It is the best practice for any person assigned or appointed as a school resource officer to successfully complete a training course for school resource officers approved by the council. For purposes of subsection (a) of this Code section, the council shall maintain a training course consisting of 40 hours of training for school resource […]
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 […]
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 […]
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.
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this Code section, proceedings of the council in the exercise of its authority to issue any certificate or discipline any peace officer under the terms of this chapter shall be conducted in accordance with Chapter 13 of Title 50, the “Georgia Administrative Procedure Act.” In all such […]
A peace officer shall have the right to bring a civil suit against any person, group of persons, organization, or corporation, or the head of an organization or corporation, for damages, either pecuniary or otherwise, suffered during the officer’s performance of official duties, for abridgment of the officer’s civil rights arising out of the officer’s […]
As used in this Code section, the term “first responder” means any firefighter of a municipal, county, or volunteer fire department, a peace officer as defined in Code Section 35-8-2, and an emergency medical technician as defined in Code Section 16-10-24.2. A person commits the offense of bias motivated intimidation when such person maliciously and […]
Any person employed or certified as a peace officer shall: Be at least 18 years of age; Be a citizen of the United States; Have a high school diploma or its recognized equivalent; Not have been convicted by any state or by the federal government of any crime the punishment for which could have been […]
In addition to complying with the preemployment standards as set forth in Code Section 35-8-8, each and every candidate shall satisfactorily complete a basic training course prior to his or her appointment as a peace officer. The council shall have the authority to recognize instruction received by a candidate if, in the determination of the […]
