Senate File 2053

                                       SENATE FILE       
                                       BY  KREIMAN


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                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act requiring special training for reserve peace officers who
  2    engage in motor vehicle chases.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 5889XS 80
  5 jr/sh/8

PAG LIN

  1  1    Section 1.  Section 80D.3, subsection 1, Code 2003, is
  1  2 amended to read as follows:
  1  3    1.  Each person appointed to serve as a reserve peace
  1  4 officer shall satisfactorily complete a minimum training
  1  5 course as provided in this section.
  1  6    a.  In addition, if If a reserve peace officer is
  1  7 authorized to carry weapons, the officer shall satisfactorily
  1  8 complete the same training course in the use of weapons as is
  1  9 required for basic training of regular peace officers by the
  1 10 Iowa law enforcement academy.
  1 11    b.  If a reserve peace officer is authorized to engage in a
  1 12 chase utilizing a motor vehicle, the officer shall
  1 13 satisfactorily complete a training course in that area either
  1 14 sponsored or approved by the Iowa law enforcement academy.
  1 15    c.  The minimum training course for reserve peace officers
  1 16 must be satisfactorily completed within four years from the
  1 17 date of appointment.  If reserve officer training received
  1 18 before July 1, 1990, meets the requirements of this section,
  1 19 the training may be applied to meet the minimum training
  1 20 course requirements of this section.
  1 21                           EXPLANATION
  1 22    This bill requires that a reserve peace officer who may
  1 23 engage in a chase involving a motor vehicle obtain special
  1 24 training in that area.
  1 25 LSB 5889XS 80
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