Senate File 85 - Introduced SENATE FILE 85 BY COURTNEY A BILL FOR An Act requiring the Iowa law enforcement academy to develop 1 training standards for the use of electronic control 2 devices, including stun guns and tasers, by law enforcement 3 agencies throughout the state. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 5 TLSB 1060SS (3) 86 jm/rj

S.F. 85 Section 1. NEW SECTION . 80B.19 Electronic control devices 1 —— training course. 2 1. The academy shall develop training standards for the use 3 of electronic control devices, including stun guns and tasers, 4 by law enforcement agencies throughout the state. 5 2. The training standards shall include the completion of an 6 electronic control devices safety course by peace officers and 7 jailers prior to the use of electronic control devices. The 8 electronic control devices safety course shall include but is 9 not limited to the following: 10 a. Developing a basic knowledge and understanding of 11 electronic control devices that encompasses their use, storage, 12 and maintenance. 13 b. Diagnosing malfunctions. 14 c. Identifying conditions and circumstances where the use of 15 electronic control devices is appropriate or inappropriate. 16 d. Identifying persons whose health may be severely impacted 17 by the use of electronic control devices. 18 3. The training standards shall also require law 19 enforcement agencies to do the following: 20 a. Conduct an annual review relating to agency use of 21 electronic control devices. 22 b. Retrain peace officers and jailers as new electronic 23 control devices are purchased or as new techniques are 24 developed. 25 c. Develop and adopt agency policies relating to the use of 26 electronic control devices. 27 4. The academy shall adopt rules to administer this section. 28 Sec. 2. IMPLEMENTATION OF ACT. Section 25B.2, subsection 29 3, shall not apply to this Act. 30 EXPLANATION 31 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 32 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 33 This bill requires the Iowa law enforcement academy to 34 develop training standards for the use of electronic control 35 -1- LSB 1060SS (3) 86 jm/rj 1/ 2

S.F. 85 devices, including stun guns and tasers, by law enforcement 1 agencies throughout the state. 2 Under the bill, the training standards shall include the 3 completion of an electronic control devices safety course by 4 peace officers and jailers prior to the use of such devices. 5 The electronic control devices safety course shall include the 6 following: developing a basic knowledge and understanding 7 of control devices that encompasses their use, storage, and 8 maintenance; diagnosing malfunctions; identifying conditions 9 and circumstances where the use of devices is appropriate or 10 inappropriate; and identifying persons whose health may be 11 severely impacted by the use of devices. 12 The training standards under the bill shall also require law 13 enforcement agencies to do the following: conduct an annual 14 review relating to agency use of electronic control devices, 15 retrain peace officers and jailers when new electronic control 16 devices are purchased or as new techniques are developed, and 17 adopt agency policies relating to the use of electronic control 18 devices. 19 The bill may include a state mandate as defined in Code 20 section 25B.3. The bill makes inapplicable Code section 25B.2, 21 subsection 3, which would relieve a political subdivision from 22 complying with a state mandate if funding for the cost of 23 the state mandate is not provided or specified. Therefore, 24 political subdivisions are required to comply with any state 25 mandate included in the bill. 26 -2- LSB 1060SS (3) 86 jm/rj 2/ 2