Minnesota Session Laws - 1985, Regular Session

  

                         Laws of Minnesota 1985 

                         CHAPTER 13-H.F.No. 329 
           An act relating to peace officers; requiring a person 
          seeking appointment as a part-time peace officer to 
          provide the board of peace officer standards and 
          training with proof that he or she has complied with 
          appointment requirements; amending Minnesota Statutes 
          1984, section 626.8463.  
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
    Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1984, section 626.8463, is 
amended to read: 
    626.8463 [PART-TIME PEACE OFFICERS.] 
    Subdivision 1.  [APPOINTMENT REQUIREMENTS.] Any individual 
appointed or employed as a part-time peace officer to a position 
which was filled by a part-time officer between January 1, 1978 
and May 31, 1979 owing to the death, termination, or failure of 
the incumbent to comply with the requirements of this section 
shall provide proof to the board that the individual has: 
    (a) (1) Within six months of his appointment he has 
satisfied the selection standards of the board then in effect. 
The board shall grant a reasonable extension of time to show 
satisfaction of selection standards to any law enforcement 
agency that demonstrates that satisfaction of selection 
standards within six months would impose financial hardship; 
    (b) (2) Within 12 months of his appointment he has 
successfully completed a board certified course, or a 
professionally recognized program, courses in first aid, and, 
if authorized to carry a firearm on duty, firearms training, 
including legal limitations on the justifiable use of deadly 
force; and 
    (c) (3) Within 24 months of his appointment he has 
successfully passed a board part-time peace officer licensing 
examination. 
    Subd. 2.  [QUOTA.] A law enforcement agency may designate 
personnel as part-time peace officer replacements who shall be 
subject to the training requirements of this section 
notwithstanding the fact that the personnel are appointed to 
positions which were not filled by part-time officers between 
January 1, 1978 and May 31, 1979.  Provided that the number of 
personnel so designated shall not exceed a number equal to two 
or ten percent of the positions filled by part-time officers 
between January 1, 1978 and May 31, 1979, rounded to the next 
highest whole number, whichever is greater have no more than two 
part-time peace officer positions, except that the agency may 
have up to the number of part-time peace officer positions 
recognized by the board as of January 1, 1985. 
    Approved April 10, 1985