PRINTER'S NO. 1145
No. 984 Session of 1977
INTRODUCED BY CIMINI AND MILLER, APRIL 26, 1977
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, APRIL 26, 1977
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of October 10, 1974 (P.L.705, No.235), entitled
2 "An act providing for the training and licensing of watch
3 guards, protective patrolmen, detectives and criminal
4 investigators, carrying and using lethal weapons in their
5 employment; imposing powers and duties on the Commissioner of
6 the Pennsylvania State Police; and providing penalties,"
7 providing for certification of certain privately employed
8 agents.
9 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
10 hereby enacts as follows:
11 Section 1. Subsection (b) of section 4, act of October 10,
12 1974 (P.L.705, No.235), known as the "Lethal Weapons Training
13 Act," amended November 23, 1976 (No.254), is amended to read:
14 Section 4. Education and Training Program.--* * *
15 (b) [All] Except as otherwise provided herein, all privately
16 employed agents, except those who have been granted a waiver
17 from compliance herewith by the commissioner who, as an
18 incidence to their employment, carry a lethal weapon shall be
19 required to attend the program established by subsection (a) of
20 this section in accordance with the requirements or regulations
21 established by the commissioner and, upon satisfactory
1 completion of such program, shall be entitled to certification
2 by the commissioner. Persons employed before January 1, 1976 as
3 privately employed agents and who have been instructed in the
4 use of lethal weapons by a superior who has served as a police
5 officer or who themselves have served as a police officer shall
6 be entitled to certification by the commissioner.
7 * * *
8 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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