Senate File 2187 - Introduced SENATE FILE 2187 BY COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY (SUCCESSOR TO SSB 3077) A BILL FOR An Act requiring the Iowa law enforcement academy to develop 1 training standards for the use of electronic weapons, 2 including stun guns and tasers, by law enforcement agencies 3 throughout the state. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 5 TLSB 5601SV (2) 85 jm/rj

S.F. 2187 Section 1. NEW SECTION . 80B.19 Electronic weapons —— 1 training course. 2 1. The academy shall develop training standards for the use 3 of electronic weapons, including stun guns and tasers, by law 4 enforcement agencies throughout the state. 5 2. The training standards shall include the completion 6 of an electronic weapons safety course by peace officers and 7 jailers prior to the use of electronic weapons. The electronic 8 weapons safety course shall include but is not limited to the 9 following: 10 a. Developing a basic knowledge and understanding of 11 electronic weapons that encompasses their use, storage, and 12 maintenance. 13 b. Diagnosing malfunctions. 14 c. Identifying conditions and circumstances where the use of 15 electronic weapons is appropriate or inappropriate. 16 d. Identifying persons whose health may be severely impacted 17 by the use of electronic weapons. 18 3. The training standards shall also require law 19 enforcement agencies to do the following: 20 a. Conduct an annual review relating to the use of 21 electronic weapons within the agency. 22 b. Retrain peace officers and jailers as new electronic 23 weapons are purchased or as new techniques are developed. 24 c. Develop and adopt agency policies relating to the use of 25 electronic weapons. 26 4. The academy shall adopt rules to administer this section. 27 Sec. 2. IMPLEMENTATION OF ACT. Section 25B.2, subsection 28 3, shall not apply to this Act. 29 EXPLANATION 30 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 31 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 32 This bill requires the Iowa law enforcement academy to 33 develop training standards for the use of electronic weapons, 34 including stun guns and tasers, by law enforcement agencies 35 -1- LSB 5601SV (2) 85 jm/rj 1/ 2

S.F. 2187 throughout the state. 1 Under the bill, the training standards shall include 2 the completion of an electronics weapons safety course by 3 peace officers and jailers prior to the use of such weapons. 4 The electronic weapons safety course shall include the 5 following: developing a basic knowledge and understanding 6 of the weapons that encompasses their use, storage, and 7 maintenance; diagnosing malfunctions; identifying conditions 8 and circumstances where the use of the weapons is appropriate 9 or inappropriate; and identifying persons whose health may be 10 severely impacted by the use of the weapons. 11 The training standards under the bill shall also require law 12 enforcement agencies to do the following: conduct an annual 13 review relating to the use of electronic weapons within the 14 agency, retrain peace officers and jailers as new electronic 15 weapons are purchased or as new techniques are developed, 16 and adopt agency policies relating to the use of electronic 17 weapons. 18 The bill may include a state mandate as defined in Code 19 section 25B.3. The bill makes inapplicable Code section 25B.2, 20 subsection 3, which would relieve a political subdivision from 21 complying with a state mandate if funding for the cost of 22 the state mandate is not provided or specified. Therefore, 23 political subdivisions are required to comply with any state 24 mandate included in the bill. 25 -2- LSB 5601SV (2) 85 jm/rj 2/ 2