PRINTER'S NO. 1177
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
175
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY KLUNK, GROVE, PICKETT, SCHLOSSBERG, McCLINTON,
CORBIN, MURT, D. COSTA, WARD, MILNE, PHILLIPS-HILL, GILLEN
AND D. MILLER, MARCH 30, 2017
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, MARCH 30, 2017
AN ACT
Amending Title 53 (Municipalities Generally) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in municipal police education and
training, further providing for powers and duties of
commission and establishing the Police Department Grant
Program; and making a related repeal.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 2164 of Title 53 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a paragraph to read:
§ 2164. Powers and duties of commission.
The powers and duties of the commission shall be as follows:
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(17) To require minimum standards for training police
officers on domestic violence. The training shall include
standards for assessing the lethality risk of domestic
violence incidents. As used in this paragraph, the term
"police officer" also includes a member of the Pennsylvania
State Police or a county sheriff's office.
Section 2. Title 53 is amended by adding a section to read:
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