Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 13, December 25, 2024
All certified reserve peace officers shall meet the following
mandatory minimum in-service training requirements.
(1)
Firearms training. A
certified reserve peace officer who is authorized to carry firearms must
qualify with all duty firearms annually on a course of fire using targets
approved by the Iowa law enforcement academy and must successfully fire a
minimum score as established by the Iowa law enforcement academy. This subrule
applies only to those reserve peace officers who are authorized to carry
firearms by the officers' appointing agency.
(2)
General training. In
addition to the firearms training and CPR training requirements, a certified
reserve peace officer must receive a minimum of 12 hours per year, or 36 hours
every three years, of law enforcement-related in-service training. Whether
training is law enforcement-related shall be determined by the employing agency
administrator.
(3)
Agency
responsibility. It is the responsibility of the law enforcement agency
administrator to ensure that in-service training records are regularly kept and
maintained. The law enforcement administrator shall also ensure that these
records are made available for inspection upon request by the Iowa law
enforcement academy or its designee.
a.
In-service training records shall include the following:
(1) The subject matter of the
training;
(2) The name of the
instructor of the training;
(3) The
name of the individual who took the training;
(4) The number of credit hours received from
the training;
(5) The location
where the training took place; and
(6) The scores, if any, achieved by the
reserve peace officer to show proficiency in or understanding of the subject
matter.
b. It shall be
the responsibility of law enforcement agency administrators to ensure that all
certified reserve peace officers under their direction receive the minimum
hours of in-service training required by these rules.
(4)
Mental health training.
In addition to the requirements of subrules 10.206(1) and 10.206(2), a
certified reserve peace officer must receive mental health in-service training
from a course of study approved by the Iowa law enforcement academy.
a.
Initial in-service
training. Effective September 25, 2013, each certified reserve peace
officer shall complete within one year a minimum of 4 hours of mental health
training from a course of study approved by the Iowa law enforcement academy
council. Successful completion of Mental Health First Aid or Crisis
Intervention (Memphis Model or similar model) training after January 1, 2011,
shall satisfy the initial requirement.
b.
Annual in-service
training. Effective September 25, 2013, each certified reserve peace
officer shall complete a minimum of 1 hour per year, or 4 hours every four
years, of mental health training from a course of study approved by the Iowa
law enforcement academy council. This annual in-service training is separate
from and in addition to any other in-service training requirements set forth in
this chapter, including the initial in-service mental health training required
in paragraph 10.206(4)
"a."
(5)
De-escalation training.
In addition to the requirements of subrules 10.206(1), 10.206(2) and 10.206(4),
a certified reserve peace officer must receive a minimum of 4 hours per year of
training that includes all of the following topics:
a. An emphasis on law enforcement officer
understanding and respect for diverse communities and the importance of
effective, noncombative methods of carrying out law enforcement activities in a
diverse community.
b. Instruction
on diverse communities in order to foster mutual respect and cooperation
between law enforcement and members of all diverse communities.
c. An examination of the patterns, practices,
and protocols that cause biased law enforcement actions, and the tools to
prevent such actions.
d. An
examination and identification of key indices and perspectives that make up
differences among residents in a local community.
e. Instruction on implicit bias and
consideration of the negative impact of bias, whether intentional or implicit,
on effective law enforcement, including examination of how historical
perceptions of profiling have harmed community relations.
f. Instruction on the perspectives of diverse
local constituency groups from experts on particular cultural and law
enforcement-community relations issues in a local area.
g. A presentation of the history and the role
of the civil rights movement and the impact on law enforcement.
h. Instruction on de-escalation techniques,
including verbal and physical tactics to minimize the need for the use of force
and nonlethal methods of applying force.