Code of Massachusetts Regulations
501 CMR - EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY
Title 501 CMR 8.00 - Standards for the Use of Electronic Control Weapons in the Commonwealth
Section 8.06 - Education and Training Programs on the Use of Electronic Control Weapons by Authorized Officers
Universal Citation: 501 MA Code of Regs 501.8
Current through Register 1531, September 27, 2024
(1) Only training programs certified by the MPTC or the Colonel of the MSP may be approved by the Secretary of Public Safety and Security as meeting electronic control weapon training requirements. Those programs must contain, at a minimum, the following components:
(a) Not less than six hours of
training;
(b) A review of the
mechanics of an electronic control weapon;
(c) Illustration of the medical issues
involved with the use of an electronic control weapon including, but not
limited to, information regarding the effects of electronic control weapons on
individuals with pre-existing medical and other conditions and information on
and a demonstration regarding the removal of probes from an individual after an
electronic control weapon has been discharged;
(d) Segments on weapon proficiency for
trainees, including a demonstration on the accurate discharge of an electronic
control weapon, practice discharge of an electronic control weapon by trainees,
exercises wherein the trainee practices transitioning to and from an electronic
control weapon, and scenario exercises involving electronic control
weapons;
(e) A segment on the use
of an electronic control weapon as a force option and an overview of the
authorized agency's policies and the electronic control weapon's relation to
other weapons, tools, and tactics within the authorized agency's use of force
policy; and
(f) Testing to
demonstrate knowledge of protocols, use, and effects of electronic control
weapons.
(2) All authorized officers who have successfully completed the authorized training program pursuant to 501 CMR 8.06(1) must then complete an annual requalification training program of no less than four hours consisting of:
(a) A review of the authorized
agency's use of force policy and other policies and procedures related to
electronic control authorized weapons;
(b) Updates regarding the electronic control
weapon;
(c) Testing to demonstrate
knowledge of policies, protocols, use, and effects of electronic control
weapons; and
(d) A demonstration of
proficiency with the electronic control weapon.
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