PRINTER'S NO. 1218
No. 1041 Session of 2007
INTRODUCED BY JAMES, WILLIAMS, KIRKLAND, CALTAGIRONE, BLACKWELL,
BUXTON, COHEN, CURRY, DeWEESE, JOSEPHS, KORTZ, LEACH, MYERS,
PARKER, McILVAINE SMITH, STABACK, STURLA, THOMAS, VEREB,
WALKO, WHEATLEY AND YOUNGBLOOD, APRIL 10, 2007
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, APRIL 10, 2007
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 is amended to read:
9 § 2164. Powers and duties of commission.
10 The powers and duties of the commission shall be as follows:
11 (1) To establish and administer the minimum courses of
12 study for basic and in-service training for police officers
13 and to revoke an officer's certification when an officer
14 fails to comply with the basic and in-service training
15 requirements or is convicted of a criminal offense or the
16 commission determines that the officer is physically or
17 mentally unfit to perform the duties of his office. [or
18 determines that a police officer subject to section 2166.1
1 (relating to prohibition on political activity) has engaged
2 or participated in the conducting of political or election
3 campaign activity in violation of that section.] The courses
4 of study shall include the prevention of racial profiling in
5 traffic stops.
6 * * *
7 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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