Senate File 218

                                       SENATE FILE       
                                       BY  WIECK


    Passed Senate, Date               Passed House,  Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to the training of an individual who intends to
  2    become certified as a law enforcement officer.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 2207XS 80
  5 rh/cf/24

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  1  1    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  80B.11D  TRAINING OF INDIVIDUALS
  1  2 WHO ARE NOT LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS.
  1  3    1.  The director of the academy, subject to the approval of
  1  4 the council, shall adopt rules pursuant to this section and
  1  5 chapter 17A, that provide for the acceptance of an application
  1  6 for attendance at an approved law enforcement training school
  1  7 from an individual who, at the time of submitting the
  1  8 application for attendance, is not a law enforcement officer,
  1  9 but who intends to become certified as a law enforcement
  1 10 officer.  An individual who submits an application pursuant to
  1 11 this section shall, at a minimum, submit proof of successful
  1 12 completion of at least one of the following:
  1 13    a.  A two=year or four=year police science or criminal
  1 14 justice program at an accredited educational institution.
  1 15    b.  A law enforcement training program in another state
  1 16 commensurate with a law enforcement training program in this
  1 17 state.
  1 18    2.  Notwithstanding subsection 1, an individual shall not
  1 19 be accepted at an approved law enforcement training school
  1 20 pursuant to subsection 1 if such acceptance would result in
  1 21 the nonacceptance of another qualifying applicant who is a law
  1 22 enforcement officer.
  1 23    3.  This section shall apply only to individuals who apply
  1 24 for certification through a short course of study as
  1 25 established by rule.
  1 26                           EXPLANATION
  1 27    This bill relates to the training of an individual who is
  1 28 not a law enforcement officer but who intends to become a law
  1 29 enforcement officer.
  1 30    The bill requires the director of the law enforcement
  1 31 academy, subject to the approval of the law enforcement
  1 32 academy council, to adopt administrative rules that provide
  1 33 for the acceptance of an application for attendance at an
  1 34 approved law enforcement training school from an individual
  1 35 who is not a law enforcement officer but who intends to become
  2  1 a law enforcement officer.  The bill provides that an
  2  2 individual who submits an application shall submit proof of
  2  3 successful completion of either a two=year or four=year degree
  2  4 from a police science or criminal justice program from an
  2  5 accredited educational institution or a law enforcement
  2  6 training program in another state commensurate with a law
  2  7 enforcement training program in this state.
  2  8    The bill only applies to individuals who apply for
  2  9 certification through a short course of study as established
  2 10 by administrative rule of the director.
  2 11 LSB 2207XS 80
  2 12 rh/cf/24.1