Resolve, to Require the Commissioner of Public Safety to Conduct a Study Regarding Cadet Law Enforcement Officers Who Are Injured and Law Enforcement Officers Who Leave the Sponsoring Agency
Maine Legislature, Session 131, LD 0215
Committee: Criminal Justice and Public Safety
Sponsors: PERKINS, BABIN, CARLOW, DUCHARME, NESS, WHITE

Legislative Document
No. 215
H.P. 136
House of Representatives, January 20, 2023
Resolve, to Require the Commissioner of Public Safety to Conduct a 
Study Regarding Cadet Law Enforcement Officers Who Are 
Injured and Law Enforcement Officers Who Leave the Sponsoring 
Agency
Reference to the Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety suggested and ordered 
printed.
ROBERT B. HUNT
Clerk
Presented by Representative PERKINS of Dover-Foxcroft.
Cosponsored by Representatives: BABIN of Fort Fairfield, CARLOW of Buxton, 
DUCHARME of Madison, NESS of Fryeburg, WHITE of Guilford.
Preamble.  Whereas, it is becoming more and more difficult to recruit and retain 
qualified law enforcement officers in the State; and
Whereas, significant cost, time and effort are expended to sponsor cadet law 
enforcement officers at the Maine Criminal Justice Academy; and
Whereas, it is not uncommon for law enforcement officers to leave their sponsoring 
agency for another agency after completing the basic law enforcement training at the Maine 
Criminal Justice Academy; and
Whereas, at times cadets at the Maine Criminal Justice Academy suffer injuries that 
require workers' compensation claims or end in disability; now, therefore, be it
Sec. 1. Law enforcement officer training study. Resolved: That the 
Commissioner of Public Safety shall conduct a study regarding the number during the last 
years of cadet law enforcement officer injuries that resulted in lost training time, cadet 
law enforcement officer injuries that resulted in workers' compensation claims or resulted 
in temporary or permanent disability claims and law enforcement officers who had their 
training costs paid by a sponsoring agency but left that agency within one year of 
completion of the basic law enforcement training at the Maine Criminal Justice Academy. 
Sec. 2. Report. Resolved: That, by December 6, 2023, the Commissioner of Public 
Safety shall submit a report based on the study in section 1 for presentation to the Second 
Regular Session of the 131st Legislature.  The report must include but is not limited to:
1.  The number of cadet law enforcement officer injuries that resulted in lost training 
time during the last 8 years, reported by year;
2.  The number of cadet law enforcement officer injuries that resulted in workers' 
compensation claims or resulted in temporary or permanent disability claims during the 
last 8 years, reported by year; and
3.  The number of law enforcement officers who had their training costs paid by a 
sponsoring agency but left that agency within one year of completion of the basic law 
enforcement training at the Maine Criminal Justice Academy during the last 8 years, 
reported by year. 
SUMMARY
This resolve directs the Commissioner of Public Safety to conduct a study regarding 
the number during the last 8 years of cadet law enforcement officer injuries that resulted in 
lost training time, cadet injuries that resulted in workers' compensation claims or resulted 
in temporary or permanent disability claims and law enforcement officers who had their 
training costs paid by a sponsoring agency but left that agency within one year of 
completion of the basic law enforcement training at the Maine Criminal Justice Academy.  
The commissioner is required to submit a report based on the study by December 6, 2023 
for presentation to the Second Regular Session of the 131st Legislature.