West Virginia HB2802: Relating to in-service training credits for law-enforcement officers

What the bill says

An act to amend and reenact §30-29-3 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to law-enforcement training and certification; establishing certain standards governing in-service law-enforcement officer training curricula and in-service supervisory level training curricula promulgated by rules of the subcommittee; and providing that the rules shall include certain provisions for substitution of training credit hours for officers engaging in on-site participation in school safety programs. ARTICLE 29. LAW-ENFORCEMENT TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION. §30-29-3. Duties of the subcommittee.

From the enrolled text, April 11, 2025:

AN ACT to amend and reenact §30-29-3 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to law-enforcement training and certification; establishing certain standards governing in-service law-enforcement officer training curricula and in-service supervisory level training curricula promulgated by rules of the subcommittee; and providing that the rules shall include certain provisions for substitution of training credit hours for officers engaging in on-site participation in school safety programs. ARTICLE 29. LAW-ENFORCEMENT TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION. §30-29-3. Duties of the subcommittee. (a) The subcommittee shall, by or pursuant to rules proposed for legislative approval in accordance with §29A-3-1 et seq. of this (2) Establish standards governing the establishment and operation of the law-enforcement training academies, including regional locations throughout the state, in order to provide access to each law-enforcement agency in the state in accordance with available funds; (3) Establish minimum law-enforcement instructor qualifications; (4) Certify qualified law-enforcement instructors; (5) Maintain a list of approved law-enforcement instructors; (6) Promulgate standards governing the training, firearms qualification, and initial and ongoing professional certification of law-enforcement officers and the entry-level, law-enforcement training curricula. These standards shall require satisfactory completion of a minimum of 800 classroom hours as promulgated by legislative rule and shall provide that the required classroom hours shall be accumulated on the basis of a full-time curricula; (7) Establish standards governing in-service, law-enforcement …