§ 5-2-1-15 — Facilities of law enforcement academy; availability; cost schedule

(a) The facilities of the law enforcement
academy shall be available to any law enforcement agency of the state,
or any of its political subdivisions, subject to the rules of the board.
(b) Any law enforcement agency of the state, any of its political
subdivisions, or any board certified training center may conduct
training:
(1) for the law enforcement agency of any political subdivision in
Indiana; and
(2) in facilities other than those of the law enforcement academy;
if the minimum standards established by the board are met or exceeded.
(c) A law enforcement agency or a board certified training center
conducting approved local training under subsection (b) may be
entitled to a per capita allowance from the law enforcement training
fund to defray such portions of the cost of basic training as shall be
approved by the board. Such per capita allowance shall be earmarked
and expended only for law enforcement training.
(d) The facilities of the law enforcement academy shall be available
for the training of railroad police, prison and industrial plant guards,
tribal police, postsecondary educational institution safety and security
personnel, whether public or private, for the training of any law
enforcement agency from outside Indiana, and for the training of such
other enforcement related groups as shall be approved by the board,
upon terms and conditions established by the board. Railroad police,
tribal police, and any law enforcement agency from outside Indiana,
and nongovernmental enforcement related groups qualifying to use the
facilities of the academy under the rules of the board shall be required
to reimburse the law enforcement training fund for the cost of such
training.
(e) The facilities of the law enforcement academy may be used for
the training of firefighting personnel where the subject matter of the
training relates to duties which involve law enforcement related
conduct. Such training shall be conducted upon terms and conditions
established by the board. However, no volunteer firefighter is required
to attend training at the academy.
(f) The facilities of the law enforcement academy shall be used to
provide the basic training under section 9(d) of this chapter of a special
officer of a consolidated city who is employed full time by the
consolidated city after June 30, 2023, to perform park ranger duties.
(g) The cost of the mandatory basic training conducted by the board
at the facilities of the law enforcement academy and all other training
programs authorized by this chapter and conducted at the law
enforcement training academy, including the mandatory basic training
course when attended by trainees who have been investigated and
approved but not yet hired by a law enforcement agency, are subject to
fee schedules and charges for tuition, lodging, meals, instructors,
training materials, and any other items or services established by the
board, including amounts needed to recoup corresponding marginal
and fixed costs. The costs and the fee schedule must be an annual
schedule for the state fiscal year and must be approved by the budget
director.
Formerly: Acts 1967, c.209, s.15; Acts 1973, P.L.29, SEC.2. As
amended by Acts 1982, P.L.31, SEC.2; P.L.8-1984, SEC.6;
P.L.30-1992, SEC.4; P.L.44-1993, SEC.1; P.L.78-1998, SEC.2;
P.L.52-2005, SEC.11; P.L.2-2007, SEC.74; P.L.217-2017, SEC.45;
P.L.64-2022, SEC.2; P.L.173-2023, SEC.2.