Minnesota Session Laws - 1993, Regular Session

  
    Laws of Minnesota 1993 

                        CHAPTER 168-S.F.No. 253 
           An act relating to occupations and professions; 
          clarifying the training requirements for private 
          detectives and security guards; amending Minnesota 
          Statutes 1992, section 326.3361, subdivisions 1, 2, 
          and 3. 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
    Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1992, section 326.3361, 
subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
    Subdivision 1.  [RULES.] The board shall, by rule, 
prescribe the requirements, duration, contents, and standards 
for successful completion of certified training programs for 
license holders, qualified representatives, Minnesota managers, 
partners, and employees, including: 
    (1) first aid and firearms training required for armed 
employees, including training in the legal limitations on the 
justifiable use of force and deadly force as specified in 
sections 609.06 and 609.065; 
    (2) training in the use of weapons other than firearms, 
including bludgeons, nightsticks, batons, chemical weapons, and 
electronic incapacitation devices, and in the use of restraint 
or immobilization techniques, including the carotid neck 
restraint; 
    (3) training in alternatives to the use of force; 
    (4) standards for weapons and equipment issued to or 
carried or used by license holders, qualified representatives, 
Minnesota managers, partners, and employees; 
    (4) (5) preassignment or on-the-job training, or its 
equivalent, required before applicants may be certified as 
having completed training; and 
    (5) (6) continuing training for license holders, qualified 
representatives, Minnesota managers, partners, employees, and 
armed employees. 
    Sec. 2.  Minnesota Statutes 1992, section 326.3361, 
subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 2.  [REQUIRED CONTENTS.] The rules adopted by the 
board must require: 
    (1) 12 hours of preassignment or on-the-job certified 
training within the first 21 days of employment, or evidence 
that the employee has successfully completed equivalent training 
before the start of employment; 
    (2) standards for certification by the board of an 
completion of certified training for a license holder, qualified 
representative, Minnesota manager, partner, and employee, by the 
board, as qualified to carry or use a firearm, a weapon other 
than a firearm, or an immobilizing or restraint technique; and 
    (3) six hours a year of certified continuing training for 
all license holders, qualified representatives, Minnesota 
managers, partners, and employees, and an additional six hours a 
year for armed employees individuals, which must include annual 
certification of the armed employee individual. 
    An employee may not carry or use a weapon while undergoing 
on-the-job training under this subdivision. 
    Sec. 3.  Minnesota Statutes 1992, section 326.3361, 
subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 3.  [USE OF WEAPONS; CERTIFICATION CERTIFIED TRAINING 
REQUIRED.] The rules must provide that no license holder, 
qualified representative, Minnesota manager, partner, or 
employee may carry or use a weapon or immobilizing or restraint 
technique without being certified having successfully completed 
certified training as directed by the board as qualified to do 
so.  The board shall issue an identification card to a person 
certified under this subdivision.  A certified employee shall 
have the card in the employee's possession while working as an 
armed employee. 
    Presented to the governor May 11, 1993 
    Signed by the governor May 14, 1993, 9:05 a.m.