1. Each person appointed to serve as a reserve peace officer shall satisfactorily complete a minimum training course as provided in this section. In addition, if a reserve peace officer is authorized to carry weapons, the officer shall satisfactorily complete the same training course in the use of weapons as is required for basic training of regular peace officers by the Iowa law enforcement academy. The minimum training course for reserve peace officers must be satisfactorily completed within four years from the date of appointment. If reserve officer training received before July 1, 1990, meets the requirements of this section, the training may be applied to meet the minimum training course requirements of this section.
2. A reserve peace officer who does not carry a weapon shall not be required to complete a weapons training course, but the officer shall comply with all other training requirements.
3. A person appointed to serve as a reserve peace officer, who has received basic training as a peace officer and has been certified by the Iowa law enforcement academy pursuant to chapter 80B and rules adopted pursuant to chapter 80B, may be exempted from completing the minimum training course at the discretion of the appointing authority if the officer meets one of the following qualifications:
a. The appointee is serving as a regular peace officer with a bona fide law enforcement agency when the application for a reserve peace officer appointment is made.
b. The appointee has served as a regular peace officer with a bona fide law enforcement agency within three years of the date of application for appointment as a reserve peace officer.
4. The minimum training course required for a reserve peace officer shall be conducted pursuant to sections 80D.4 and 80D.7, and the following training schedule:
a. During the first year, thirty hours of general law enforcement training is required as provided in section 80D.4 and as prescribed by the Iowa law enforcement academy council. If weapons are to be carried, a reserve peace officer shall complete a weapons training course having the same number of hours of training as is required of regular peace officers in basic training pursuant to section 80D.7.
b. During the second through the fourth year, forty hours of training shall be provided each year. Ten hours annually shall be obtained by each reserve peace officer working with a regular peace officer. The remaining thirty hours annually shall be selected by the appointing authority from the approved basic training curriculum established by the Iowa law enforcement academy for use in training regular peace officers.
c. Notwithstanding the time schedule provided in this subsection, a person is eligible for certification as a reserve peace officer upon satisfactory completion of the one hundred fifty hours of training required for certification.
[C81, § 80D.3]
90 Acts, ch 1092, §3
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