IN Code § 5-2-1-15 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 5. State and Local Administration|Article 2. Law Enforcement|Chapter 1. Mandatory Training for Law Enforcement Officers|5-2-1-15. Facilities of Law Enforcement Academy; Availability; Cost Schedule

Sec. 15. (a) The facilities of the law enforcement academy shall be available to any law enforcement agency of the state, or any of its political subdivisions, subject to the rules of the board.(b) Any law enforcement agency of the state, any of its political subdivisions, or any board certified training center may conduct training:(1) for the law enforcement agency of any political subdivision in Indiana; and(2) in facilities other than those of the law enforcement academy;if the minimum standards established by the board are met or exceeded.(c) A law enforcement agency or a board certified training center conducting approved local training under subsection (b) may be entitled to a per capita allowance from the law enforcement training fund to defray such portions of the cost of basic training as shall be approved by the board. Such per capita allowance shall be earmarked and expended only for law enforcement training.(d) The facilities of the law enforcement academy shall be available for the training of railroad police, prison and industrial plant guards, postsecondary educational institution safety and security personnel, whether public or private, for the training of any law enforcement agency from outside Indiana, and for the training of such other enforcement related groups as shall be approved by the board, upon terms and conditions established by the board. Railroad police, any law enforcement agency from outside Indiana, and nongovernmental enforcement related groups qualifying to use the facilities of the academy under the rules of the board shall be required to reimburse the law enforcement training fund for the cost of such training.(e) The facilities of the law enforcement academy may be used for the training of firefighting personnel where the subject matter of the training relates to duties which involve law enforcement related conduct. Such training shall be conducted upon terms and conditions established by the board. However, no volunteer firefighter is required to attend training at the academy.(f) The cost of the mandatory basic training conducted by the board at the facilities of the law enforcement academy and all other training programs authorized by this chapter and conducted at the law enforcement training academy, including the mandatory basic training course when attended by trainees who have been investigated and approved but not yet hired by a law enforcement agency, are subject to fee schedules and charges for tuition, lodging, meals, instructors, training materials, and any other items or services established by the board, including amounts needed to recoup corresponding marginal and fixed costs. The costs and the fee schedule must be an annual schedule for the state fiscal year and must be approved by the budget director.Formerly: Acts 1967, c.209, s.15; Acts 1973, P.L.29, SEC.2. As amended by Acts 1982, P.L.31, SEC.2; P.L.8-1984, SEC.6; P.L.30-1992, SEC.4; P.L.44-1993, SEC.1; P.L.78-1998, SEC.2; P.L.52-2005, SEC.11; P.L.2-2007, SEC.74; P.L.217-2017, SEC.45.