North Dakota Administrative Code
Title 109 - Peace Officer Standards and Training Board
Article 109-01 - General Administration
Chapter 109-01-01 - Organization of the Board
Section 109-01-01-01 - History and function

1. In 1981 the legislative assembly established a peace officer standards and training board under the law enforcement standards training and statistics division of the office of attorney general. In 2003 the legislative assembly repealed the statutory provisions relating to the law enforcement standards training and statistics division and established separate statutory authority for the board.

2. The function of the peace officer standards and training board is to prescribe criteria for certification of peace officer training, instructors, and schools, to certify curriculum, schools, and officers that have met the training certification criteria, to establish curriculum for peace officer training, to prescribe minimum standards for sidearm training and licensing for peace officers, to issue peace officer licenses to persons who meet board-prescribed peace officer standards, training, and licensing requirements, and to take adverse license action for violations of state and federal laws and the rules of the board.