2006 Minnesota Statutes

626.841 BOARD; MEMBERS.
The Board of Peace Officer Standards and Training shall be composed of the following 15
members:
(a) two members to be appointed by the governor from among the county sheriffs in
Minnesota;
(b) four members to be appointed by the governor from among peace officers in Minnesota
municipalities, at least two of whom shall be chiefs of police;
(c) two members to be appointed by the governor from among peace officers, at least one of
whom shall be a member of the Minnesota State Patrol Association;
(d) the superintendent of the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension or a designee;
(e) two members appointed by the governor from among peace officers, or former peace
officers, who are currently employed on a full-time basis in a professional peace officer education
program;
(f) two members to be appointed by the governor, one member to be appointed from
among administrators of Minnesota colleges or universities that offer professional peace officer
education, and one member to be appointed from among the elected city officials in statutory
or home rule charter cities of under 5,000 population outside the metropolitan area, as defined
in section 473.121, subdivision 2;
(g) two members appointed by the governor from among the general public.
A chair shall be appointed by the governor from among the members. In making
appointments the governor shall strive to achieve representation from among the geographic
areas of the state.
History: 1967 c 870 s 1; 1969 c 108 s 1; 1977 c 433 s 2; 1979 c 282 s 2; 1981 c 310 s 2;
1986 c 444; 1987 c 358 s 129; 1995 c 226 art 4 s 24