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The MPTC Committee made the following determinations with respect to mandatory statewide in-service training for all sworn officers (fulltime and reserve) in TY2018. Blocks of training equal twenty-four (24) hours of training, which means every officer will need a minimum of sixteen (16) additional hours of police-related training to meet the mandatory 40-hour in-service training requirement:
- Legal updates (6 hours), to include:
- A review of hate crimes
- LGBTQ issues
- Marijuana legal issues and enforcement guidelines
- Combatting Extremism and Radicalization (3 hours)
- Domestic Violence (3 hours), to include:
- Updated guidelines
- Legal updates and review
- High-risk assessment toolkit
- Critical Incident Stress Awareness (3 hours)
- Procedural Justice/Legitimacy – Part II (3 hours)
- Defensive Tactics (3 hours), to include:
- Use-of-force review
- Handcuffing
- OC
- Baton
- In addition, the MPTC will furnish at least three (3) hours of a local option (such as CPR/First Aid), if the budget allows
The above requirements also pertain to chiefs of police, but the Committee will be having additional conversations regarding in-service training specific to chiefs and whether additional or modified training standards are warranted.
The content of this blog provided by Dan Zivkovich, MPTC Executive Director.
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