PRINTER'S NO. 1842
No. 1572 Session of 1989
INTRODUCED BY CALTAGIRONE, MOEHLMANN, WAMBACH, McNALLY,
MAYERNIK, RIEGER, OLIVER, TRELLO, WESTON, BURD, McCALL,
PRESTON, COHEN, LaGROTTA, VEON, DeLUCA, RAYMOND, ADOLPH,
MELIO, NAHILL, DININNI, MRKONIC, JOHNSON, BROUJOS, HALUSKA
AND ROBINSON, MAY 30, 1989
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, MAY 30, 1989
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of October 10, 1974 (P.L.705, No.235), entitled
2 "An act providing for the training and licensing of watch
3 guards, protective patrolmen, detectives and criminal
4 investigators, carrying and using lethal weapons in their
5 employment; imposing powers and duties on the Commissioner of
6 the Pennsylvania State Police; and providing penalties,"
7 providing for the waiver of training requirements for active
8 police officers under certain conditions.
9 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
10 hereby enacts as follows:
11 Section 1. The act of October 10, 1974 (P.L.705, No.235),
12 known as the Lethal Weapons Training Act, is amended by adding a
13 section to read:
14 Section 10.1. Active Police Officers.--All active police
15 officers subject to the training provisions of the act of June
16 18, 1974 (P.L.359, No.120), referred to as the Municipal Police
17 Education and Training Law, shall be granted a waiver of the
18 training requirements of this act upon presentation to the
19 commissioner of evidence of their completion of the training
1 requirements of the Municipal Police Education and Training Law
2 and the successful completion of a biennial firearms
3 qualification examination administered by their respective
4 police agency.
5 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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