.
(d) Except as provided in subsections (e), (l), (r), and (s), a law
enforcement officer appointed to a law enforcement department or
agency after June 30, 1993, may not:
(1) make an arrest;
(2) conduct a search or a seizure of a person or property; or
(3) carry a firearm;
unless the law enforcement officer successfully completes, at a board
certified law enforcement academy or at a law enforcement training
center under section 10.5 or 15.2 of this chapter, the basic training
requirements established by the board under this chapter.
(e) This subsection does not apply to:
(1) a gaming agent employed as a law enforcement officer by the
Indiana gaming commission; or
(2) an:
(A) attorney; or
(B) investigator;
designated by the securities commissioner as a police officer of
the state under IC 23-19-6-1(i).
Before a law enforcement officer appointed after June 30, 1993,
completes the basic training requirements, the law enforcement officer
may exercise the police powers described in subsection (d) if the
officer successfully completes the pre-basic course established in
subsection (f). Successful completion of the pre-basic course authorizes
a law enforcement officer to exercise the police powers described in
subsection (d) for one (1) year after the date the law enforcement
officer is appointed.
(f) The board shall adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to establish a
pre-basic course for the purpose of training:
(1) law enforcement officers;
(2) police reserve officers (as described in IC 36-8-3-20); and
(3) conservation reserve officers (as described in IC 14-9-8-27);
regarding the subjects of arrest, search and seizure, the lawful use of
force, interacting with individuals with autism, and the operation of an
emergency vehicle. The pre-basic course must be offered on a periodic
basis throughout the year at regional sites statewide. The pre-basic
course must consist of at least forty (40) hours of course work. The
board may prepare the classroom part of the pre-basic course using
available technology in conjunction with live instruction. The board
shall provide the course material, the instructors, and the facilities at
the regional sites throughout the state that are used for the pre-basic
course. In addition, the board may certify pre-basic courses that may be
conducted by other public or private training entities, including
postsecondary educational institutions.
(g) The board shall adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to establish a
mandatory inservice training program for police officers. After June 30,
1993, a law enforcement officer who has satisfactorily completed basic
training and has been appointed to a law enforcement department or
agency on either a full-time or part-time basis is not eligible for
continued employment unless the officer satisfactorily completes the
mandatory inservice training requirements established by rules adopted
by the board. Inservice training must include training in interacting
with persons with mental illness, addictive disorders, mental
retardation, autism, and developmental disabilities, and Alzheimer's
disease or related senile dementia, to be provided by persons
approved by the secretary of family and social services and the board,
and training concerning human and sexual trafficking and high risk
missing persons (as defined in IC 5-2-17-1). The board may approve
courses offered by other public or private training entities, including
postsecondary educational institutions, as necessary in order to ensure
the availability of an adequate number of inservice training programs.
The board may waive an officer's inservice training requirements if the
board determines that the officer's reason for lacking the required
amount of inservice training hours is due to either of the following:
(1) An emergency situation.
(2) The unavailability of courses.
(h) The board shall also adopt rules establishing a town marshal
basic training program, subject to the following:
training program. For the purposes of this subsection and subsection
(j), "police chief" refers to:
(1) the police chief of any city;
(2) the police chief of any town having a metropolitan police
department; and
(3) the chief of a consolidated law enforcement department
established under IC 36-3-1-5.1.
A town marshal is not considered to be a police chief for these
purposes, but a town marshal may enroll in the executive training
program.
(l) A fire investigator in the division of fire and building safety
appointed after December 31, 1993, is required to comply with the
basic training standards established under this chapter.
(m) The board shall adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to establish a
program to certify handgun safety courses, including courses offered
in the private sector, that meet standards approved by the board for
training probation officers in handgun safety as required by
IC 11-13-1-3.5(3).
(n) The board shall adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to establish a
refresher course for an officer who:
(1) is hired by an Indiana law enforcement department or agency
as a law enforcement officer;
(2) has not been employed as a law enforcement officer for at
least two (2) years and less than six (6) years before the officer is
hired under subdivision (1) due to the officer's resignation or
retirement; and
(3) completed at any time a basic training course certified by the
board before the officer is hired under subdivision (1).
(o) The board shall adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to establish a
refresher course for an officer who:
(1) is hired by an Indiana law enforcement department or agency
as a law enforcement officer;
(2) has not been employed as a law enforcement officer for at
least six (6) years and less than ten (10) years before the officer
is hired under subdivision (1) due to the officer's resignation or
retirement;
(3) is hired under subdivision (1) in an upper level policymaking
position; and
(4) completed at any time a basic training course certified by the
board before the officer is hired under subdivision (1).
A refresher course established under this subsection may not exceed
one hundred twenty (120) hours of course work. All credit hours
received for successfully completing the police chief executive training
program under subsection (i) shall be applied toward the refresher
course credit hour requirements.
(p) Subject to subsection (q), an officer to whom subsection (n) or
(o) applies must successfully complete the refresher course described
in subsection (n) or (o) not later than six (6) months after the officer's
date of hire, or the officer loses the officer's powers of:
(1) arrest;
(2) search; and
(3) seizure.
(q) A law enforcement officer who has worked as a law enforcement
officer for less than twenty-five (25) years before being hired under
subsection (n)(1) or (o)(1) is not eligible to attend the refresher course
described in subsection (n) or (o) and must repeat the full basic training
course to regain law enforcement powers. However, a law enforcement
officer who has worked as a law enforcement officer for at least
twenty-five (25) years before being hired under subsection (n)(1) or
(o)(1) and who otherwise satisfies the requirements of subsection (n)
or (o) is not required to repeat the full basic training course to regain
law enforcement power but shall attend the refresher course described
in subsection (n) or (o) and the pre-basic training course established
under subsection (f).
(r) This subsection applies only to a gaming agent employed as a
law enforcement officer by the Indiana gaming commission. A gaming
agent appointed after June 30, 2005, may exercise the police powers
described in subsection (d) if:
(1) the agent successfully completes the pre-basic course
established in subsection (f); and
(2) the agent successfully completes any other training courses
established by the Indiana gaming commission in conjunction
with the board.
(s) This subsection applies only to a securities enforcement officer
designated as a law enforcement officer by the securities
commissioner. A securities enforcement officer may exercise the police
powers described in subsection (d) if:
(1) the securities enforcement officer successfully completes the
pre-basic course established in subsection (f); and
(2) the securities enforcement officer successfully completes any
other training courses established by the securities commissioner
in conjunction with the board.
(t) As used in this section, "upper level policymaking position"
refers to the following: