Senate Bill 1198

    Florida Senate - 1998                                  SB 1198

    By Senator Forman





    32-784-98                                               See HB

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to law enforcement officers;

  3         creating ss. 943.1721 and 943.1722, F.S.;

  4         requiring basic skills training and continued

  5         employment training for law enforcement

  6         officers relating to elderly persons; providing

  7         an effective date.

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  9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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11         Section 1.  Section 943.1721, Florida Statutes, is

12  created to read:

13         943.1721  Basic skills training relating to elderly

14  persons.--The commission shall establish standards for

15  instruction of law enforcement officers on the subject of the

16  special needs of elderly persons. Every basic skills course

17  required in order for law enforcement officers to obtain

18  initial certification shall, after January 1, 1999, include a

19  minimum of 16 hours of training in issues relating to elderly

20  persons, which shall include, but not be limited to, training

21  in the recognition of signs of abuse, neglect, and

22  exploitation in elderly persons, awareness of and

23  differentiation between illnesses and diseases common to

24  elderly persons, and appropriate responses to requests for

25  assistance from or involving elderly persons.

26         Section 2.  Section 943.1722, Florida Statutes, is

27  created to read:

28         943.1722  Continued employment training relating to

29  elderly persons.--The commission shall by rule require that

30  each officer receive, as part of the 40 hours of required

31  instruction for continued employment or appointment as a law

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    Florida Senate - 1998                                  SB 1198
    32-784-98                                               See HB




  1  enforcement officer, 4 hours of instruction on the subject of

  2  issues relating to elderly persons, which shall include, but

  3  not be limited to, training in the recognition of signs of

  4  abuse, neglect, and exploitation in elderly persons, awareness

  5  of and differentiation between illnesses and diseases common

  6  to elderly persons, and appropriate responses to requests for

  7  assistance from or involving elderly persons.

  8         Section 3.  This act shall take effect October 1 of the

  9  year in which enacted.

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12                          HOUSE SUMMARY

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      Requires the Criminal Justice Standards and Training
14    Commission to establish standards of instruction and
      continued employment training for law enforcement
15    officers on the subject of the special needs of elderly
      persons. Provides that every basic skills course required
16    in order for law enforcement officers to obtain initial
      certification shall, after January 1, 1999, include a
17    minimum of 16 hours of training in issues relating to
      elderly persons. Provides that the commission shall by
18    rule require that each officer receive, as part of the 40
      hours of required instruction for continued employment or
19    appointment as a law enforcement officer, 4 hours of
      instruction in the subject of issues relating to elderly
20    persons.

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