Title 25, Title 25

The board has the following powers and duties: [PL 1989, c. 521, §§4, 17 (NEW).] 1. Training and certification of all law enforcement officers in State. In accordance with this chapter, to establish training and certification standards for all law enforcement officers, set requir…

1. Law enforcement policies. All law enforcement agencies shall adopt written policies regarding procedures to deal with the following: A. Use of physical force, including the use of electronic weapons and less-than-lethal munitions; [PL 2009, c. 336, §18 (AMD).] B. Barricaded pe…

An agency or individual who fails to comply with a provision of this chapter commits a civil violation for which the State or the local government entity whose officer or employee committed the violation or the individual who committed the violation may be adjudged a fine not to …

Notwithstanding any other law or rule of evidence, a certificate issued by the custodian of the records of the board, when signed and sworn to by that custodian, or the custodian's designee, is admissible in a judicial or administrative proceeding as prima facie evidence of any f…

The board of trustees shall meet at such time or times as may be reasonably necessary to carry out its duties, but it shall meet at least once in each calendar quarter at such place and time as the board determines and it shall meet at the call of the chair. The board shall organ…

The Commissioner of Public Safety, with the advice and consent of the board of trustees, shall appoint a director, who is the administrator of the academy and the executive director of the board. Qualifications of the director must be established by the commissioner and the board…

1. Required. A person may not serve as a law enforcement officer with the power to make arrests or the authority to carry a firearm in the course of duty until certified by the board as satisfying all preservice training requirements. 2. Preservice training standards. The board s…

1. Required. As a condition to the continued employment of any person as a full-time law enforcement officer by a municipality, a county, the State or any other nonfederal employer, that person must successfully complete, within the first 12 months of initial full-time employment…

1. Required. As a condition to the continued employment of any person as a corrections officer, that person must successfully complete, within the first 12 months of employment, a basic training course as approved by the board. The board may approve a separate basic training cour…

1. Required. As a condition to the continued employment of a person as a law enforcement officer with the power to make arrests or the authority to carry a firearm in the course of duty by a municipality, county, the State or other nonfederal employer, that person must successful…

1. Required. As a condition to the continued employment of any person as a corrections officer by a municipality, county, the State or other nonfederal employer, that person shall successfully complete in-service training as prescribed by the board. Failure to successfully comple…

1. Age. An applicant must be 21 years of age or older to qualify for a position as a law enforcement officer unless the applicant has an associate's degree or 60 credit hours of postsecondary education, in which case the applicant must be at least 20 years of age.

If the commissioner or deputy commissioner is a law enforcement officer who is certified under sections 2804‑B and 2804‑C, the officer's certification does not lapse during the period the officer serves as commissioner or deputy commissioner.

Harbor masters and municipal shellfish conservation wardens must successfully complete the preservice law enforcement training requirements in section 2804‑B and the in-service law enforcement training requirements in section 2804‑E in order to have the power to make arrests or t…

The following provisions govern the training and certification of police officers appointed pursuant to section 2908. [PL 2009, c. 317, Pt. E, §2 (AMD).] 1. Security officers hired or appointed before March 1, 2002. 2. Police officers hired or appointed on or after March 1, 2002.…

As a condition to the continued employment of any person as a judicial marshal, that person must successfully complete, within the first 12 months of employment, the training required under section 2803‑A, subsection 8‑B. Thereafter, as a condition of continued employment as a ju…

Beginning July 1, 2019, all forest rangers and the state supervisor of the forest protection unit of the Bureau of Forestry within the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry must successfully complete the training requirements established under section 2803‑A, subse…

1. Training and certification required. Beginning July 1, 2025, as a condition to the continued employment of a person hired as a probation and parole officer, that person shall successfully complete, within the first 12 months of employment, a basic training course approved by t…

1. Required. Beginning July 1, 2025, as a condition to the continued employment of any person as a probation and parole officer, that person shall successfully complete in‑service training as prescribed by the board. Failure to successfully complete in-service training by a proba…

1. Annual report and records. Within 30 days of the close of each calendar year, the highest elected official of each political subdivision and the head of each state department and agency employing law enforcement or corrections officers subject to this chapter shall provide the…

1. Committee. The chair of the board shall appoint 5 members of the board to serve on the complaint review committee. Two of the members must be citizen members of the board. A majority of the members of the committee, including at least one citizen member, must be present for de…

1. Disciplinary proceedings and sanctions. The board or, as delegated, the complaint review committee, established pursuant to section 2805‑C, or staff, shall investigate a complaint on its own motion or upon receipt of a written complaint filed with the board regarding noncompli…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in the event that a certificate holder is convicted of a crime or violation or engages in conduct that could result in suspension or revocation of the individual's certificate pursuant to section 2806‑A and the chief administrative offi…

1. Definitions. As used in this section, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings. A. "Governmental entity" means the State or any city, town, plantation or county or tribal government. [PL 2023, c. 242, §1 (AMD).] B. "Training" mean…

1. Definitions. As used in this section, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings. A. "Governmental entity" means the State or any city, town, plantation or county. [PL 2007, c. 240, Pt. ZZZ, §1 (NEW).] B. "Training" means the basic …

The board shall report annually to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over criminal justice and public safety matters on the implementation and effectiveness of this chapter. The purpose of the report is to provide the Legislature annual informati…