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52:17B-71.9 - Adoption of training course by Police Training Commission

52:17B-71.9  Adoption of training course by Police Training Commission.

4. a. The Police Training Commission in the Department of Law and Public Safety shall adopt a training course regarding the risks associated with autism or an intellectual or other developmental disability and appropriate recognition and response techniques concerning these disabilities based on the curriculum developed by the Departments of Health and Senior Services and Human Services pursuant to subsection a. of section 2 of P.L.2008, c.80 (C.26:2-190).  The training course shall be administered by the employing agency as part of the in-service training provided to each local police officer in each law enforcement unit operating in this State.

b.Prior to being appointed to permanent status as a local police officer in a law enforcement unit, an individual shall be required to complete the training course adopted under subsection a. of this section.  Every local police officer appointed prior to the effective date of this act shall, within 36 months of the effective date of this act, satisfactorily complete a training course in recognition and response techniques concerning these disabilities.

c.The Police Training Commission shall adopt rules and regulations, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), to effectuate the purposes of this act.

L.2008, c.80, s.4.
 

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