PRINTER'S NO. 839
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
863
Session of
2023
INTRODUCED BY D. WILLIAMS, KINSEY, MADDEN AND SANCHEZ,
APRIL 10, 2023
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, APRIL 10, 2023
AN ACT
Amending Title 53 (Municipalities Generally) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in employees, further providing for
powers and duties of commission.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 2164(8) of Title 53 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
ยง 2164. Powers and duties of commission.
The powers and duties of the commission shall be as follows:
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(8) To require minimum standards for physical fitness,
psychological evaluation and education as prerequisites to
employment as a police officer. The minimum standards shall
require an applicant for certification to score no lower than
the 30th percentile of the Cooper standards, which coincides
with the 30th percentile of the general population, for each
required evaluation to be eligible for employment as a police
officer. A school may not enroll an individual into a recruit
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training program certified by the commission unless the
individual has obtained a score in the 15th percentile or
higher for the individual's age and gender as specified in
the Cooper standards for each required evaluation.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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