PRINTER'S NO. 1142
No. 1002 Session of 2001
INTRODUCED BY JAMES, WATERS, WALKO, WASHINGTON, KIRKLAND,
YOUNGBLOOD, STETLER, CAPPABIANCA, STEELMAN, TRICH, PRESTON,
ROBINSON, MANDERINO, LESCOVITZ, BUXTON, LEVDANSKY, STURLA,
THOMAS, STABACK, BEBKO-JONES, BELFANTI, LAUGHLIN, SHANER,
EACHUS, DeLUCA, ROBERTS, M. COHEN, BELARDI, FAIRCHILD, MYERS,
HENNESSEY, CURRY, BLAUM, SAINATO, FREEMAN, SURRA, D. EVANS,
JOSEPHS, MANN, YUDICHAK, ROEBUCK, DeWEESE, OLIVER,
J. WILLIAMS, VEON, HORSEY, YEWCIC, CRUZ, MELIO AND DERMODY,
MARCH 14, 2001
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT, MARCH 14, 2001
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 53 (Municipalities Generally) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, further providing for the powers and
3 duties of the Municipal Police Officers' Education and
4 Training Commission.
5 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
6 hereby enacts as follows:
7 Section 1. Section 2164(1) of Title 53 of the Pennsylvania
8 Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
9 § 2164. Powers and duties of commission.
10 The powers and duties of the commission shall be as follows:
11 (1) To establish and administer the minimum courses of
12 study for basic and in-service training for police officers
13 and to revoke an officer's certification when an officer
14 fails to comply with the basic and in-service training
15 requirements or is convicted of a criminal offense or the
1 commission determines that the officer is physically or
2 mentally unfit to perform the duties of his office. The
3 courses of study shall include the prevention of racial
4 profiling in traffic stops.
5 * * *
6 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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