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EXPLANATION-Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in this bill is not enacted
and is intended to be omitted in the law.
SECOND REGULAR SESSION
SENATE BILL NO. 1173
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY SENATOR WASHINGTON.
5407S.01I KRISTINA MARTIN, Secretary
AN ACT
To repeal section 590.040, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to required
basic training for peace officers.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Section 590.040, RSMo, is repealed and one new 1
section enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as section 590.040, 2
to read as follows:3
590.040. 1. The POST commission shall set the minimum 1
number of hours of basic training for licensure as a peace 2
officer no lower than six hundred, with the following 3
exceptions: 4
(1) Up to one thousand hours may be mandated for any 5
class of license required for commission by a state law 6
enforcement agency; 7
(2) As few as one hundred twenty hours may be mandated 8
for any class of license restricted to commission as a 9
reserve peace officer with police powers limited to the 10
commissioning political subdivision; 11
(3) Persons validly licensed on August 28, 2001, may 12
retain licensure without additional basic training; 13
(4) Persons licensed and commissioned within a county 14
of the third classification before July 1, 2002, may retain 15
licensure with one hundred twenty hours of basic training if 16
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the commissioning political subdivision has adopted an order 17
or ordinance to that effect; 18
(5) Persons serving as a reserve officer on August 27, 19
2001, within a county of the first classification or a 20
county with a charter form of government and with more than 21
one million inhabitants on August 27, 2001, having 22
previously completed a minimum of one hundred sixty hours of 23
training, shall be granted a license necessary to function 24
as a reserve peace officer only within such county. For the 25
purposes of this subdivision, the term "reserve officer" 26
shall mean any person who serves in a less than full-time 27
law enforcement capacity, with or without pay and who, 28
without certification, has no power of arrest and who, 29
without certification, must be under the direct and 30
immediate accompaniment of a certified peace officer of the 31
same agency at all times while on duty; and 32
(6) The POST commission shall provide for the 33
recognition of basic training received at law enforcement 34
training centers of other states, the military, the federal 35
government and territories of the United States regardless 36
of the number of hours included in such training and shall 37
have authority to require supplemental training as a 38
condition of eligibility for licensure. 39
2. The director shall have the authority to limit any 40
exception provided in subsection 1 of this section to 41
persons remaining in the same commission or transferring to 42
a commission in a similar jurisdiction. 43
3. The basic training of every peace officer, except 44
agents of the conservation commission, shall include at 45
least thirty hours of training in the investigation and 46
management of cases involving domestic and family violence. 47
Such training shall include instruction, specific to 48
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domestic and family violence cases, regarding: report 49
writing; physical abuse, sexual abuse, child fatalities and 50
child neglect; interviewing children and alleged 51
perpetrators; the nature, extent and causes of domestic and 52
family violence; the safety of victims, other family and 53
household members and investigating officers; legal rights 54
and remedies available to victims, including rights to 55
compensation and the enforcement of civil and criminal 56
remedies; services available to victims and their children; 57
the effects of cultural, racial and gender bias in law 58
enforcement; and state statutes. Said curriculum shall be 59
developed and presented in consultation with the department 60
of health and senior services, the children's division, 61
public and private providers of programs for victims of 62
domestic and family violence, persons who have demonstrated 63
expertise in training and education concerning domestic and 64
family violence, and the Missouri coalition against domestic 65
violence. 66
4. The basic training of every peace officer first 67
licensed on or after August 28, 2027, shall include at least 68
[six] nine hours of training concerning the prohibition 69
against racial profiling and such training shall promote 70
understanding and respect for racial and cultural 71
differences and the use of effective, noncombative methods 72
for carrying out law enforcement duties in a racially and 73
culturally diverse environment. Such training shall include 74
[two] three hours of racial profiling training, [two] three 75
hours of implicit bias training, and [two] three hours of de- 76
escalation training. 77
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