Government Relations

Legislative Updates:

House Bill 1029 - Law Enforcement

Please contact your representative and urge them to vote "no"
on this bill.

Citations Affected: IC 5-2-1-9; IC 36-8-3-20.

Synopsis: Reserve police officer training. Requires after June 30, 2009, a police reserve officer to successfully complete the basic training required for other law enforcement officers in order to exercise police powers. Prohibits a police reserve officer appointed before July 1, 1993, or a police reserve officer who completed a pre-basic training course before July 1, 2008, from exercising police powers after June 30, 2009, unless the officer successfully completes the basic training requirements.

Effective: July 1, 2008.

To read the bill in its entirety, click now.

There are also several other documents attached to the bill.  One is a
financial statement

Explanation of Local Expenditures: Board-certified training centers, such as the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department facility, may require additional expenditures to train reserve police officers. Any additional training would have to be carried out within existing resources. The specific impact to local expenditures would depend on the facility and the number of reserve officers that are trained. Additionally, the bill could reduce the number of full-time police officer candidates sponsored for basic training at the LETA by their local law enforcement agency if greater numbers of reserve officers are sponsored.

To read the bill in its entirety, click now.

(posted 01/04/08)

Regulatory Flexibility Committee - Final Report
(posted 12/21/07)

Bill Track Update as of 4/30/07  Please note:  Although specific bills may not have received hearings, there is always the possibility that language from those bills may show up as amendments to other legislation moving forward in the process.

Contact:
Rebecca A. Kasper
Short Strategy Group, Inc.
501 Indiana Avenue, Suite 200
Indianapolis, Indiana 46202-3199
Phone: (317) 917-0800
Fax: (317) 917-0880
Rebecca@shortstrategy.com

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2008 IACP Government Relations Committee