Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 31 - Public Safety › Part 301 - Board on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Training Professional Certification Policy and Procedures › Chapter 11 - Constable Training Requirements › Rule 31-301-11.2 - Policy

Current through June 25, 2024
1. The Board on Law Enforcement Officer
				Standards and Training is responsible for the establishment of an appropriate
				training program for constables in the field of law enforcement at the
				Mississippi Law Enforcement Officer' Training Academy or such other training
				programs that are approved by the Board on Law Enforcement Officer Standards
				and Training pursuant to Section
				45-6-9.
				According to the statute, constables have the same duties and responsibilities
				enumerated in the definition of a law enforcement officer as found in §
									45-6-3(c)
				of the Mississippi Code as annotated. During a constable's term of office, each
				constable shall attend and, to the extent to which he is physically able,
				participate in a curriculum having a duration of two (2) weeks which addresses
				the nature and scope of specific duties and responsibilities of a constable and
				which includes firearm use and safety training.
Note: §
										45-6-3
				  excludes elected officials from the definition of the term "law enforcement
				  officer" thereby ensuring such officials would not be required to meet the
				  provisions of the Law Enforcement Officers Training Program (LEOTP). Although
				  constables shall be treated as law enforcement officers for the purposes of
				  accomplishing the mandated training requirement of the Constable Training and
				  Identification Act of 1986, constables are excluded from all other requirements
				  of the LEOTP.
A. The Board of Law
				Enforcement Officers Standards and Training shall develop a program of
				continuing education training for constables to attend consisting of eight (8)
				hours annually. The program shall be divided equally between firearms training
				and safety and instruction in both substantive and procedural law. The training
				will be conducted by the Mississippi Constables Association, and appropriate
				parts of the program may be conducted by members who have been certified by the
				Board to conduct the training program. The cost of travel, tuition and living
				expenses in attending the continuing training shall be paid out of the Law
				Enforcement Officers Training Fund created in Section
				45-6-15.
1. No constable elected prior to January 1,
				2000, shall be required to comply with the continuing education requirements of
				this paragraph
2. However, any
				constable may elect to attend the annual training and shall be reimbursed
				therefor as provided in this paragraph.
3. The provisions of this subsection shall
				not apply to a constable who has received a certificate from the Board on Law
				Enforcement Officers Standards and Training evidencing satisfaction of
				subsections (3) and (4) of Section
				45-6-11,
				or who is exempt from the requirements of subsections (3) and (4) of Section
				45-6-11
				by the provisions of subsection (1).