§ 35-6A-15. Grant Program for Recovery of Transportation Costs to Emergency Treatment Facilities
Subject to appropriations, the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council shall establish a grant program for the provision of funds to units of local government to be used for costs associated with transporting individuals to and from emergency receiving, evaluating, and treatment facilities as such terms are defined in Chapters 3 and 7 of Title 37. History. […]
§ 35-8-12. Certification to Use Speed Detection Devices; Withdrawal or Suspension of Certificate
Persons employed or appointed by any agency, organ, or department of this state or a subdivision or municipality thereof authorized to use speed detection devices shall be required to be certified by the council as qualified speed detection device operators. Each person operating radar speed or laser detection devices shall satisfactorily complete a course of […]
§ 35-8-1. Short Title
This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training Act.” History. Ga. L. 1970, p. 208, § 1. Law reviews. For annual survey of labor and employment law, see 57 Mercer L. Rev. 251 (2005); 58 Mercer L. Rev. 211 (2006).
§ 35-8-2. Definitions
As used in this chapter, the term: “Applicant” means a prospective peace officer who has not commenced employment or service with a law enforcement unit. “Candidate” means a peace officer who, having satisfied preemployment requirements, has commenced employment with a law enforcement unit but who has not satisfied the training requirement provided for in this […]
§ 35-8-3. Establishment of Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training Council; Membership; Organization; Administrative Assignment to Department of Public Safety
The Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training Council is established. The council shall consist of 22 voting members and five advisory members. The voting members shall consist of: An appointee of the Governor who is not the Attorney General, the commissioner of public safety or his or her designee, the director of investigation of the […]
§ 35-8-4. Officers of Council; Quorum; Minutes of Meetings and Records; Reports to Governor and General Assembly
The business of the council shall be conducted in the following manner: The officers of the council, who shall consist of a chairperson, vice chairperson, and secretary-treasurer, shall be elected at the first meeting of each calendar year. Eleven members of the council shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. The council shall […]
§ 35-8-5. Compensation of Members of Council
The members of the council shall receive no salary but shall be reimbursed for their reasonable and necessary expenses actually incurred in the performance of their duties. History. Ga. L. 1970, p. 208, § 5.
§ 35-8-6. Appointment of Executive Director of Council; Contracts for Services; Personnel; Investigators; Subpoenas; Funding; Gifts, Grants, or Donations
The council may appoint an executive director who shall serve at the pleasure of the council. The council shall establish the compensation for the executive director. The executive director may contract for such services as may be necessary and authorized in order to carry out the provisions of this chapter and may employ such other […]
§ 35-8-7. Powers and Duties of Council Generally
The council is vested with the following powers and duties: To meet at such times and places as it may deem necessary; To contract with other agencies, public or private, or persons as it deems necessary for the rendering and affording of such services, facilities, studies, and reports to the council as will best assist […]
§ 35-8-7.1. Authority of Council to Refuse Certificate to Applicant or to Discipline Council Certified Officer or Exempt Officer; Grounds; Restoration of Certificate; Emergency Suspension of Certification; Notice of Investigation; Retention of Records
The council shall have authority to refuse to grant a certificate to an applicant or to discipline a council certified officer or exempt officer under this chapter or any antecedent law upon a determination by the council that the applicant, council certified officer, or exempt officer has: Failed to demonstrate the qualifications or standards for […]