1998 Minnesota Statutes

     326.3361 Training. 

    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; 

    (5) preassignment or on-the-job training, or its 
 equivalent, required before applicants may be certified as 
 having completed training; and 

    (6) continuing training for license holders, qualified 
 representatives, Minnesota managers, partners, employees, and 
 armed employees. 

    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) certification by the board of completion of certified 
 training for a license holder, qualified representative, 
 Minnesota manager, partner, and employee 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 individuals, which must include annual 
 certification of the armed individual. 

    An employee may not carry or use a weapon while undergoing 
 on-the-job training under this subdivision. 

    Subd. 3.    Use of weapons; 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 having successfully completed certified training as 
 directed by the board.  

    Subd. 4.    Full-time peace officers.  A person licensed 
 as a peace officer by the board of peace officer standards and 
 training meets the training requirements of this section. 

    HIST: 1990 c 485 s 2; 1993 c 168 s 1-3