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House Co-Sponsorship Memoranda
House of Representatives
Session of 2015 - 2016
Regular Session
MEMORANDUM
| Posted: | October 30, 2015 03:08 PM |
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| From: | Representative Barry J. Jozwiak |
| To: | All House members |
| Subject: | Municipal Police Officers Education & Training Commission Appointments |
| In the near future, I will introduce legislation similar to HB 290 previously introduced by former Representative Hackett to change the composition of the membership of the Municipal Police Officers Education & Training Commission (MPOETC). Current law provides for the Governor to appoint an FBI Special-Agent-In-Charge to the Commission. That position is currently vacant and has been since 2007. I believe it would be much more worthwhile to have a member of the State Fraternal Order of Police Lodge serve on the Commission since they are much more in tune than an FBI Agent with the needs of municipal police officers in the Commonwealth. Furthermore, it is my understanding that the Department of Justice has advised the FBI not to participate in the Commission because they do not want them to be involved in any supervisory role with municipal law enforcement. Therefore, my legislation will remove the gubernatorial appointment of an FBI Agent to the Commission and replace it with a gubernatorial appointment of a member of the State FOP Lodge. I hope you will join me in cosponsoring this legislation. |
Introduced as HB1781