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AL Code § 36-21-41 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 21 - Law Enforcement Officers Generally.|Article 3 - Peace Officers' Standards and Training Commission.|Division 1|Section 36-21-41 - Created; Composition; Qualifications, Designation, and Terms of Office of Members; Adoption of Bylaws.

Section 36-21-41Created; composition; qualifications, designation, and terms of office of members; adoption of bylaws. The Alabama Peace Officers' Standards and Training Commission is hereby created. The commission shall consist of seven members, each of whom must be a qualified elector of the state who is over the age of 19 years. The state fraternal order of police shall designate one member of the commission to serve for a term of four years; the Alabama Peace Officers' Association shall designate one member to serve for a term of four years; the Law Enforcement Planning Association shall designate one member to serve for a term of four years; and the Governor shall designate four members of the commission. The members appointed by the Governor shall each serve for terms of four years; provided, that the members first appointed by the Governor shall serve for terms of one, two, three and four years, respectively, as the Governor shall designate. The members may adopt bylaws to govern the organization of the commission, its meetings and activities; provided, that the bylaws shall not conflict with this article. (Acts 1971, No. 1981, p. 3224, §2.)
AL Code § 36-21-42 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 21 - Law Enforcement Officers Generally.|Article 3 - Peace Officers' Standards and Training Commission.|Division 1|Section 36-21-42 - Officers and Employees.

Section 36-21-42Officers and employees. The commission shall elect a chairman and a vice-chairman from among its members. The commission may employ an executive secretary and such clerical assistants as its functions and duties may require, subject to the provisions of the state Merit System Act. (Acts 1971, No. 1981, p. 3224, §3.)
AL Code § 36-21-43 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 21 - Law Enforcement Officers Generally.|Article 3 - Peace Officers' Standards and Training Commission.|Division 1|Section 36-21-43 - Meetings; Official Seal.

Section 36-21-43Meetings; official seal. (a) The commission shall meet in regular session quarterly at a time and place in the State of Alabama to be designated in its bylaws. Special meetings may be called by the chairman, the vice-chairman or any three members by giving notice of the time, place and purposes of such special meeting at least five days before it is to be held to each member of the commission. Such notice may be waived by all members of the commission, either before or after a special meeting. (b) The commission shall adopt an official seal, and the executive secretary shall be custodian of the seal and shall have authority to affix the seal to agreements and obligations of the commission and to certified copies of proceedings of the commission. (Acts 1971, No. 1981, p. 3224, §4.)
AL Code § 36-21-44 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 21 - Law Enforcement Officers Generally.|Article 3 - Peace Officers' Standards and Training Commission.|Division 1|Section 36-21-44 - Compensation and Reimbursement for Expenses of Members.

Section 36-21-44Compensation and reimbursement for expenses of members. Members of the commission shall receive no compensation but may be reimbursed for their actual and necessary travel and other expenses incurred in the performance of their duties. Reimbursement for expenses shall not exceed the per diem and mileage allowance for travel for state employees as allowed by law. (Acts 1971, No. 1981, p. 3224, §5; Acts 1995, No. 95-759, p. 1780, §1.)
AL Code § 36-21-45 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 21 - Law Enforcement Officers Generally.|Article 3 - Peace Officers' Standards and Training Commission.|Division 1|Section 36-21-45 - Functions and Duties Generally.

Section 36-21-45Functions and duties generally. The commission shall have the following functions and duties together with all powers necessary or convenient for the performance thereof: (1) To study, obtain data, statistics, and information, and to make reports concerning the recruitment, selection, and training of law enforcement officers in the state and to make improvements in methods of recruitment, selection, and training of law enforcement officers. (2) To review from time to time the standards described in Section 36-21-46 for applicants for and appointees as law enforcement officers. (3) To consider, hold public hearings on, adopt and promulgate standards relating to the physical, mental, and moral fitness of any applicant for or appointee as a law enforcement officer as do not lower the standards in Section 36-21-46 or as otherwise permitted by Section 36-21-46. (4) To study, consider, and make reports from time to time concerning the work and the curriculum and courses offered by law enforcement training schools in the state and to make recommendations for improving the schools, curriculum, and courses. (5) To encourage the establishment of law enforcement training schools and courses on law enforcement in existing institutions of learning. (6) To gather statistics and data relative to standards and training and make the same available to governmental entities upon request. (7) To revoke its approval or certification of any person appointed or certified pursuant to this article for failure to meet the continuing training or education requirements set forth in the rules of the commission or for failure to meet the requirements of Section 36-21-46. (8) To make investigation to determine whether the requirements of this article and the rules, regulations, and standards of the commission issued pursuant to this article are being observed and followed. (9) To enforce this article and the rules, regulations, and standards issued by the commission with appropriate civil and criminal actions by the Attorney General, district attorneys, or other appropriate officials. (10) To enter into cooperative agreements with federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies for effective training. (11) To obtain the services and advice of experts in the field of law enforcement for the purpose of aiding the commission in its studies, consideration, reports, and recommendations, and in the adoption of standards, rules, and regulations. (Acts 1971, No. 1981, p. 3224, §6; Acts 1995, No. 95-759, p. 1780, §1.)
AL Code § 36-21-46 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 21 - Law Enforcement Officers Generally.|Article 3 - Peace Officers' Standards and Training Commission.|Division 1|Section 36-21-46 - Standards for Applicants and Appointees for Employment as Law Enforcement Officers.

Section 36-21-46Standards for applicants and appointees for employment as law enforcement officers. (a) The standards provided in this subsection shall apply to applicants and appointees as law enforcement officers. No city, town, county, sheriff, constable, or other employer shall employ any applicant unless the person submits to the appointing authority an application for employment verified by affidavit of the applicant and showing compliance with the following qualifications: (1) AGE. The applicant shall be not less than 19 years of age at the time of appointment. (2) EDUCATION. The applicant shall be a graduate of a high school accredited with or approved by the State Department of Education or shall be the holder of a certificate of high school equivalency issued by general educational development. (3) TRAINING. Prior to certification, the applicant shall complete the required course of training established by the commission. An applicant may be provisionally appointed for a period of six months. No individual may be employed for an additional period until that individual is certified by the commission. (4) PHYSICAL QUALIFICATIONS. The applicant shall be certified by a licensed physician designated as satisfactory by the appointing authority as in good health and physically fit for the performance of the duties of a law enforcement officer. (5) CHARACTER. The applicant shall be a person of good moral character and reputation. In making this determination, the commission shall consider convictions for misdemeanors and other factors set forth in its duly adopted and promulgated rules. No person who has been convicted of a felony shall be certified, employed, appointed, or approved by the commission as a law enforcement officer. (b) The foregoing requirements shall not apply to any person who is presently employed as a law enforcement officer in the state and who continues to be so employed when he or she makes application for or is employed as a law enforcement officer in a different capacity or for a different employer. (Acts 1971, No. 1981, p. 3224, §7; Acts 1971, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 156, p. 4399, §1; Acts 1995, No. 95-759, p. 1780, §1.)
AL Code § 36-21-47 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 21 - Law Enforcement Officers Generally.|Article 3 - Peace Officers' Standards and Training Commission.|Division 1|Section 36-21-47 - Peace Officers' Standards and Training Fund.

Section 36-21-47Peace Officers' Standards and Training Fund. There is hereby established and created in the Treasury of the state the Alabama Peace Officers' Standards and Training Fund. The commission may accept grants from the federal government and its departments and agencies as well as grants and appropriations by the state, any county, municipality or any individual, corporation or fund. All grants and appropriations to the state for work within the functions and duties of the commission and all grants and appropriations to the commission shall be paid into the fund. (Acts 1971, No. 1981, p. 3224, §9.)
AL Code § 36-21-47.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 21 - Law Enforcement Officers Generally.|Article 3 - Peace Officers' Standards and Training Commission.|Division 1|Section 36-21-47.1 - Remittance of Court Costs to Fund.

Section 36-21-47.1Remittance of court costs to fund. (a) The fees and costs shall be collected by the court official who collects other costs and fees. The moneys collected according to this section shall be remitted by the person or authority collecting the tax to the Peace Officers' Standards and Training Fund as provided in Section 36-21-47. The money shall fund work within the functions and duties of the Peace Officers' Standards and Training Commission's basic law enforcement training program at the following certified training academies: The Law Enforcement Academy located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama; the Northeast Law Enforcement Academy located at Jacksonville State University in Jacksonville, Alabama; the Southwest Law Enforcement Academy at Faulkner State Junior College in Bay Minette, Alabama; the Alabama Criminal Justice Training Center in Selma, Alabama; and the Montgomery Law Enforcement Academy in Montgomery, Alabama. The money shall be distributed to the academies listed in this section at the discretion of the Peace Officers' Standards and Training Commission. (b) The Alabama Peace Officers' Standards and Training Commission may accept grants from the federal government, its departments and agencies as well as grants and appropriations by the state, any county or municipality, or any individual, corporation, or fund which is for the benefit of the training academies listed in subsection (a). All grants shall be paid into the Alabama Peace Officers' Standards and Training Fund for the benefit of the academies. The moneys shall be distributed to the academies at the discretion of the Peace Officers' Standards and Training Commission. (c) The governing body of each incorporated city or town and the governing body of each county of the state may appropriate any funds not otherwise appropriated to or for the benefit of the training academies listed in subsection (a). All appropriations shall be paid into the Alabama Peace Officers' Standards and Training Fund for the benefit of the academies. The moneys shall be distributed to the academies at the discretion of the commission. (d) Each training academy may make agreements and arrangements for cooperation and mutual assistance in law enforcement work, with the Alabama Peace Officers' Standards and Training Commission and with each other. (Acts 1981, No. 81-864, p. 1655, §§2-5; Act 2000-700, p. 1423, §1.)
AL Code § 36-21-48 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 21 - Law Enforcement Officers Generally.|Article 3 - Peace Officers' Standards and Training Commission.|Division 1|Section 36-21-48 - Appropriations and Grants to Commission by Municipalities and Counties and Disposition Thereof.

Section 36-21-48Appropriations and grants to commission by municipalities and counties and disposition thereof. The governing body of each incorporated city or town and the governing body of each county of the state is hereby authorized to appropriate any funds not otherwise appropriated to or for the benefit of the commission and its work. All such appropriations shall be paid into the Peace Officers' Standards and Training Fund. (Acts 1971, No. 1981, p. 3224, §10.)
AL Code § 36-21-49 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 21 - Law Enforcement Officers Generally.|Article 3 - Peace Officers' Standards and Training Commission.|Division 1|Section 36-21-49 - Agreements and Cooperation by Law Enforcement Agencies.

Section 36-21-49Agreements and cooperation by law enforcement agencies. Each law enforcement agency in the state is hereby authorized to make agreements and arrangements for cooperation and mutual assistance in law enforcement work with the commission and with each other. (Acts 1971, No. 1981, p. 3224, §11.)
AL Code § 36-21-50 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 21 - Law Enforcement Officers Generally.|Article 3 - Peace Officers' Standards and Training Commission.|Division 1|Section 36-21-50 - Penalty for Violation of Provisions of Article or Standards, Rules, etc., Promulgated Thereunder.

Section 36-21-50Penalty for violation of provisions of article or standards, rules, etc., promulgated thereunder. Any person who shall appoint any applicant who, to the knowledge of the appointor, fails to meet the qualifications as a law enforcement officer provided in section 36-21-46 or the standards, rules and regulations issued by the commission under this article and any person who signs the warrant or check for the payment of the salary of any person who, to the knowledge of the signer, fails to meet the qualifications as a law enforcement officer provided in section 36-21-46 or any standard, rule or regulation issued pursuant to this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be subject to a fine not exceeding $1,000.00. (Acts 1971, No. 1981, p. 3224, §8.)
AL Code § 36-21-51 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 21 - Law Enforcement Officers Generally.|Article 3 - Peace Officers' Standards and Training Commission.|Division 1|Section 36-21-51 - Municipal Chiefs of Police or Law Enforcement Officers to Complete Annual Continuing Education Courses.

Section 36-21-51Municipal chiefs of police or law enforcement officers to complete annual continuing education courses. (a) Each chief of police of any municipality in this state shall annually complete 20 hours of executive level continuing education courses approved by the commission. Any other law enforcement officer in this state shall annually complete 12 hours of continuing education courses approved by the commission. Provided, however, in the case of a law enforcement officer employed by a county sheriff's department, the training shall be required only if the county commission of the county in which the officer serves shall adopt a resolution requiring such continuing education. (b) Any chief of police or law enforcement officer who fails or refuses to comply with this section shall be subject to having his or her certification or authority as a law enforcement officer revoked by the commission. (c) The commission may, for sufficient cause, grant an extension of time in which to complete the courses. (d) Any chief of police or law enforcement officer who is aggrieved by any order or ruling made under this section shall have the same rights and procedure of appeal as from any other order or ruling of the commission. (Acts 1987, No. 87-733, p. 1426, §§1-4; Acts 1995, No. 95-731, p. 1564, §1.)
AL Code § 36-21-52 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 21 - Law Enforcement Officers Generally.|Article 3 - Peace Officers' Standards and Training Commission.|Division 1|Section 36-21-52 - Revocation of Certification or Authority of Law Enforcement Officer Upon Conviction of Felony.

Section 36-21-52Revocation of certification or authority of law enforcement officer upon conviction of felony. (a) The certification or authority of any law enforcement officer certified by the Alabama Peace Officers' Standards and Training Commission or otherwise exempt from the minimum standards pursuant to subsection (b) of Section 36-21-46, shall be revoked by the commission when a law enforcement officer is convicted of a felony. If the conviction is reversed or a new trial granted, the certification or authority of the law enforcement officer shall be restored. (b) Any law enforcement officer whose certification or authority is revoked pursuant to this section may request a hearing before the commission concerning the revocation. The only issue at the hearing shall be whether the revocation was based on a felony conviction of the officer. (Acts 1995, No. 95-731, p. 1564, §2.)
AL Code § 36-21-55 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 21 - Law Enforcement Officers Generally.|Article 3 - Peace Officers' Standards and Training Commission.|Division 2|Section 36-21-55 - Definitions.

Section 36-21-55Definitions.  For the purposes of this division, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) DISCIPLINARY ACTION. Any formal corrective action resulting in a recommendation of reprimand, suspension, or termination based on a use of force complaint, as defined in this section, or investigation, and which is deemed final after the conclusion of any and all appeals or avenues of appellate review in the underlying disciplinary proceeding. (2) LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. A state department, sheriff, municipal police department, or any other agency or entity employing or appointing law enforcement officers located within the state.  (3) LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER. An officer employed or appointed by the state or a sheriff or municipality who is certified by the Alabama Peace Officers' Standards and Training Commission and who has the power of arrest. (4) REASSIGNMENT FOR CAUSE. The decision of a law enforcement agency to modify a law enforcement officer's assignment, job responsibilities, title, or compensation, in response to a use of force complaint, as defined in this section, or investigation that causes a law enforcement agency to deem the reassignment of a law enforcement officer necessary. (5) REPORTABLE OFFENSE. Any disciplinary action, reassignment for cause, reportable separation, or use of force complaint, as defined in this section, filed against a law enforcement officer. (6) REPORTABLE SEPARATION. The separation of a law enforcement officer from a law enforcement agency, including a resignation pending investigation, a resignation agreed upon by the law enforcement officer and the law enforcement agency after the filing of a complaint, or a resignation during an open investigation involving the law enforcement officer.  (7) USE OF FORCE COMPLAINT. A signed written complaint, alleging the use of excessive force or excessive physical force by a law enforcement officer, that has been investigated and determined to be valid and deemed final after the conclusion of all appeals or avenues of appellate review in the underlying disciplinary proceeding. (Act 2021-268, §1.)
AL Code § 36-21-55.2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 21 - Law Enforcement Officers Generally.|Article 3 - Peace Officers' Standards and Training Commission.|Division 2|Section 36-21-55.2 - Disclosure of Information.

Section 36-21-55.2Disclosure of information. (a) Any law enforcement agency that is a potential employer of a law enforcement officer shall request, through the database from the commission, either in writing or electronically, disclosure of the information maintained by the commission as required in subdivisions (b)(1) and (b)(2) of Section 36-21-55.1. (b) In the event that the database does not include information with respect to the law enforcement officer, any law enforcement agency that previously employed or appointed the law enforcement officer, upon receiving a written request from an employing law enforcement agency in this state, shall disclose a full and fair description of the former law enforcement officer's employment history with that agency to include the information in subdivisions (b)(1) and (b)(2) of Section 36-21-55.1, if available. (c) Information disclosed pursuant to subsection (b) shall only be used for employment or appointment decisions, and the law enforcement agency receiving the disclosures shall maintain the confidentiality of the employment or appointment information. (d) An individual acting on behalf of a law enforcement agency shall be immune from civil liability for disclosing information required by this section if that disclosure was made in good faith and in response to a proper written request made pursuant to this division. (Act 2021-268, §3.)