House File 515 - Introduced



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                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to law enforcement officers and reserve peace
  2    officers and racial and cultural awareness and sensitivity
  3    curriculum training requirements.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  5 TLSB 2447YH 83
  6 rh/nh/8

PAG LIN



  1  1    Section 1.  Section 80B.11, subsection 1, paragraphs d and
  1  2 e, Code 2009, are amended to read as follows:
  1  3    d.  Within the existing curriculum, expanded training
  1  4 regarding racial and cultural awareness and dealing with
  1  5 gang=affected youth and sensitivity.
  1  6    e.  Training standards on the subject of human trafficking,
  1  7 to include curricula on racial and cultural awareness and
  1  8 sensitivity and the means to deal effectively and
  1  9 appropriately with trafficking victims.  Such training shall
  1 10 encourage law enforcement personnel to communicate in the
  1 11 language of the trafficking victims.  The course of
  1 12 instruction and training standards shall be developed by the
  1 13 director in consultation with the appropriate national and
  1 14 state experts in the field of human trafficking.
  1 15    Sec. 2.  Section 80B.11, subsection 1, Code 2009, is
  1 16 amended by adding the following new paragraph:
  1 17    NEW PARAGRAPH.  dd.  Training standards dealing with
  1 18 gang=affected youth.
  1 19    Section 3.  Section 80D.3, subsection 1, Code 2009, is
  1 20 amended to read as follows:
  1 21    1.  Each person appointed to serve as a reserve peace
  1 22 officer shall satisfactorily complete a minimum training
  1 23 course as established by academy rules including training
  1 24 regarding racial and cultural awareness and sensitivity.  In
  1 25 addition, if a reserve peace officer is authorized to carry
  1 26 weapons, the officer shall satisfactorily complete the same
  1 27 training course in the use of weapons as is required for basic
  1 28 training of regular peace officers by the academy.  The
  1 29 minimum training course for reserve peace officers shall be
  1 30 satisfactorily completed within the time period prescribed by
  1 31 academy rules.  Academy=approved reserve peace officer
  1 32 training received before July 1, 2007, may be applied to meet
  1 33 the minimum training course requirements established by
  1 34 academy rules.
  1 35                           EXPLANATION
  2  1    This bill requires the Iowa law enforcement academy to
  2  2 provide racial and cultural awareness and sensitivity
  2  3 curriculum training for law enforcement officers and reserve
  2  4 peace officers.
  2  5 LSB 2447YH 83
  2  6 rh/nh/8