PRINTER'S NO. 823
No. 695 Session of 2003
INTRODUCED BY JAMES, LEACH, THOMAS, WATERS, LESCOVITZ, WALKO,
WASHINGTON, J. WILLIAMS, D. EVANS, BISHOP, FAIRCHILD,
PETRARCA, DeWEESE, WHEATLEY, BROWNE, HENNESSEY, YOUNGBLOOD,
STABACK, PRESTON, BUXTON, GEORGE, BEBKO-JONES, FRANKEL,
SURRA, LEVDANSKY, CRUZ, LAUGHLIN, MELIO, EACHUS, DERMODY,
STURLA, CURRY, KIRKLAND, DeLUCA, MANDERINO, JOSEPHS, HORSEY
AND OLIVER, MARCH 6, 2003
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, MARCH 6, 2003
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 53 (Municipalities Generally) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, further providing for the powers and
3 duties of the Municipal Police Officers' Education and
4 Training Commission.
5 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
6 hereby enacts as follows:
7 Section 1. Section 2164(1) of Title 53 of the Pennsylvania
8 Consolidated Statutes, amended December 30, 2002 (P.L.2001,
9 No.230), is amended to read:
10 § 2164. Powers and duties of commission.
11 The powers and duties of the commission shall be as follows:
12 (1) To establish and administer the minimum courses of
13 study for basic and in-service training for police officers
14 and to revoke an officer's certification when an officer
15 fails to comply with the basic and in-service training
16 requirements or is convicted of a criminal offense or the
1 commission determines that the officer is physically or
2 mentally unfit to perform the duties of his office or
3 determines that a police officer subject to section 2166.1
4 (relating to prohibition on political activity) has engaged
5 or participated in the conducting of political or election
6 campaign activity in violation of that section. The courses
7 of study shall include the prevention of racial profiling in
8 traffic stops.
9 * * *
10 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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