43.101.080 - Commission powers and duties -- Rules and regulations. - Washington Statutes

Commission powers and duties — Rules and regulations.

The commission shall have all of the following powers:

     (1) To meet at such times and places as it may deem proper;

     (2) To adopt any rules and regulations as it may deem necessary;

     (3) To contract for services as it deems necessary in order to carry out its duties and responsibilities;

     (4) To cooperate with and secure the cooperation of any department, agency, or instrumentality in state, county, and city government, and other commissions affected by or concerned with the business of the commission;

     (5) To do any and all things necessary or convenient to enable it fully and adequately to perform its duties and to exercise the power granted to it;

     (6) To select and employ an executive director, and to empower him to perform such duties and responsibilities as it may deem necessary;

     (7) To assume legal, fiscal, and program responsibility for all training conducted by the commission;

     (8) To establish, by rule and regulation, standards for the training of criminal justice personnel where such standards are not prescribed by statute;

     (9) To own, establish, and operate, or to contract with other qualified institutions or organizations for the operation of, training and education programs for criminal justice personnel and to purchase, lease, or otherwise acquire, subject to the approval of the department of general administration, a training facility or facilities necessary to the conducting of such programs;

     (10) To establish, by rule and regulation, minimum curriculum standards for all training programs conducted for employed criminal justice personnel;

     (11) To review and approve or reject standards for instructors of training programs for criminal justice personnel, and to employ personnel on a temporary basis as instructors without any loss of employee benefits to those instructors;

     (12) To direct the development of alternative, innovate, and interdisciplinary training techniques;

     (13) To review and approve or reject training programs conducted for criminal justice personnel and rules establishing and prescribing minimum training and education standards recommended by the training standards and education boards;

     (14) To allocate financial resources among training and education programs conducted by the commission;

     (15) To allocate training facility space among training and education programs conducted by the commission;

     (16) To issue diplomas certifying satisfactory completion of any training or education program conducted or approved by the commission to any person so completing such a program;

     (17) To provide for the employment of such personnel as may be practical to serve as temporary replacements for any person engaged in a basic training program as defined by the commission;

     (18) To establish rules and regulations recommended by the training standards and education boards prescribing minimum standards relating to physical, mental and moral fitness which shall govern the recruitment of criminal justice personnel where such standards are not prescribed by statute or constitutional provision;

     (19) To require that each applicant that has been offered a conditional offer of employment as a fully commissioned peace officer or a fully commissioned reserve officer take and successfully pass a psychological examination and a polygraph test or similar assessment procedure as administered by county, city, or state law enforcement agencies as a condition of employment as a peace officer. The psychological examination and the polygraph examination shall be administered in accordance with the requirements of RCW 43.101.095(2). The employing county, city, or state law enforcement agency may require that each peace officer or reserve officer who is required to take a psychological examination and a polygraph or similar test pay a portion of the testing fee based on the actual cost of the test or four hundred dollars, whichever is less. County, city, and state law enforcement agencies may establish a payment plan if they determine that the peace officer or reserve officer does not readily have the means to pay for his or her portion of the testing fee;

     (20) To promote positive relationships between law enforcement and the citizens of the state of Washington by allowing commissioners and staff to participate in the "chief for a day program." The executive director shall designate staff who may participate. In furtherance of this purpose, the commission may accept grants of funds and gifts and may use its public facilities for such purpose. At all times, the participation of commissioners and staff shall comply with chapter 42.52 RCW and chapter 292-110 WAC.

     All rules and regulations adopted by the commission shall be adopted and administered pursuant to the administrative procedure act, chapter 34.05 RCW, and the open public meetings act, chapter 42.30 RCW.

[2008 c 69 § 3; 2005 c 434 § 1; 2001 c 166 § 1; 1982 c 124 § 1; 1975-'76 2nd ex.s. c 17 § 3. Prior: 1975 1st ex.s. c 103 § 1; 1975 1st ex.s. c 82 § 1; 1974 ex.s. c 94 § 8.]

Notes: Finding -- 2008 c 69: See note following RCW 43.101.010.