2005 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) for those individuals who are armed with a firearm, 
 training in the proper use of, and the risks and dangers arising 
 from the use of, firearms; 

    (2) for those individuals who are armed with a weapon, 
 training in the proper use of, and the risks and dangers arising 
 from the use of, weapons other than firearms, including, but not 
 limited to, bludgeons, nightsticks, batons, chemical weapons, 
 and electronic incapacitation devices, and restraint or 
 immobilization techniques; 

    (3) for those individuals who are armed with a firearm or 
 armed with a weapon, training in first aid and alternatives to 
 the use of force, including advantages to not using force and 
 specifically when force should not be used; 

    (4) for those individuals who are armed with a firearm or 
 armed with a weapon, training in the legal limitations on the 
 justifiable use of force and deadly force as specified in 
 sections 609.06 and 609.065; 

    (5) standards for weapons and equipment issued to or 
 carried or used by those individuals; 

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

    (7) continuing training for license holders, qualified 
 representatives, Minnesota managers, partners, employees, 
 individuals armed with a firearm, and individuals armed with a 
 weapon. 

    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 individuals who are armed with firearms or armed with 
 weapons, which must include annual certification of the 
 individual. 

    An individual 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; 2000 c 445 art 1 s 4; 
 2001 c 168 s 3,4