The Legislature finds that the administration of criminal justice is of statewide concern, and that the activities of law enforcement officers are important to the health, safety and welfare of the people of this state and are of such nature as to require selection, education and training of a professional nature upon entrance and during […]
Law enforcement officers already serving under permanent appointment on July 1, 1981, and personnel of the Division of Community Services under Section 47-7-9, Mississippi Code of 1972, serving on July 1, 1994, shall not be required to meet any requirement of subsections (3) and (4) of this section as a condition of continued employment; nor […]
The board shall establish, provide or maintain law enforcement training programs through such agencies and institutions as the board may deem appropriate. The board shall authorize, but only from such funds authorized and appropriated by the Legislature, the reimbursement to each political subdivision and to state agencies of at least fifty percent (50%) of the […]
Such assessments as are collected under Section 99-19-73, Mississippi Code of 1972, and contributions, grants and other monies received by the board under the provisions of this chapter shall be deposited in a special fund hereby created in the State Treasury and designated the “Law Enforcement Officers Training Fund,” which shall be expended by the […]
Any full- or part-time law enforcement officer who does not comply with the provisions of this chapter, or whose certificate has been suspended or revoked under provisions of this chapter, shall not be authorized to exercise the powers of law enforcement officers generally, and particularly shall not be authorized to exercise the power of arrest. […]
The chief of police of any municipality in the State of Mississippi is required to annually complete twenty (20) hours of executive level continuing education courses which are approved by the Mississippi Board on Law Enforcement Officers Standards and Training. Any new chief of police having never previously served in that capacity, is required to […]
There is created in the State Treasury a special fund to be known as the Motorcycle Officers Training Program Fund, which shall be administered by the Office of the Attorney General. The purpose of the fund shall be to provide funding for the training of state and local law enforcement officers, including, but not limited […]
For the purposes of this chapter, the following words shall have the meanings ascribed herein, unless the context shall otherwise require: “Commission” means the Criminal Justice Planning Commission. “Board” means the Board on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Training. “Law enforcement officer” means any person appointed or employed full time by the state or any […]
There is hereby created the Board on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Training, which shall consist of thirteen (13) members. The Governor shall appoint six (6) members of the board from the following specified categories: Two (2) members, each of whom is a chief of police of a municipality in this state, with one (1) […]
In addition to the powers conferred upon the board elsewhere in this chapter, the board shall have power to: Promulgate rules and regulations for the administration of this chapter, including the authority to require the submission of reports and information by law enforcement agencies of the state and its political subdivisions. Establish minimum educational and […]
The criminal justice planning commission shall provide administrative and fiscal support for the board on law enforcement officer standards and training, and the executive director of the commission shall serve as the director of the board.
