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. B13L53DMS/20010H1002B1142 - 2 -