Iowa Admin. Code r. 501-10.206

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 11, December 11, 2024

Rule 501-10.206 - Minimum in-service training requirements

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.

Iowa Admin. Code r. 501-10.206

ARC 0962C, IAB 8/21/2013, effective 9/25/2013

Amended by IAB April 21, 2021/Volume XLIII, Number 22, effective 5/26/2021