THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

INTRODUCED BY HAHN, BENNINGHOFF, K. BOYLE, BRENNAN, CALTAGIRONE, CLYMER, CREIGHTON, DENLINGER, FARRY, GEIST, GINGRICH, GROVE, HARKINS, HENNESSEY, HESS, HICKERNELL, M. K. KELLER, KILLION, KULA, MARSHALL, MILLER, MOUL, MURT, PETRARCA, PYLE, QUINN, REICHLEY, SWANGER, TAYLOR AND YOUNGBLOOD, DECEMBER 5, 2011

AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, JUNE 5, 2012   

AN ACT

Amending Title 53 (Municipalities Generally) of the Pennsylvania

Consolidated Statutes, further providing for powers and

duties of Municipal Police Officers' Education and Training

Commission.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1.  Section 2164(15) of Title 53 of the Pennsylvania

Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:

§ 2164.  Powers and duties of commission.

The powers and duties of the commission shall be as follows:

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(15)  To grant waivers of mandatory basic training to

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police officers or Federal law enforcement officers who have

successfully completed previous equivalent training or who

have acceptable full-time police or law enforcement 

experience, or both.

(15)  With respect to mandatory basic training:

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(i)  To grant waivers of mandatory basic training to

police officers who have successfully completed previous

equivalent training or who have acceptable full-time

[police] experience, or both.

(ii)  To grant waivers of portions of mandatory basic

training to Federal law enforcement officers and military

police officers who have successfully completed previous

equivalent training. In order to be certified by the

commission, Federal law enforcement officers and military

police officers shall fulfill basic police training

requirements and meet the minimum standards required for

certification.

Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.