2014 Missouri Revised Statutes
TITLE XXXVIII CRIMES AND PUNISHMENT; PEACE OFFICERS AND PUBLIC DEFENDERS (556-600)
Chapter 590 Peace Officers, Selection, Training and Discipline
Section 590.105 (Repealed L. 2001 H.B. 80 § A)

MO Rev Stat § 590.105 (2014) What's This?

590.105. 1. A program of mandatory standards for the basic training and certification of peace officers and a program of optional standards for the basic training and certification of reserve officers in this state is hereby established. The peace officer standards and training commission shall establish the minimum number of hours of training and core curriculum. In no event, however, shall the commission require more than one thousand hours of such training for either peace or reserve officers employed by any state law enforcement agency, or more than six hundred hours of such training for other peace or reserve officers; provided, however, that the minimum hours of training shall be no lower than the following:

(1) One hundred twenty hours as of August 28, 1993;

(2) Three hundred hours as of August 28, 1994; and

(3) Four hundred seventy hours as of August 28, 1996.

The higher standards provided in this section for certification after August 28, 1993, shall not apply to any peace or reserve officer certified prior to August 28, 1993, or to deputies of any sheriff's department in any city not within a county requiring no more or less than one hundred twenty hours of training. Certified peace and reserve officers between January 1, 1992, and August 28, 1995, shall only meet the hours of training applicable to the year in which the officer was employed or appointed.

2. Beginning on August 28, 1996, peace officers shall be required to complete the four hundred fifty hours of training as peace officers and be certified to be eligible for employment. Park rangers appointed pursuant to section 64.335, RSMo, who do not carry firearms shall be exempt from the training requirements of this section.

3. Bailiffs who are not certified peace officers shall be required to complete a minimum of sixty hours of mandated training, except that any person who has served as a bailiff prior to January 1, 1995, shall not be required to complete the training requirements mandated by this subsection, provided such person's training or experience is deemed adequate by the peace officer standards and training commission in accordance with current standards.

4. All political subdivisions within this state may adopt standards which are higher than the minimum standards implemented pursuant to sections 590.100 to 590.180, and such minimum standards shall in no way be deemed adequate in those cases in which higher standards have been adopted.

5. Any federal officer who has the duty and power of arrest on any federal military installation in this state may, at the option of the federal military installation in which the officer is employed, participate in the training program required under the provisions of sections 590.100 to 590.180 and, upon satisfactory completion of such training program, shall be certified by the director in the same manner provided for peace officers, as defined in section 590.100, except that the duty and power of arrest of military officers for violation of the general criminal laws of the state or for violation of ordinances of counties or municipalities of the state shall extend only to the geographical boundaries within which the federal military installation is located. Any costs involved in the training of a federal officer shall be borne by the participating federal military installation.

6. Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter to the contrary, any peace officer who is employed by a law enforcement agency located within a county of the third classification shall be required to have no more or less than one hundred twenty hours of training for certification if the respective city or county adopts an order or ordinance to that effect.

7. The peace officers standards and training commission with input from the department of health and the division of family services shall provide a minimum of thirty hours of initial education to all prospective law enforcement officers, except for agents of the conservation commission, concerning domestic and family violence.

8. The course of instruction and the objectives in learning and performance for the education of law enforcement officers required pursuant to subsection 6 of this section shall be developed and presented in consultation with public and private providers of programs for victims of domestic and family violence, persons who have demonstrated expertise in training and education concerning domestic and family violence, and the Missouri coalition against domestic violence. The peace officers standards and training commission shall consider the expertise and grant money of the national council of juvenile and family court judges, with their domestic and family violence project, as well as other federal funds and grant moneys available for training.

9. The course of instruction shall include, but is not limited to:

(1) The investigation and management of cases involving domestic and family violence and writing of reports in such cases, including:

(a) Physical abuse;

(b) Sexual abuse;

(c) Child fatalities;

(d) Child neglect;

(e) Interviewing children and alleged perpetrators;

(2) The nature, extent and causes of domestic and family violence;

(3) The safety of officers investigating incidents of domestic and family violence;

(4) The safety of the victims of domestic and family violence and other family and household members;

(5) The legal rights and remedies available to victims of domestic and family violence, including but not limited to rights and compensation of victims of crime, and enforcement of civil and criminal remedies;

(6) The services available to victims of domestic and family violence and their children;

(7) Sensitivity to cultural, racial and sexual issues and the effect of cultural, racial, and gender bias on the response of law enforcement officers and the enforcement of laws relating to domestic and family violence; and

(8) The provisions of applicable state statutes concerning domestic and family violence.

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