Texas Education Code
§ 96.641 — INITIAL TRAINING AND CONTINUING EDUCATION FOR POLICE CHIEFS AND COMMAND STAFF
ED § 96.641Title 3. HIGHER EDUCATION · Part E. THE TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM · Ch. 96. INSTITUTIONS OF THE TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM · Art. D. SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY
Statute text
View on source(a)The Bill Blackwood Law Enforcement Management Institute of Texas shall establish and offer a program of initial training and a program of continuing education for police chiefs. The curriculum for each program must relate to law enforcement management issues. The institute shall develop the curriculum for the programs. The curriculum must be approved by the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement. (a-1) The institute may establish and offer a continuing education program for command staff for individuals who are second in command to police chiefs. The command staff continuing education program must satisfy the requirements for the police chief continuing education program under Subsection (a).
(b)Each police chief must receive at least 40 hours of continuing education provided by the institute under this section each 24-month period. The Texas Commission on Law Enforcement by rule shall establish a uniform 24-month continuing education training period.
(c)An individual appointed or elected to that individual's first position as chief must receive not fewer than 80 hours of initial training for new chiefs in accordance with Subsections (d) and (e).
(d)A newly appointed or elected police chief shall complete the initial training program for new chiefs not later than the second anniversary of that individual's appointment or election as chief. The initial training program for new chiefs is in addition to the initial training and continuing education required by Chapter 1701, Occupations Code. The Texas Commission on Law Enforcement by rule shall establish that the first continuing education training period for an individual under Subsection (b) begins on the first day of the first uniform continuing education training period that follows the date the individual completed the initial training program.
(e)The institute by rule may provide for the waiver of:
(1)the requirement of all or part of the 80 hours of initial training for new chiefs to the extent the new chief has satisfactorily completed equivalent training in the 24 months preceding the individual's appointment or election; or
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Legislative history
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 393 (S.B. 1473), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2005. Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 278 (H.B. 486), Sec. 1, eff. June 15, 2007. Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 602 (S.B. 244), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2011. Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 602 (S.B. 244), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2011. Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 93 (S.B. 686), Sec. 2.16, eff. May 18, 2013.