Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:2404 – In addition to any other powers conferred upon the council pursuant to this Chapter or by other law, the council shall have the following powers:
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:2404
- Peace officer: means any employee of the state, a municipality, a sheriff, or other public agency, whose permanent duties actually include the making of arrests, the performing of searches and seizures, or the execution of criminal warrants, and is responsible for the prevention or detection of crime or for the enforcement of the penal, traffic, or highway laws of this state, but not including any elected or appointed head of a law enforcement department. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:2402
- Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
- Training center: means any school, academy, institute, or any place of learning whatsoever, which offers or conducts a law enforcement training course. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:2402
In addition to any other powers conferred upon the council pursuant to this Chapter or by other law, the council shall have the following powers:
(1) To administer this Chapter.
(2) To develop minimum curriculum requirements for the training of peace officers.
(3) To accredit law enforcement training centers.
(4) To establish minimum law enforcement instructor qualifications and certify individuals to act as law enforcement instructors.
(5) To inspect and evaluate all law enforcement training centers, programs, and courses to ensure compliance with the state’s law enforcement training standards. Such inspection and evaluation shall include a comprehensive performance review at least once every four years. Any training center which is determined not to meet the state’s law enforcement training standards pursuant to such a performance review shall be subject to probation or loss of its accreditation as provided in Paragraph (8) of this Section.
(6) To provide a consulting service for law enforcement education and training centers.
(7) To adopt, amend, or repeal rules and regulations to interpret and implement the provisions of this Act, including, not exclusively, the powers of the council enumerated herein.
(8) To withhold or withdraw accreditation from law enforcement training centers and instructors upon a finding that the center, institution, or instructors thereof have failed or are failing to maintain minimum standards set forth in this Chapter or promulgated by rules or regulations of the council. In addition, any training center determined not to meet the state’s law enforcement training standards based upon the performance review conducted pursuant to Paragraph (5) of this Section shall be placed on probation. The council shall make written notification to any training center placed on probation and allow the training center not less than thirty days nor more than ninety days to remedy any deficiencies and be removed from probationary status. Any such training center which is not removed from probationary status within the requisite time period shall lose its accreditation.
(9) To establish and implement curricula for such advanced, in-service, and specialized training courses as the council shall deem advisable, including school resource officer training, and to recognize the completion of such courses by the issuance of certificates.
(10) To assist the Committee for the Coordination of Police Services to Elderly Persons to assist in the development and delivery of training to law enforcement professionals involved in the “Triad Programs”, including but not limited to the following subjects:
(a) Crimes against the elderly and the protection of elderly persons.
(b) Police sensitivity to the needs of elderly persons as victims, as witnesses, or as victims of “vicarious victimization”, which conditions impair their quality of life.
(c) Availability of social and human services.
(11) To approve and certify any school resource officer program and to exercise the powers conferred upon the council pursuant to this Chapter in accrediting, certifying, and establishing other requirements relative to such programs.
(12) To suspend or revoke P.O.S.T. certification and to develop and implement polices and procedures to suspend or revoke P.O.S.T. certification for misconduct committed by a peace officer.
Added by Acts 1976, No. 397, §1. Amended by Acts 1979, No. 489, §1; Acts 1994, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 19, §2; Acts 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 108, §1; Acts 2004, No. 547, §2; Acts 2018, No. 206, §4; Acts 2021, No. 418, §2.