(a) (1) If a law enforcement agency pays the costs or expenses for training a law enforcement officer and another law enforcement agency employs that law enforcement officer within twenty-four (24) months after completion of the training in a position requiring a certificate of training from a state-funded or municipally operated law enforcement training academy, the law enforcement agency that employs the law enforcement officer, at the time of employing the law enforcement officer, shall reimburse the law enforcement agency for all or a portion of the costs or expenses incurred by the law enforcement agency for the training of the law enforcement officer at the state-funded or municipally operated law enforcement training academy, unless the law enforcement officer has been terminated by the law enforcement agency that paid the costs or expenses of training, in which case no reimbursement is required from the law enforcement agency employing the law enforcement officer.(2) Reimbursement may be sought by each successive law enforcement agency that employed the law enforcement officer after the first law enforcement agency paid the costs or expenses of training within the twenty-four-month period after the date of the law enforcement officer's completion of training.(3) Reimbursement shall include any salary, travel expenses, food, lodging, or other costs, including nonrecoverable equipment costs, required to be paid by the law enforcement agency as follows:(A) If the law enforcement officer is employed within twelve (12) months after completion of the training, the employing law enforcement agency shall reimburse the total of the costs or expenses of training; or(B) If the law enforcement officer is employed more than twelve (12) months but not more than twenty-four (24) months after completion of the training, the employing law enforcement agency shall reimburse fifty percent (50%) of the costs or expenses of training.
(1) If a law enforcement agency pays the costs or expenses for training a law enforcement officer and another law enforcement agency employs that law enforcement officer within twenty-four (24) months after completion of the training in a position requiring a certificate of training from a state-funded or municipally operated law enforcement training academy, the law enforcement agency that employs the law enforcement officer, at the time of employing the law enforcement officer, shall reimburse the law enforcement agency for all or a portion of the costs or expenses incurred by the law enforcement agency for the training of the law enforcement officer at the state-funded or municipally operated law enforcement training academy, unless the law enforcement officer has been terminated by the law enforcement agency that paid the costs or expenses of training, in which case no reimbursement is required from the law enforcement agency employing the law enforcement officer.
(2) Reimbursement may be sought by each successive law enforcement agency that employed the law enforcement officer after the first law enforcement agency paid the costs or expenses of training within the twenty-four-month period after the date of the law enforcement officer's completion of training.
(3) Reimbursement shall include any salary, travel expenses, food, lodging, or other costs, including nonrecoverable equipment costs, required to be paid by the law enforcement agency as follows:(A) If the law enforcement officer is employed within twelve (12) months after completion of the training, the employing law enforcement agency shall reimburse the total of the costs or expenses of training; or(B) If the law enforcement officer is employed more than twelve (12) months but not more than twenty-four (24) months after completion of the training, the employing law enforcement agency shall reimburse fifty percent (50%) of the costs or expenses of training.
(A) If the law enforcement officer is employed within twelve (12) months after completion of the training, the employing law enforcement agency shall reimburse the total of the costs or expenses of training; or
(B) If the law enforcement officer is employed more than twelve (12) months but not more than twenty-four (24) months after completion of the training, the employing law enforcement agency shall reimburse fifty percent (50%) of the costs or expenses of training.
(b) (1) A request for reimbursement shall:(A) Be in writing;(B) Contain an itemized list of costs to be reimbursed; and(C) Be made by the original employing law enforcement agency to the subsequent employing law enforcement agency within six (6) months of the date on which the law enforcement officer was hired by the subsequent law enforcement agency.(2) If any law enforcement agency that employs a law enforcement officer whose costs or expenses of training were paid by another law enforcement agency fails to make reimbursement for the costs or expenses of training as required in subsection (a) of this section, the law enforcement agency entitled to reimbursement shall notify the Treasurer of State.(3) The Treasurer of State shall then withhold the amount of the reimbursement due for training the law enforcement officer from the county or municipal aid of the employing law enforcement agency or from funds appropriated to the employing state agency and shall remit the amount to the law enforcement agency that is entitled to the reimbursement under the provisions of this section.
(1) A request for reimbursement shall:(A) Be in writing;(B) Contain an itemized list of costs to be reimbursed; and(C) Be made by the original employing law enforcement agency to the subsequent employing law enforcement agency within six (6) months of the date on which the law enforcement officer was hired by the subsequent law enforcement agency.
(A) Be in writing;
(B) Contain an itemized list of costs to be reimbursed; and
(C) Be made by the original employing law enforcement agency to the subsequent employing law enforcement agency within six (6) months of the date on which the law enforcement officer was hired by the subsequent law enforcement agency.
(2) If any law enforcement agency that employs a law enforcement officer whose costs or expenses of training were paid by another law enforcement agency fails to make reimbursement for the costs or expenses of training as required in subsection (a) of this section, the law enforcement agency entitled to reimbursement shall notify the Treasurer of State.
(3) The Treasurer of State shall then withhold the amount of the reimbursement due for training the law enforcement officer from the county or municipal aid of the employing law enforcement agency or from funds appropriated to the employing state agency and shall remit the amount to the law enforcement agency that is entitled to the reimbursement under the provisions of this section.
(c) A private community with a population of more than five thousand (5,000) persons that employs certified law enforcement officers is entitled to reimbursement under this section and may remit the reimbursed costs or expenses under subsection (a) of this section to an entity contracting with the private community that paid the training costs or expenses of the certified law enforcement officers.
(d) A law enforcement agency that employs on a permanent basis a law enforcement officer who has completed training at a state-funded or municipally-operated law enforcement training academy shall comply with this section.
(e) As used in this section:(1) “Law enforcement agency” means the same as defined in § 12-9-102; and(2) “Private community” means the same as defined in § 14-14-814.
(1) “Law enforcement agency” means the same as defined in § 12-9-102; and
(2) “Private community” means the same as defined in § 14-14-814.