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2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.101 - Criminal Justice Training Commission—Education and Training Standards Boards. › 43.101.273 - Sexual assault—Training for persons prosecuting.

RCW 43.101.273
Sexual assault—Training for persons prosecuting.
(1) Subject to the availability of amounts appropriated for this specific purpose, the commission shall, in partnership with the special resource prosecutor under RCW 43.101.279, develop and conduct specialized, intensive, and integrative training for persons responsible for prosecuting sexual assault cases involving adult victims.
(2) The training must:
(a) Use a victim-centered, trauma-informed approach to prosecuting sexual assaults including, but not limited to, the following goals: Recognizing the nature and consequences of victimization; prioritizing the safety and well-being of victims; and recognizing the needs of special populations;
(b) Include content on the neurobiology of trauma and trauma-informed interviewing, counseling, investigative, and prosecution techniques;
(c) Offer participants an opportunity to practice interview and trial skills, including receiving feedback from instructors;
(d) Share best practices for communicating with victims throughout the criminal justice process;
(e) Include additional content relevant to and informed by best practices for improving outcomes in sexual assault prosecutions, as deemed appropriate by the commission;
(f) Take into account the training under RCW 43.101.272 in order to provide consistent and complimentary training for investigators and prosecutors;
(g) Be designed to qualify for some continuing legal education credits through the Washington state bar association; and
(h) Be offered at least once per calendar year and be deployed in different locations across the state, or through some other broadly accessible means, in order to improve access to the training for prosecutors serving in small offices or rural areas.
[ 2023 c 197 § 6.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.101 - Criminal Justice Training Commission—Education and Training Standards Boards. › 43.101.274 - Sexual assault—Training curriculum modification.

RCW 43.101.274
Sexual assault—Training curriculum modification.
Subject to the availability of amounts appropriated for this specific purpose, the commission shall incorporate victim-centered, trauma-informed approaches to policing in the basic law enforcement training curriculum. In modifying the curriculum, the commission shall seek advice from the Washington coalition of sexual assault programs and other experts on sexual assault and the neurobiology of trauma.
[ 2017 c 290 § 4.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.101 - Criminal Justice Training Commission—Education and Training Standards Boards. › 43.101.279 - Sexual assault—Statewide resource prosecutor grant program.

RCW 43.101.279
Sexual assault—Statewide resource prosecutor grant program.
(1) Subject to the availability of amounts appropriated for this specific purpose, the commission shall administer a grant program for establishing a statewide resource prosecutor for sexual assault cases.
(2) The grant recipient must be a statewide organization or association representing prosecuting attorneys. The grant recipient shall hire a resource prosecutor for the following purposes:
(a) To provide technical assistance and research to prosecutors for prosecuting sexual assault cases;
(b) To provide additional training and resources to prosecutors to support a trauma-informed, victim-centered approach to prosecuting sexual assault cases;
(c) To meet regularly with law enforcement agencies and prosecutors to explain legal issues and prosecutorial approaches to sexual assault cases and provide and receive feedback to improve case outcomes;
(d) To consult with the commission, the office of the attorney general, and the sexual assault forensic examination best practices advisory group under RCW 43.10.801 with respect to developing and implementing best practices for prosecuting sexual assault cases across the state; and
(e) To comply with other requirements established by the commission under this section.
(3) The commission may, in consultation with the sexual assault forensic examination best practices advisory group under RCW 43.10.801, establish additional appropriate conditions for any grant awarded under this section. The commission may adopt necessary policies and procedures to implement and administer the grant program, including monitoring the use of grant funds and compliance with the grant requirements.
[ 2023 c 197 § 2.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.101 - Criminal Justice Training Commission—Education and Training Standards Boards. › 43.101.280 - Ethnic and cultural diversity—Development of curriculum for understanding—Training.

RCW 43.101.280
Ethnic and cultural diversity—Development of curriculum for understanding—Training.
The criminal justice training commission shall develop, in consultation with the administrative office of the courts and the commissions established under chapters 43.113, 43.115, and 43.117 RCW, a curriculum for a general understanding of ethnic and cultural diversity and its implications for working with youth of color and their families. The curriculum shall be developed by October 1, 1993. The commission shall ensure that ethnic and diversity training becomes an integral part of the training of law enforcement personnel so as to incorporate cultural sensitivity and awareness into the daily activities of law enforcement personnel.
[ 2005 c 282 § 46; 1993 c 415 § 4.]
NOTES:
Intent—1993 c 415: See note following RCW 2.56.030.
Ethnic and cultural diversity—Development of curriculum for understanding: RCW 2.56.030.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.101 - Criminal Justice Training Commission—Education and Training Standards Boards. › 43.101.290 - Training regarding hate crime offenses.

RCW 43.101.290
Training regarding hate crime offenses.
The criminal justice training commission shall provide training for law enforcement officers in identifying, responding to, and reporting all violations of RCW 9A.36.080 and any other crimes of bigotry or bias.
[ 1993 c 127 § 5.]
NOTES:
Severability—1993 c 127: See note following RCW 9A.36.078.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.101 - Criminal Justice Training Commission—Education and Training Standards Boards. › 43.101.300 - Juvenile runaways—Policy manual.

RCW 43.101.300
Juvenile runaways—Policy manual.
The criminal justice training commission shall ensure that every law enforcement agency in the state has an accurate and up-to-date policy manual describing the statutes relating to juvenile runaways.
[ 1994 sp.s. c 7 § 509.]
NOTES:
Finding—Intent—Severability—1994 sp.s. c 7: See notes following RCW 43.70.540.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.101 - Criminal Justice Training Commission—Education and Training Standards Boards. › 43.101.350 - Core training requirements.

RCW 43.101.350
Core training requirements.
(1) All law enforcement personnel initially hired to, transferred to, or promoted to a supervisory or management position on or after January 1, 1999, and all corrections personnel of the state and all counties and municipal corporations transferred or promoted to a supervisory or management position on or after January 1, 1982, shall, within the first six months of entry into the position, successfully complete the core training requirements prescribed by rule of the commission for the position, or obtain a waiver or extension of the core training requirements from the commission.
(2) Within one year after completion of the core training requirements of this section, all law enforcement personnel and corrections personnel shall successfully complete all remaining requirements for career level certification prescribed by rule of the commission applicable to their position or rank, or obtain a waiver or extension of the career level training requirements from the commission.
(3) The commission shall provide the training required in this section, together with facilities, supplies, materials, and the room and board for attendees who do not live within fifty miles of the training center. The training shall be delivered in the least disruptive manner to local law enforcement or corrections agencies, and will include but not be limited to regional on-site training, interactive training, and credit for training given by the home department.
(4) Nothing in this section affects or impairs the employment status of an employee whose employer does not provide the opportunity to engage in the required training.
[ 2007 c 382 § 2; 1997 c 351 § 10.]
NOTES:
Severability—Effective date—1997 c 351: See notes following RCW 43.101.200.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.101 - Criminal Justice Training Commission—Education and Training Standards Boards. › 43.101.360 - Report to the legislature.

RCW 43.101.360
Report to the legislature.
By January 1st of every odd-numbered year, the commission shall provide a written report to the legislature addressing the following items: (1) Status and satisfaction of service to its clients; (2) detailed analysis of how it will maintain and update adequate state-of-the-art training models and their delivery in the most cost-effective and efficient manner; and (3) fiscal data projecting its current and future funding requirements.
[ 1997 c 351 § 11.]
NOTES:
Severability—Effective date—1997 c 351: See notes following RCW 43.101.200.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.101 - Criminal Justice Training Commission—Education and Training Standards Boards. › 43.101.365 - Child abuse and neglect—Development of curriculum.

RCW 43.101.365
Child abuse and neglect—Development of curriculum.
(1) The commission, in consultation with the department of social and health services, the Washington association of sheriffs and police chiefs, and the Washington association of prosecuting attorneys, shall develop a curriculum related to child abuse and neglect to be included in the basic law enforcement training that must be successfully completed within the first fifteen months of employment of all law enforcement personnel.
(2) The curriculum must be incorporated into the basic law enforcement training program by July 1, 2008.
[ 2007 c 410 § 4.]
NOTES:
Short title—2007 c 410: See note following RCW 13.34.138.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.101 - Criminal Justice Training Commission—Education and Training Standards Boards. › 43.101.370 - Child abuse and neglect—Intensive training.

RCW 43.101.370
Child abuse and neglect—Intensive training.
Each year the criminal justice training commission shall offer an intensive training session on investigation of child abuse and neglect. The training shall focus on the investigative duties of law enforcement established under chapter 26.44 RCW with particular emphasis placed on child interview techniques to increase the accuracy of statements taken from children and decrease the need for additional interviews.
[ 1997 c 351 § 12.]
NOTES:
Severability—Effective date—1997 c 351: See notes following RCW 43.101.200.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.101 - Criminal Justice Training Commission—Education and Training Standards Boards. › 43.101.390 - Immunity of commission.

RCW 43.101.390
Immunity of commission.
(1) The commission and individuals acting on behalf of the commission are immune from suit in any civil or criminal action contesting or based upon proceedings or other official acts performed in the course of their duties in the administration and enforcement of this chapter.
(2) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the commission and individuals acting on behalf of the commission are immune from suit in any civil action based on the certification, denial of certification, suspension, or other action regarding decertification of peace officers, reserve officers, or corrections officers.
[ 2021 c 323 § 16; 2001 c 167 § 11.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.101 - Criminal Justice Training Commission—Education and Training Standards Boards. › 43.101.400 - Confidentiality of records—Public database.

RCW 43.101.400
Confidentiality of records—Public database.
(1) Except as provided under subsection (2) of this section, all files, papers, and other information obtained by the commission as part of an initial background investigation pursuant to RCW 43.101.095 (2) and (4) are confidential and exempt from public disclosure. Such records are not subject to public disclosure, subpoena, or discovery proceedings in any civil action, except as provided in RCW 43.101.380(6) or which become part of the record in a suspension or decertification matter.
(2) Records which are otherwise confidential and exempt under subsection (1) of this section may be reviewed and copied: (a) By the officer involved or the officer's counsel or authorized representative, who may review the officer's file and may submit any additional exculpatory or explanatory evidence, statements, or other information, any of which must be included in the file; (b) by a duly authorized representative of (i) the agency of termination, or (ii) a current employing law enforcement or corrections agency, which may review and copy its employee-officer's file; or (c) by a representative of or investigator for the commission.
(3) Records which are otherwise confidential and exempt under subsection (1) of this section may also be inspected at the offices of the commission by a duly authorized representative of a law enforcement or corrections agency considering an application for employment by a person who is the subject of a record. A copy of records which are otherwise confidential and exempt under subsection (1) of this section may later be obtained by an agency after it hires the applicant. In all other cases under this subsection, the agency may not obtain a copy of the record.
(4) The commission shall maintain a database that is publicly searchable, machine readable, and exportable, and accompanied by a complete, plain-language data dictionary describing the names of officers and employing agencies, all conduct investigated, certifications denied, notices and accompanying information provided by law enforcement or correctional agencies, including the reasons for separation from the agency, decertification or suspension actions pursued, and final disposition and the reasons therefor for at least 30 years after final disposition of each incident. The dates for each material step of the process must be included. Any decertification must be reported to the national decertification index.
(5) Every individual, legal entity, and agency of federal, state, or local government is immune from civil liability, whether direct or derivative, for providing information to the commission in good faith.
[ 2021 c 323 § 21; 2020 c 119 § 12; 2001 c 167 § 12.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.101 - Criminal Justice Training Commission—Education and Training Standards Boards. › 43.101.415 - Racial profiling—Reports to the legislature.

RCW 43.101.415
Racial profiling—Reports to the legislature.
The Washington association of sheriffs and police chiefs, in cooperation with the criminal justice training commission, shall report to the legislature by December 31, 2002, and each December 31st thereafter, on the progress and accomplishments of each local law enforcement agency in the state in meeting the requirements and goals set forth in RCW 43.101.410.
[ 2002 c 14 § 3.]
NOTES:
Declaration—Findings—2002 c 14: See note following RCW 43.101.410.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.101 - Criminal Justice Training Commission—Education and Training Standards Boards. › 43.101.419 - Motorcycle profiling.

RCW 43.101.419
Motorcycle profiling.
(1) The criminal justice training commission shall ensure that issues related to motorcycle profiling are addressed in basic law enforcement training and offered to in-service law enforcement officers in conjunction with existing training regarding profiling.
(2) Local law enforcement agencies shall add a statement condemning motorcycle profiling to existing policies regarding profiling.
(3) For the purposes of this section, "motorcycle profiling" means the illegal use of the fact that a person rides a motorcycle or wears motorcycle-related paraphernalia as a factor in deciding to stop and question, take enforcement action, arrest, or search a person or vehicle with or without a legal basis under the United States Constitution or Washington state Constitution.
[ 2011 c 49 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.101 - Criminal Justice Training Commission—Education and Training Standards Boards. › 43.101.420 - Personal crisis recognition and crisis intervention services—Training.

RCW 43.101.420
Personal crisis recognition and crisis intervention services—Training.
(1) The commission shall offer a training session on personal crisis recognition and crisis intervention services to criminal justice, corrections, and other public safety employees. The training shall be implemented by the commission in consultation with appropriate public and private organizations that have expertise in crisis referral services and in the underlying conditions leading to the need for crisis referral.
(2) The training shall consist of a minimum of one hour of classroom or internet instruction, and shall include instruction on the following subjects:
(a) The description and underlying causes of problems that may have an impact on the personal and professional lives of public safety employees, including mental health issues, chemical dependency, domestic violence, financial problems, and other personal crises;
(b) Techniques by which public safety employees may recognize the conditions listed in (a) of this subsection and understand the need to seek assistance and obtain a referral for consultation and possible treatment; and
(c) A listing of examples of public and private crisis referral agencies available to public safety employees.
(3) The training developed by the commission shall be made available by the commission to all employees of state and local agencies that perform public safety duties. The commission may charge a reasonable fee to defer the cost of making the training available.
[ 2021 c 323 § 17; 2009 c 19 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.101 - Criminal Justice Training Commission—Education and Training Standards Boards. › 43.101.425 - Communications to crisis referral services—Confidentiality of communications and records.

RCW 43.101.425
Communications to crisis referral services—Confidentiality of communications and records.
(1) All communications to crisis referral services by employees and volunteers of law enforcement, correctional, firefighting, and emergency services agencies, and all records related to the communications, shall be confidential. Crisis referral services include all public or private organizations that advise employees and volunteers of such agencies about sources of consultation and treatment for personal problems including mental health issues, chemical dependency, domestic violence, gambling, financial problems, and other personal crises.
(2) A crisis referral service may reveal information related to crisis referral services to prevent reasonably certain death, substantial bodily harm, or commission of a crime.
[ 2009 c 19 § 2.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.101 - Criminal Justice Training Commission—Education and Training Standards Boards. › 43.101.428 - Domestic violence investigation training.

RCW 43.101.428
Domestic violence investigation training.
(1) Subject to the availability of amounts appropriated for this specific purpose, the commission must provide ongoing specialized, intensive, and integrative training for persons responsible for investigating domestic violence cases involving intimate partners. The training must be based on a victim-centered, trauma-informed approach to responding to domestic violence. Among other subjects, the training must include content on the neurobiology of trauma and trauma-informed interviewing, counseling, and investigative techniques.
(2) The training must: Be based on research-based practices and standards; offer participants an opportunity to practice interview skills and receive feedback from instructors; minimize the trauma of all persons who are interviewed during investigations; provide methods of reducing the number of investigative interviews necessary whenever possible; assure, to the extent possible, that investigative interviews are thorough, objective, and complete; recognize needs of special populations; recognize the nature and consequences of domestic violence victimization; require investigative interviews to be conducted in a manner most likely to permit the interviewed persons the maximum emotional comfort under the circumstances; address record retention and retrieval; address documentation of investigative interviews; and educate investigators on the best practices for notifying victims of significant events in the investigative process.
(3) In developing the training, the commission must seek advice from the Washington association of sheriffs and police chiefs, organizations representing victims of domestic violence, survivors of domestic violence, and experts on domestic violence and the neurobiology of trauma. The commission must consult with the Washington association of prosecuting attorneys in an effort to design training containing consistent elements for all professionals engaged in interviewing and interacting with domestic violence victims in the criminal legal system.
(4) The commission must develop the training and begin offering it by January 1, 2025. Officers assigned to regularly investigate domestic violence must complete the training within one year of being assigned or by July 1, 2027, whichever is later.
[ 2023 c 462 § 701.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.101 - Criminal Justice Training Commission—Education and Training Standards Boards. › 43.101.430 - Criminal justice training commission firing range maintenance account.

RCW 43.101.430
Criminal justice training commission firing range maintenance account.
The criminal justice training commission firing range maintenance account is created in the custody of the state treasurer. All moneys generated by the rental of the commission's firing range facilities, property, and equipment must be deposited into the account. The sources of the moneys generated and deposited under this section may include federal, state, local, or private grants, consistent with RCW 43.101.190. Expenditures from the account may be used only for cost related to rental, maintenance, or development of the commission's firing range facilities, property, and equipment. Only the executive director, acting on behalf of the criminal justice training commission, or the executive director's designee may authorize expenditures from the account. The account is subject to allotment procedures under chapter 43.88 RCW, but an appropriation is not required for expenditures.
[ 2013 c 265 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.101 - Criminal Justice Training Commission—Education and Training Standards Boards. › 43.101.440 - Testimony of children under age fourteen—Remote testimony—Number of child sexual abuse cases referred for prosecution and number prosecuted—Annual survey—Reports to the legislature.

RCW 43.101.440
Testimony of children under age fourteen—Remote testimony—Number of child sexual abuse cases referred for prosecution and number prosecuted—Annual survey—Reports to the legislature.
The criminal justice training commission shall annually survey law enforcement and prosecuting agencies regarding, with respect to the preceding year: (1) The frequency of cases where children under the age of fourteen have elected not to testify, including the reasons for the election not to testify; (2) the number of cases where remote testimony pursuant to RCW 9A.44.150 was used and whether those cases resulted in conviction; and (3) the total number of child sexual abuse cases referred for prosecution and the number of those cases that were prosecuted. The results of the survey described in this section must be reported every other year to the appropriate committees of the legislature with an initial reporting date of December 1, 2015.
[ 2015 c 286 § 3.]
NOTES:
Findings—Intent—2015 c 286: See note following RCW 43.101.270.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.101 - Criminal Justice Training Commission—Education and Training Standards Boards. › 43.101.452 - Mental health training.

RCW 43.101.452
Mental health training.
(1) Beginning one year after *December 6, 2018, all law enforcement officers in the state of Washington must receive mental health training. Law enforcement officers beginning employment after *December 6, 2018, must successfully complete such training within the first fifteen months of employment. The commission shall set the date by which other law enforcement officers must successfully complete such training.
(2) All law enforcement officers shall periodically receive continuing mental health training to update their knowledge about mental health issues and associated legal requirements, and to update and practice skills for interacting with people with mental health issues.
(3) The commission shall set training requirements through the procedures in RCW 43.101.455.
[ 2019 c 1 § 4 (Initiative Measure No. 940); ( 2018 c 11 § 4 (Initiative Measure No. 940) repealed by 2019 c 4 § 8).]
NOTES:
*Reviser's note: "December 6, 2018" has been substituted for "the effective date of this section." The effective date of 2018 c 11 was June 7, 2018, and the effective date of 2019 c 1 was December 6, 2018. See Eyman v. Wyman, 191 Wn.2d 581, 424 P.3d 1183 (2018).
Short title—Intent—Liberal construction—Subject—2019 c 1 (Initiative Measure No. 940): See notes following RCW 43.101.450.
Rule making—2019 c 4; 2019 c 1 (Initiative Measure No. 940): See note following RCW 43.101.455.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.101 - Criminal Justice Training Commission—Education and Training Standards Boards. › 43.101.460 - Audits—Deadly force investigations.

RCW 43.101.460
Audits—Deadly force investigations.
(1) The office of the Washington state auditor is authorized to conduct a process compliance audit procedure and review of any deadly force investigation conducted pursuant to RCW 10.114.011. At the conclusion of every deadly force investigation, the state auditor shall determine whether the actions of the involved law enforcement agency, investigative body, and prosecutor's office are in compliance with RCW 10.114.011, chapter 43.102 RCW, and all rules adopted pursuant to these provisions for the investigation and reporting of incidents involving the use of deadly force. A deadly force investigation is concluded once the involved prosecutor's office makes a charging decision and any resulting criminal case reaches disposition. Audit procedures under this section shall be conducted in cooperation with the commission.
(2) The state auditor is authorized to access records of arrest, charges, or allegations of criminal conduct or other nonconviction data for the purposes of conducting reviews of any deadly force investigation authorized by this section.
(3) The state auditor may not conduct an audit under this section until adequately staffed with subject matter expertise regarding law enforcement and investigative audits. Until that time, the state auditor shall contract with persons with the appropriate subject matter expertise and shall issue a request for proposal for contracting with a person or entity to provide adequate subject matter expertise.
[ 2023 c 26 § 2; 2021 c 319 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.101 - Criminal Justice Training Commission—Education and Training Standards Boards. › 43.101.465 - Audits—Law enforcement agency training and certification requirements.

RCW 43.101.465
Audits—Law enforcement agency training and certification requirements.
Upon the request of the commission, the office of the Washington state auditor is authorized to conduct an audit procedure on any law enforcement agency to ensure the agency is in compliance with all laws, policies, and procedures governing the training and certification of peace officers employed by the agency. A copy of any completed audit must be sent to the commission, law enforcement agency, city or county council, county prosecutor, and relevant committees of the legislature.
[ 2021 c 319 § 2.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.101 - Criminal Justice Training Commission—Education and Training Standards Boards. › 43.101.470 - Audits—Costs and fees.

RCW 43.101.470
Audits—Costs and fees.
A law enforcement agency shall not pay any costs or fees for an audit conducted pursuant to RCW 43.101.460 or 43.101.465.
[ 2021 c 319 § 3.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.101 - Criminal Justice Training Commission—Education and Training Standards Boards. › 43.101.480 - Medicolegal forensic investigation training required for coroners and medical examiners—Exceptions.

RCW 43.101.480
Medicolegal forensic investigation training required for coroners and medical examiners—Exceptions.
(1)(a) All elected coroners, appointed coroners, persons serving as coroners, medical examiners, and all other full-time medicolegal investigative personnel employed by a county coroner's or medical examiner's office must successfully complete medicolegal forensic investigation training through the medicolegal training academy program within 12 months of being elected, appointed, or employed unless otherwise exempted by the commission. This section does not apply to elected prosecutors who are coroners in their counties.
(b) All part-time medicolegal investigative personnel employed by a county coroner's or medical examiner's office must successfully complete medicolegal forensic investigation training through the medicolegal training academy program within 18 months of being employed unless otherwise exempted by the commission.
(2) The commission, in conjunction with the Washington association of coroners and medical examiners and a practicing physician selected by the commission, shall develop the medicolegal forensic investigation training curriculum and adopt the standards for the medicolegal training academy and any exemption from the requirement to complete the medicolegal forensic investigation training. The commission shall exempt from this requirement any coroner, medical examiner, or medicolegal investigative personnel who has obtained training comparable to the medicolegal forensic investigation training by virtue of educational or professional training or experience.
(3) The commission must certify successful completion of the medicolegal forensic investigation training or exemption from the medicolegal training requirement within 60 days from the receipt of proof of completion or request for exemption.
(4) The medicolegal forensic investigation training required under this section must:
(a) Meet the recommendations of the national commission on forensic science for certification and accreditation; and
(b) Satisfy the requirements for training on the subject of sudden, unexplained child death including, but not limited to, sudden infant death syndrome developed pursuant to RCW 43.103.100 and missing persons protocols pursuant to RCW 43.103.110.
(5) Certification under this section is a condition of continued employment in a coroner's or medical examiner's office.
(6) A county in which a coroner, person serving as coroner, medical examiner, or other medicolegal investigative employee, who has not otherwise been exempted by the commission, is not certified within 12 months of being elected, appointed, or employed as required by this section, may have its reimbursement from the death investigations account reduced as provided under RCW 68.50.104 until the office is in compliance with all requirements under this section.
[ 2021 c 127 § 3.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.101 - Criminal Justice Training Commission—Education and Training Standards Boards. › 43.101.490 - Basic training.

RCW 43.101.490
Basic training.
The basic training provided to criminal justice personnel by the commission must be consistent with the standards in RCW 10.120.020 and the model policies established by the attorney general under RCW 10.120.030.
[ 2021 c 324 § 5.]
NOTES:
Intent—2021 c 324: See note following RCW 10.120.010.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.101 - Criminal Justice Training Commission—Education and Training Standards Boards. › 43.101.495 - Written model policy—Duty to intervene.

RCW 43.101.495
Written model policy—Duty to intervene.
(1) By December 1, 2021, the Washington state criminal justice training commission, in consultation with the Washington state patrol, the Washington association of sheriffs and police chiefs, and organizations representing state and local law enforcement officers, shall develop a written model policy on the duty to intervene, consistent with the provisions of RCW 10.93.190.
(2) By June 1, 2022, every state, county, and municipal law enforcement agency shall adopt and implement a written duty to intervene policy. The policy adopted may be the model policy developed under subsection (1) of this section. However, any policy adopted must, at a minimum, be consistent with the provisions of RCW 10.93.190.
(3) By January 31, 2022, the commission shall incorporate training on the duty to intervene in the basic law enforcement training curriculum. Peace officers who completed basic law enforcement training prior to January 31, 2022, must receive training on the duty to intervene by December 31, 2023.
[ 2021 c 321 § 2.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.101 - Criminal Justice Training Commission—Education and Training Standards Boards. › 43.101.801 - Development of policies, procedures, and rules—2021 c 323.

RCW 43.101.801
Development of policies, procedures, and rules—2021 c 323.
The commission must develop policies, procedures, and rules to ensure that the goals of chapter 323, Laws of 2021 are fully implemented as intended and in a timely manner, and to provide appropriate clarity to affected persons and entities as to how the commission will process complaints, investigations, and hearings, and impose sanctions, related to officer decertification. The commission must work in collaboration with interested parties and entities in developing the policies, procedures, and rules, and must take into account issues regarding when and how the commission may appropriately exercise authority in relation to simultaneous investigations and disciplinary processes, and how the commission may exercise available remedies in a manner that is appropriate to case circumstances and consistent with the goals of chapter 323, Laws of 2021. The policies, procedures, and rules must be completed by June 30, 2022.
[ 2021 c 323 § 22.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.101 - Criminal Justice Training Commission—Education and Training Standards Boards. › 43.101.901 - Transfer of conference center.

RCW 43.101.901
Transfer of conference center.
The legislature authorizes the *department of general administration to transfer the Washington state training and conference center located at 19010 First Avenue, Burien, Washington, 98148, to the criminal justice training commission.
[ 2001 c 166 § 2.]
NOTES:
*Reviser's note: The "department of general administration" was renamed the "department of enterprise services" by 2011 1st sp.s. c 43 § 107.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.101 - Criminal Justice Training Commission—Education and Training Standards Boards. › 43.101.902 - Effective date—2001 c 167.

RCW 43.101.902
Effective date—2001 c 167.
This act takes effect January 1, 2002.
[ 2001 c 167 § 14.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.102 - Office of Independent Investigations. › 43.102.010 - Definitions.

RCW 43.102.010
Definitions.
The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise.
(1) "Advisory board" means the office of independent investigations advisory board.
(2) "Deadly force" has the meaning provided in RCW 9A.16.010.
(3) "Director" means the director of the office of independent investigations.
(4) "Great bodily harm" has the meaning provided in RCW 9A.04.110.
(5) "In-custody" refers to a person who is under the physical control of a general authority Washington law enforcement agency or a limited authority Washington law enforcement agency as defined in RCW 10.93.020 or a city, county, or regional adult or juvenile institution, correctional, jail, holding, or detention facility as defined in RCW 70.48.020, 72.09.015, or 13.40.020.
(6) "Independent investigation team" means a team of qualified and certified peace officer investigators, civilian crime scene specialists, and other representatives who operate independently of any involved agency to conduct investigations of police deadly force incidents. An independent investigation team may be comprised of multiple law enforcement agencies who jointly investigate police use of force incidents in their geographical regions or may be a single law enforcement agency, provided it is not the involved agency.
(7) "Involved agency" means a general authority Washington law enforcement agency or limited authority Washington law enforcement agency, as defined in RCW 10.93.020, that employs or supervises the officer or officers who are an involved officer as defined in this section, or an agency responsible for a city, county, or regional adult or juvenile institution, correctional, jail, holding, or detention facility as defined in RCW 70.48.020, 72.09.015, or 13.40.020.
(8) "Involved officer" means one of the following persons who is involved in an incident as an actor or custodial officer in which the act or omission by the individual is within the scope of the jurisdiction of the office as defined in this chapter:
(a) A general authority Washington peace officer, specially commissioned Washington peace officer, or limited authority Washington peace officer, as defined in RCW 10.93.020, whether on or off duty if he or she is exercising his or her authority as a peace officer; or
(b) An individual while employed in a city, county, or regional adult or juvenile institution, correctional, jail, holding, or detention facility as defined in RCW 70.48.020, 72.09.015, or 13.40.020.
(9) "Office" means the office of independent investigations.
(10) "Substantial bodily harm" has the same meaning as in RCW 9A.04.110.
[ 2021 c 318 § 201.]
NOTES:
Finding—Intent—2021 c 318: See note following RCW 43.102.020.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.102 - Office of Independent Investigations. › 43.102.020 - Creation.

RCW 43.102.020
Creation.
(1) The office of independent investigations is hereby established within the office of the governor for the purpose of conducting fair, thorough, transparent, and competent investigations as authorized under this chapter.
(2) The office of independent investigations is an investigative law enforcement agency, including for the purposes of the public records act, chapter 42.56 RCW.
[ 2021 c 318 § 301.]
NOTES:
Finding—Intent—2021 c 318: "The legislature finds that there has been an outpouring of frustration, anger, and demand for change from many members of the public over the deaths of people of color resulting from encounters with police. The most recent deaths in the United States and within Washington are a call to lead our state to a new system for investigating deaths and other serious incidents involving law enforcement officers.
The legislature intends that the office of independent investigations be created to conduct investigations of use of force and other cases under its jurisdiction in a manner that is competent, unbiased, and thorough. The office will be transparent and accountable for its work. The office should ensure that it treats all people with dignity and respect. The director and staff must be qualified and trained to conduct the investigations, including training to understand the impact and effect of racism in the investigation and use of an antiracist lens to conduct their work.
It is intended that this office will assume responsibility for investigations of serious use of force incidents and refer the reports on the investigation to the prosecutorial entity to determine if the action was justified, or if there was criminal action such that criminal charges should be filed. This is the same criminal investigative inquiry that is currently conducted when there is an officer-involved incident. The legislature does not intend to create a new type of investigation or that the office should be involved in any administrative review of conduct or complaints to police agencies about officer conduct related to policy or procedure. The process created in this act is intended to change only who investigates the incident. It does not change the nature of the investigation and involves only an investigation to determine justification or whether criminal charges are appropriate." [ 2021 c 318 § 101.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.102 - Office of Independent Investigations. › 43.102.030 - Powers and duties.

RCW 43.102.030
Powers and duties.
In addition to other responsibilities set forth in this chapter, the office shall:
(1) Conduct fair, thorough, transparent, and competent investigations of police use of force and other incidents involving law enforcement as authorized in this chapter and shall prioritize investigations conducted by the office based on resources and other criteria developed in consultation with the advisory board. The office shall commence investigations as follows:
(a) Beginning no later than July 1, 2022, the office is authorized to conduct investigations of deadly force cases occurring after July 1, 2022, including any incident involving use of deadly force by an involved officer against or upon a person who is in-custody or out-of-custody; and
(b) Beginning no later than July 1, 2023, the office is authorized to review, and may investigate, prior investigations of deadly force by an involved officer if new evidence is brought forth that was not included in the initial investigation;
(2) Analyze data available to the office and provide reports and recommendations as appropriate based on the data regarding issues, trends, and other relevant areas;
(3) Provide reports on activities of the office as authorized under this chapter; and
(4) Carry out such other responsibilities as may be consistent with this chapter.
[ 2021 c 318 § 302.]
NOTES:
Finding—Intent—2021 c 318: See note following RCW 43.102.020.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.102 - Office of Independent Investigations. › 43.102.040 - Director.

RCW 43.102.040
Director.
(1)(a) The governor shall appoint the director of the office and determine the director's compensation. The governor shall select the director from a list of three candidates recommended by the advisory board unless the governor declines to select any of the candidates provided. If the governor declines to select a candidate proposed by the advisory board, the governor may request the advisory board to provide additional qualified nominees for consideration or may offer an alternative candidate who may be appointed following approval by a majority of the advisory board.
(b) Prior to selecting the director, the governor shall consider the results of a background check, including an assessment of criminal history, and research of social media and affiliations to check for racial bias and conflicts of interest.
(2) The director shall hold office for a term of three years and continue to hold office until reappointed or until his or her successor is appointed. The governor may remove the director prior to the expiration of the director's term for neglect of duty, misconduct, or inability to perform duties.
[ 2021 c 318 § 303.]
NOTES:
Finding—Intent—2021 c 318: See note following RCW 43.102.020.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.102 - Office of Independent Investigations. › 43.102.070 - Investigators.

RCW 43.102.070
Investigators.
(1) The director shall designate investigator positions that are limited authority Washington peace officers as defined in RCW 10.93.020. The investigators designated as limited authority Washington peace officers have the authority to investigate any case within the jurisdiction of the office and any criminal activity related to, or discovered in the course of, the investigation of the case under the jurisdiction of the incident that has a relationship to the investigation.
(2) Any investigator employed or contracted with the office for the purpose of conducting investigations may participate in the investigations of a case under the jurisdiction of the office. Only investigators who are limited authority Washington peace officers may be designated a lead investigator on any criminal investigation conducted by the office pursuant to this chapter.
[ 2021 c 318 § 306.]
NOTES:
Finding—Intent—2021 c 318: See note following RCW 43.102.020.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.102 - Office of Independent Investigations. › 43.102.090 - Criminal justice training commission—Collaboration—Trainings.

RCW 43.102.090
Criminal justice training commission—Collaboration—Trainings.
(1) The criminal justice training commission shall collaborate with the office to ensure office investigators receive sufficient training to attain the necessary requirements to conduct investigations under the jurisdiction of the office.
(2) The investigators of the office shall receive priority registration to criminal justice training commission trainings necessary to conduct investigations as required by this chapter.
[ 2021 c 318 § 309.]
NOTES:
Finding—Intent—2021 c 318: See note following RCW 43.102.020.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.102 - Office of Independent Investigations. › 43.102.100 - Analysis of data—Reports.

RCW 43.102.100
Analysis of data—Reports.
The office will conduct analysis of use of force and other data to the extent such data is available to the office. The director is authorized to enter into contracts or memoranda of understanding to access data as needed. If data is available, the office should, at a minimum, analyze and report annually: Analysis and research regarding any identified trends, patterns, or other situations identified by the data; and recommendations for improvements. After July 1, 2024, the office should also annually report recommendations, if any, for expanding the scope of investigations or jurisdiction of the office based on trends, data, or reports received by the agency.
[ 2021 c 318 § 310.]
NOTES:
Finding—Intent—2021 c 318: See note following RCW 43.102.020.