§ 40:2404 — Powers of the council

§2404. Powers of the council
In addition to any other powers conferred upon the council pursuant to this Chapter
or by other law, the council shall have the following powers:
(1) To administer this Chapter.
(2) To develop minimum curriculum requirements for the training of peace officers.
(3) To accredit law enforcement training centers.
(4) To establish minimum law enforcement instructor qualifications and certify
individuals to act as law enforcement instructors.
(5) To inspect and evaluate all law enforcement training centers, programs, and
courses to ensure compliance with the state's law enforcement training standards. Such
inspection and evaluation shall include a comprehensive performance review at least once
every four years. Any training center which is determined not to meet the state's law
enforcement training standards pursuant to such a performance review shall be subject to
probation or loss of its accreditation as provided in Paragraph (8) of this Section.
(6) To provide a consulting service for law enforcement education and training
centers.
(7) To adopt, amend, or repeal rules and regulations to interpret and implement the
provisions of this Act, including, not exclusively, the powers of the council enumerated
herein.
(8) To withhold or withdraw accreditation from law enforcement training centers and
instructors upon a finding that the center, institution, or instructors thereof have failed or are
failing to maintain minimum standards set forth in this Chapter or promulgated by rules or
regulations of the council. In addition, any training center determined not to meet the state's
law enforcement training standards based upon the performance review conducted pursuant
to Paragraph (5) of this Section shall be placed on probation. The council shall make written
notification to any training center placed on probation and allow the training center not less
than thirty days nor more than ninety days to remedy any deficiencies and be removed from
probationary status. Any such training center which is not removed from probationary status
within the requisite time period shall lose its accreditation.
(9) To establish and implement curricula for such advanced, in-service, and
specialized training courses as the council shall deem advisable, including school resource
officer training, and to recognize the completion of such courses by the issuance of
certificates.
(10) To assist the Committee for the Coordination of Police Services to Elderly
Persons to assist in the development and delivery of training to law enforcement
professionals involved in the "Triad Programs", including but not limited to the following
subjects:
(a) Crimes against the elderly and the protection of elderly persons.
(b) Police sensitivity to the needs of elderly persons as victims, as witnesses, or as
victims of "vicarious victimization", which conditions impair their quality of life.
(c) Availability of social and human services.
(11) To approve and certify any school resource officer program and to exercise the
powers conferred upon the council pursuant to this Chapter in accrediting, certifying, and
establishing other requirements relative to such programs.
(12) To suspend or revoke P.O.S.T. certification and to develop and implement
polices and procedures to suspend or revoke P.O.S.T. certification for misconduct committed
by a peace officer.

Legislative History

Added by Acts 1976, No. 397, §1. Amended by Acts 1979, No. 489, §1; Acts 1994, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 19, §2; Acts 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 108, §1; Acts 2004, No. 547, §2; Acts 2018, No. 206, §4; Acts 2021, No. 418, §2.