37 Pa. Code § app A § 2

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 49, December 7, 2024
Section 2 - Maintenance training and evaluation
(a)Training. Every police canine unit shall accomplish 16 hours of monthly maintenance training that includes the following:
(1) Review basic skills.
(2) Review specialty skills.
(3) Review use of force decision-making by the handler.
(b)Attendance.
(1) A police canine unit that is unable to complete monthly training shall document the reasons and will be required to make up the missed training at the next available opportunity.
(2) A police canine unit that fails to accomplish monthly training for 2 consecutive months will be required to be evaluated in accordance with subsection (c) before being permitted to conduct police operations.
(c)Evaluation/approval. At least once per calendar year, each police canine unit must be evaluated and approved by a police canine trainer as specified in § 1(a) (relating to basic training).
(d)Evaluation/probation. A police canine unit that fails an evaluation may continue to conduct police operations for a period not to exceed 60 days, during which the canine unit must be re-evaluated and approved.
(e)Removal from service. A police canine unit not meeting evaluation and approval standards within 60 days will be removed from service until the police canine unit is successfully evaluated and approved.

37 Pa. Code § app A § 2

Adopted by Pennsylvania Bulletin, Vol 53, No. 32. August 12, 2023, effective 8/12/2023