Missouri Laws 590.033 – Chief of police training course, POST commission to establish minimum ..
1. The POST commission shall establish minimum standards for a chief of police training course which shall include at least forty hours of training. All police chiefs appointed after August 28, 2023, shall attend a chief of police training course certified by the POST commission not later than six months after the person‘s appointment as a chief of police.
2. A chief of police may request an exemption from the training in subsection 1 of this section by submitting to the POST commission proof of completion of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s national academy course or any other equivalent training course within the previous ten years or at least five years of experience as a police chief in a Missouri law enforcement agency.
Terms Used In Missouri Laws 590.033
- Commission: when not obviously referring to the POST commission, means a grant of authority to act as a peace officer. See Missouri Laws 590.010
- Peace officer: a law enforcement officer of the state or any political subdivision of the state with the power of arrest for a violation of the criminal code or declared or deemed to be a peace officer by state statute. See Missouri Laws 590.010
- person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Missouri Laws 1.020
- POST commission: the peace officer standards and training commission. See Missouri Laws 590.010
- State: when applied to any of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" includes such district and territories. See Missouri Laws 1.020
3. Any law enforcement agency who has a chief of police appointed after August 28, 2023, who fails to complete a chief of police training course within six months of appointment shall be precluded from receiving any POST commission training funds, state grant funds, or federal grant funds until the police chief has completed the training course.
4. While attending a chief of police training course, the chief of police shall receive compensation in the same manner and amount as if carrying out the powers and duties of the chief of police. The cost of the chief of police training course may be paid by moneys from the peace officer standards and training commission fund created in section 590.178.