S.B. No. 473
AN ACT
1-1 relating to training for persons licensed by the Commission on Law
1-2 Enforcement Officer Standards and Education.
1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-4 SECTION 1. Section 415.032, Government Code, is amended by
1-5 amending Subsection (b), as amended by Section 1, Chapter 469, and
1-6 Section 1, Chapter 773, Acts of the 71st Legislature, Regular
1-7 Session, 1989, and by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
1-8 (b) In establishing requirements under this section, the
1-9 commission shall require courses and programs to provide training
1-10 in the investigation of cases that involve the following:
1-11 (1) <involving> child abuse;
1-12 (2) child <or> neglect;
1-13 (3) <,> family violence; and
1-14 (4) <, or> sexual assault<. In addition to this
1-15 training, the commission shall direct law enforcement agencies to
1-16 provide continuing in-house instruction for its officers in the
1-17 recognition of cases involving child abuse or neglect, family
1-18 violence, or sexual assault>.
1-19 (c) As part of the minimum curriculum requirements, the
1-20 commission shall establish a statewide comprehensive education and
1-21 training program on civil rights, racial sensitivity, and cultural
1-22 diversity for individuals licensed under this chapter.
1-23 SECTION 2. Section 415.034, Government Code, is amended to
1-24 read as follows:
2-1 Sec. 415.034. Continuing Education. (a) The commission
2-2 shall <may> recognize, prepare, or administer <voluntary>
2-3 continuing education programs for officers and county jailers.
2-4 (b) The commission shall <may> require a state, county,
2-5 special district, or municipal agency that appoints or employs
2-6 peace officers to provide each peace officer with a training
2-7 program every 24 months <during a 24-month period>. The course
2-8 must:
2-9 (1) be approved by the commission; and
2-10 (2) <, must> include education and training in:
2-11 (A) civil rights, racial sensitivity, and
2-12 cultural diversity; and
2-13 (B) the recognition of cases that involve the
2-14 following:
2-15 (i) <involving> child abuse;
2-16 (ii) child <or> neglect;
2-17 (iii) family violence; and
2-18 (iv) sexual assault.
2-19 (c) The course provided under Subsection (b)<, and> may not
2-20 exceed 40 hours.
2-21 (d) A peace officer appointed to the officer's first
2-22 supervisory position must receive in-service training on
2-23 supervision as part of the course provided under Subsection (b)
2-24 during the 24-month period after the date of that appointment.
2-25 (e) An honorably retired commissioned officer of the
2-26 Department of Public Safety who is a special ranger under Section
2-27 411.023 may not be required to undergo training under Subsection
3-1 (b) <this subsection>.
3-2 (f) The commission may require a state, county, special
3-3 district, or municipal agency that appoints or employs a reserve
3-4 law enforcement officer, county jailer, or public security officer
3-5 to provide each of those individuals with education and training in
3-6 civil rights, racial sensitivity, and cultural diversity every 24
3-7 months.
3-8 SECTION 3. (a) The Commission on Law Enforcement Officer
3-9 Standards and Education shall establish the new education and
3-10 training programs required by this Act not later than January 1,
3-11 1994.
3-12 (b) For persons who are officers on September 1, 1993, the
3-13 first set of courses required under Section 415.034, Government
3-14 Code, as amended by this Act, must be completed before September 1,
3-15 1995.
3-16 SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 1993.
3-17 SECTION 5. The importance of this legislation and the
3-18 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
3-19 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
3-20 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
3-21 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.