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PAG LIN 1 1 SENATE FILE 316 1 2 1 3 AN ACT 1 4 RELATING TO THE TRAINING AND PROBATIONARY PERIODS FOR CERTAIN 1 5 LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS. 1 6 1 7 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 1 8 1 9 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 80B.17 CERTIFICATION REQUIRED. 1 10 The council shall extend the one-year time period in which 1 11 an officer candidate must become certified for up to one 1 12 hundred eighty days if the officer candidate is enrolled in 1 13 training within twelve months of initial appointment. 1 14 Sec. 2. Section 341A.11, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 1 15 1997, is amended to read as follows: 1 16 The tenure of every deputy sheriff holding an office or 1 17 position of employment under the provisions of this chapter 1 18 shall be conditional upon a probationary periodof not more1 19than twelve months, and where such deputy sheriff attends the1 20law enforcement academy or a regional training facility1 21certified by the director of the Iowa law enforcement academy,1 22a probationary period of not more than six months, during1 23which time the appointee may be removed or discharged by the1 24sheriff.ThereafterIf the employee has successfully 1 25 completed training at the Iowa law enforcement academy or a 1 26 regional training facility certified by the director of the 1 27 Iowa law enforcement academy prior to initial appointment as a 1 28 deputy sheriff, the probationary period shall be for a period 1 29 of up to nine months and shall commence with the date of 1 30 initial appointment as a deputy sheriff. If the employee has 1 31 not successfully completed training at the Iowa law 1 32 enforcement academy or a regional training facility certified 1 33 by the director of the Iowa law enforcement academy prior to 1 34 initial appointment as a deputy sheriff, the probationary 1 35 period shall commence with the date of initial employment as a 2 1 deputy sheriff and shall continue for a period of up to nine 2 2 months following the date of successful completion of training 2 3 at the Iowa law enforcement academy or a regional training 2 4 facility certified by the director of the Iowa law enforcement 2 5 academy. During the probationary period, the appointee may be 2 6 removed or discharged by the sheriff without the right of 2 7 appeal to the commission. Each deputy sheriff who transfers 2 8 from one jurisdiction to another shall be employed subject to 2 9 a probationary period of up to nine months. After the 2 10 probationary period, the deputy sheriff may be removed or 2 11 discharged, suspended without pay, demoted, or reduced in 2 12 rank, or deprived of vacation privileges or other privileges 2 13 for any of the following reasons: 2 14 Sec. 3. Section 400.8, subsection 3, Code 1997, is amended 2 15 to read as follows: 2 16 3. All appointments to such positions shall be conditional 2 17 upon a probation period of not to exceed six months, and in 2 18 the case ofpolice patrol officers,police dispatchers,and 2 19 fire fighters a probation period not to exceed twelve months. 2 20 In the case of police patrol officers, if the employee has 2 21 successfully completed training at the Iowa law enforcement 2 22 academy or another training facility certified by the director 2 23 of the Iowa law enforcement academy before the initial 2 24 appointment as a police patrol officer, the probationary 2 25 period shall be for a period of up to nine months and shall 2 26 commence with the date of initial appointment as a police 2 27 patrol officer. If the employee has not successfully 2 28 completed training at the Iowa law enforcement academy or 2 29 another training facility certified by the director of the law 2 30 enforcement academy before initial appointment as a police 2 31 patrol officer, the probationary period shall commence with 2 32 the date of initial employment as a police patrol officer and 2 33 shall continue for a period of up to nine months following the 2 34 date of successful completion of training at the Iowa law 2 35 enforcement academy or another training facility certified by 3 1 the director of the Iowa law enforcement academy. A police 3 2 patrol officer transferring employment from one jurisdiction 3 3 to another shall be employed subject to a probationary period 3 4 of up to nine months. However, in cities with a population 3 5 over one hundred seventy-five thousand, appointments to the 3 6 position of fire fighter shall be conditional upon a probation 3 7 period of not to exceed twenty-four months. During the 3 8 probation period, the appointee may be removed or discharged 3 9 from such position by the appointing person or body without 3 10 the right of appeal to the commission. A person removed or 3 11 discharged during a probationary period shall, at the time of 3 12 discharge, be given a notice in writing stating the reason or 3 13 reasons for the dismissal. A copy of such notice shall be 3 14 promptly filed with the commission. Continuance in the 3 15 position after the expiration of such probationary period 3 16 shall constitute a permanent appointment. 3 17 3 18 3 19 3 20 MARY E. KRAMER 3 21 President of the Senate 3 22 3 23 3 24 3 25 RON J. CORBETT 3 26 Speaker of the House 3 27 3 28 I hereby certify that this bill originated in the Senate and 3 29 is known as Senate File 316, Seventy-seventh General Assembly. 3 30 3 31 3 32 3 33 MARY PAT GUNDERSON 3 34 Secretary of the Senate 3 35 Approved , 1998 4 1 4 2 4 3 4 4 TERRY E. BRANSTAD 4 5 Governor
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