Section 250IAC2-7-1. Mandatory in-service training Version b

  NOTE: This version of section effective January 1, 2017. See also preceding version of section, effective until January 1, 2017.

   Any person who has successfully completed basic training and has been appointed to a law enforcement department or agency as a law enforcement officer or reserve police officer, whether on a part-time or full-time basis, is not eligible for continued employment unless the officer successfully completes a minimum of twenty-four (24) hours of in-service training each calendar year. Subject matter for this training must meet the following requirements:

(1) A minimum of two (2) of these hours must be in the subject of firearms, a minimum of two (2) of these hours must be in the subject of physical tactics/use of force, and a minimum of two (2) of these hours must be in the subject of police vehicle operations. The remaining hours must include subjects included within the minimum basic training curriculum approved by the board or must be approved by the board based upon a need expressed by the law enforcement agency or department employing the officer.

(2) The subject must be presented under one (1) of the following conditions:

(A) By a law enforcement training board-certified instructor.

(B) At a law enforcement training board-certified school or academy.

(C) At a school or academy in another state that has been certified by that state's equivalent to the board, at the federal level, or at an accredited college, university, or vocational school when the subject is determined by the board to be law enforcement related.

(D) By an agency or entity, public or private, that has received written approval by the board, through its executive director, to provide in-service training for Indiana law enforcement officers and has agreed to comply and does comply with the board's rules and guidelines for presenting, evaluating, and reporting the training.

(Law Enforcement Training Board; 250 IAC 2-7-1; filed Dec 23, 2003, 3:00 p.m.: 27 IR 1557; filed Mar 24, 2009, 11:39 a.m.: 20090422-IR-250080288FRA; readopted filed Nov 30, 2010, 11:14 a.m.: 20101229-IR-250100663RFA; filed Nov 10, 2016, 1:33 p.m.: 20161207-IR-250160219FRA, eff Jan 1, 2017)