Section 36-21-40 Definitions. As used in this article, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates the contrary: (1) FUND. The Alabama Peace Officers’ Standards and Training Fund provided for in Section 36-21-47. (2) COMMISSION. The Alabama Peace Officers’ Standards and Training Commission established by Section 36-21-41. […]
Section 36-21-41 Created; composition; qualifications, designation, and terms of office of members; adoption of bylaws. The Alabama Peace Officers’ Standards and Training Commission is hereby created. The commission shall consist of seven members, each of whom must be a qualified elector of the state who is over the age of 19 years. The state fraternal […]
Section 36-21-42 Officers and employees. The commission shall elect a chairman and a vice-chairman from among its members. The commission may employ an executive secretary and such clerical assistants as its functions and duties may require, subject to the provisions of the state Merit System Act. (Acts 1971, No. 1981, p. 3224, §3.)
Section 36-21-43 Meetings; official seal. (a) The commission shall meet in regular session quarterly at a time and place in the State of Alabama to be designated in its bylaws. Special meetings may be called by the chairman, the vice-chairman or any three members by giving notice of the time, place and purposes of such […]
Section 36-21-44 Compensation and reimbursement for expenses of members. Members of the commission shall receive no compensation but may be reimbursed for their actual and necessary travel and other expenses incurred in the performance of their duties. Reimbursement for expenses shall not exceed the per diem and mileage allowance for travel for state employees as […]
Section 36-21-45 Functions and duties generally. The commission shall have the following functions and duties together with all powers necessary or convenient for the performance thereof: (1) To study, obtain data, statistics, and information, and to make reports concerning the recruitment, selection, and training of law enforcement officers in the state and to make improvements […]
Section 36-21-46 Standards for applicants and appointees for employment as law enforcement officers. (a) The standards provided in this subsection shall apply to applicants and appointees as law enforcement officers. No city, town, county, sheriff, constable, or other employer shall employ any applicant unless the person submits to the appointing authority an application for employment […]
Section 36-21-47 Peace Officers’ Standards and Training Fund. There is hereby established and created in the Treasury of the state the Alabama Peace Officers’ Standards and Training Fund. The commission may accept grants from the federal government and its departments and agencies as well as grants and appropriations by the state, any county, municipality or […]
Section 36-21-47.1 Remittance of court costs to fund. (a) The fees and costs shall be collected by the court official who collects other costs and fees. The moneys collected according to this section shall be remitted by the person or authority collecting the tax to the Peace Officers’ Standards and Training Fund as provided in […]
Section 36-21-48 Appropriations and grants to commission by municipalities and counties and disposition thereof. The governing body of each incorporated city or town and the governing body of each county of the state is hereby authorized to appropriate any funds not otherwise appropriated to or for the benefit of the commission and its work. All […]
Section 36-21-49 Agreements and cooperation by law enforcement agencies. Each law enforcement agency in the state is hereby authorized to make agreements and arrangements for cooperation and mutual assistance in law enforcement work with the commission and with each other. (Acts 1971, No. 1981, p. 3224, §11.)
Section 36-21-50 Penalty for violation of provisions of article or standards, rules, etc., promulgated thereunder. Any person who shall appoint any applicant who, to the knowledge of the appointor, fails to meet the qualifications as a law enforcement officer provided in section 36-21-46 or the standards, rules and regulations issued by the commission under this […]
Section 36-21-51 Municipal chiefs of police or law enforcement officers to complete annual continuing education courses. (a) Each chief of police of any municipality in this state shall annually complete 20 hours of executive level continuing education courses approved by the commission. Any other law enforcement officer in this state shall annually complete 12 hours […]
Section 36-21-52 Revocation of certification or authority of law enforcement officer upon conviction of felony. (a) The certification or authority of any law enforcement officer certified by the Alabama Peace Officers’ Standards and Training Commission or otherwise exempt from the minimum standards pursuant to subsection (b) of Section 36-21-46, shall be revoked by the commission […]
