Louisiana School Discipline Laws & Regulations: School Resource Officer (SRO) or School Security Officer (SSO) Training or Certification

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Louisiana School Discipline Laws & Regulations: School Resource Officer (SRO) or School Security Officer (SSO) Training or Certification

Category: Partnerships between Schools and Law Enforcement
Subcategory: School Resource Officer (SRO) or School Security Officer (SSO) Training or Certification
State: Louisiana

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LAWS

§17:416.19. School resource officers.

A. Any city, parish, or other local public school system and any nonpublic school may make or enter into agreements with a local law enforcement agency to provide for school resource officers. Any city, parish, or other local public school system and any nonpublic school shall ensure that any school resource officer provided by a local law enforcement agency as provided in this Section is in compliance with the provisions of Subsection B of this Section.

B. (1) A "school resource officer" shall be a peace officer as defined in R.S. 40:2402.

(2) A "school resource officer" shall be certified by a nationally accredited school resource officer program or a state school resource officer training program certified by the Council on Peace Officer Standards and Training.

C. The Council on Peace Officer Standards and Training shall review and approve any advanced, in-service, or specialized training for school resource officers as the council shall deem advisable.

D. A city, parish, or other local public school system that has entered into an agreement with a local law enforcement agency to provide for school resource officers shall annually report to the state Department of Education the total number of school resource officers provided to the system.

§40:2404. Powers of the council.

In addition to any other powers conferred upon the council elsewhere herein or by other law, the council shall have the following powers:

(9) To establish and implement curricula for such advanced, in-service, and specialized training courses as the council shall deem advisable, including school resource officer training, and to recognize the completion of such courses by the issuance of certificates.

§40:2404.1. Additional powers of the council, school resource officers, School Violence Prevention Training Program.

A. In accordance with the provisions of R.S. 40:2404(11) and R.S. 17:416.19, the Council on Peace Officer Standards and Training shall develop and implement a School Violence Prevention Training Program under their jurisdiction and within the existing school resource officer program in conjunction with the Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Criminal Justice, the office of state police, local law enforcement agencies, and the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education.

B. The Council on Peace Officer Standards and Training shall have the power to establish and appoint a committee with members representing the Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Criminal Justice, the accredited law enforcement training centers, the office of state police, local law enforcement agencies, and the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education.

C. The committee shall have the following powers:

(1) To develop minimum curriculum requirements for the training and certification of school security guards, which standards shall apply uniformly throughout the state for all school security guards.

(2) To establish minimum law enforcement instruction qualifications at an accredited P.O.S.T. academy.

(3) To approve and certify a school security guard program and to establish other requirements relative to such program.

D. A portion of the funds appropriated for the program shall be allocated to local law enforcement agencies to be utilized for the cost of investigation, detection, and forensics costs of crime committed on school property.

E. After a secure funding source for this program becomes available, the Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Criminal Justice shall have six months to implement a one-year pilot test of the School Violence Prevention Training Program. The commission shall evaluate the results of the pilot test before recommending statewide implementation.

§40:2404.2. Minimum training requirements; basic curriculum; annual training.

C. No later than January 1, 2018, the council shall develop and implement curriculum for de-escalation, bias policing recognition, sudden in-custody death, and crisis intervention training, which shall include training for law enforcement interaction with persons with mental illness and persons with developmental disabilities, for peace officers that consists of classroom or internet instruction, or both.

REGULATIONS

No relevant regulations found.

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