Montana § 7-32-214 Basic Training Program Required

Montana Statutes

§ 7-32-214 — Basic Training Program Required

Montana § 7-32-214

Title 7LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Ch. 32LAW ENFORCEMENT

Part 2Reserve and Auxiliary Officers

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Mont. Code Ann. § 7-32-214 (2026).

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7-32-214 . Basic training program required.

(1)A reserve officer may not be authorized to function as a representative of a law enforcement agency performing general law enforcement duties after 2 years from the original appointment unless the reserve officer has satisfactorily completed a minimum 88-hour basic training program that must include but need not be limited to the following course content:

(a)introduction and orientation--1 hour;

(b)police ethics and professionalism--1 hour;

(c)criminal law--4 hours;

(d)laws of arrest--4 hours;

(e)criminal evidence--4 hours;

(f)administration of criminal law--2 hours;

(g)communications, reports, and records--2 hours;

(h)crime investigations--3 hours;

(i)interviews and interrogations--2 hours;

(j)patrol procedures--6 hours;

(k)crisis

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7-32-214 . Basic training program required. (1) A reserve officer may not be authorized to function as a representative of a law enforcement agency performing general law enforcement duties after 2 years from the original appointment unless the reserve officer has satisfactorily completed a minimum 88-hour basic training program that must include but need not be limited to the following course content:
(a) introduction and orientation--1 hour;
(b) police ethics and professionalism--1 hour;
(c) criminal law--4 hours;
(d) laws of arrest--4 hours;
(e) criminal evidence--4 hours;
(f) administration of criminal law--2 hours;
(g) communications, reports, and records--2 hours;
(h) crime investigations--3 hours;
(i) interviews and interrogations--2 hours;
(j) patrol procedures--6 hours;
(k) crisis intervention--4 hours;
(l) police human and community relations--3 hours;
(m) juvenile procedures--2 hours;
(n) defensive tactics--4 hours;
(o) crowd control tactics--4 hours;
(p) firearms training--30 hours;
(q) first aid--10 hours; and
(r) examination--2 hours.
(2) The law enforcement agency is responsible for training its reserve officers in accordance with minimum training standards established by the council.