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BY
PETERSEN
and
BENNETT
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
background
investigations
for
certification
1
or
recertification
as
a
law
enforcement
officer.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
80B.17A
Background
investigation
1
prior
to
certification
or
recertification.
2
1.
For
purposes
of
this
section,
“moral
turpitude”
is
3
defined
as
an
act
of
baseness,
vileness,
or
depravity
in
the
4
private
and
social
duties
that
a
person
owes
to
another
person
5
or
to
society
in
general,
and
includes
conduct
that
is
contrary
6
to
justice,
honesty,
or
good
morals.
7
2.
All
law
enforcement
officers
shall
be
certified
through
8
the
successful
completion
of
training
at
an
approved
law
9
enforcement
training
facility.
Prior
to
enrollment
in
a
10
certifying
training
program,
all
law
enforcement
officers
shall
11
be
of
good
moral
character
as
determined
through
a
thorough
12
background
investigation
and
shall
not
have
been
convicted
13
of
any
felony
or
a
crime
or
adjudication
involving
moral
14
turpitude,
including
but
not
limited
to
any
of
the
following:
15
a.
A
misdemeanor
crime
of
domestic
violence
as
defined
in
16
section
724.26,
subsection
2,
paragraph
“c”
,
or
other
offenses
17
of
domestic
violence.
18
b.
An
adjudication
of
delinquency
based
on
conduct
that
19
would
constitute
a
felony
if
committed
by
an
adult.
20
c.
Any
sex
crime
or
crime
listed
in
chapter
709.
21
d.
Any
crime
committed
as
an
adult
that
resulted
in
being
22
listed
on
the
sex
offender
registry.
23
e.
An
adjudication
of
delinquency
based
on
conduct
that
24
would
constitute
a
crime
if
committed
by
an
adult
that
resulted
25
in
being
listed
on
the
sex
offender
registry.
26
f.
Any
crime
involving
child
abuse
as
defined
in
section
27
232.68,
subsection
2,
resulting
in
placement
in
the
central
28
registry
as
a
case
of
founded
child
abuse
under
section
29
232.71D.
30
3.
All
law
enforcement
officers
seeking
recertification
31
shall
be
subject
to
a
background
investigation
as
provided
in
32
subsection
2.
33
EXPLANATION
34
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
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the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
1
This
bill
relates
to
background
investigations
for
2
certification
or
recertification
as
a
law
enforcement
officer.
3
The
bill
provides
that
prior
to
enrollment
in
a
certifying
4
training
program,
all
law
enforcement
officers
shall
be
of
good
5
moral
character
as
determined
through
a
thorough
background
6
investigation
and
shall
not
have
been
convicted
of
any
felony
7
or
a
crime
or
adjudication
involving
moral
turpitude.
The
bill
8
defines
“moral
turpitude”
as
an
act
of
baseness,
vileness,
9
or
depravity
in
the
private
and
social
duties
that
a
person
10
owes
to
another
person
or
to
society
in
general,
and
includes
11
conduct
that
is
contrary
to
justice,
honesty,
or
good
morals.
12
The
bill
provides
that
a
crime
or
adjudication
involving
13
moral
turpitude
includes
but
is
not
limited
to
any
of
the
14
following:
offenses
of
domestic
violence;
an
adjudication
of
15
delinquency
based
on
conduct
that
would
constitute
a
felony
if
16
committed
by
an
adult;
any
sex
crime
or
crime
listed
in
Code
17
chapter
709
(sexual
abuse);
any
crime
committed
as
an
adult
18
that
resulted
in
being
listed
on
the
sex
offender
registry;
19
an
adjudication
of
delinquency
based
on
conduct
that
would
20
constitute
a
crime
if
committed
by
an
adult
that
resulted
21
in
being
listed
on
the
sex
offender
registry;
or
any
crime
22
involving
child
abuse.
23
The
bill
provides
that
law
enforcement
officers
seeking
24
recertification
shall
be
subject
to
the
same
background
25
investigation.
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