Sec. 7-294h. State and local police training programs to provide training on the handling of juvenile matters.
Sec. 7-294h. State and local police training programs to provide training on
the handling of juvenile matters. On and after July 1, 1990: (1) Each police basic
training program conducted or administered by the Division of State Police within the
Department of Public Safety shall provide a minimum of twenty-seven hours of training
relative to the handling of juvenile matters which includes, but is not limited to, the
following: (A) Techniques for handling incidents involving juveniles; (B) information
relative to the processing and disposition of juvenile matters; (C) applicable procedures
in the prosecution of cases involving juveniles, and (D) information regarding resources
of the juvenile justice system in the state; (2) each police basic training program conducted or administered by the Police Officer Standards and Training Council established
under section 7-294b or by a municipal police department in the state shall provide a
minimum of fourteen hours of training relative to the handling of juvenile matters as
provided in subdivision (1) of this section; and (3) each police review training program
conducted or administered by the Division of State Police within the Department of
Public Safety, by the Police Officer Standards and Training Council established under
section 7-294b or by a municipal police department in the state shall provide a minimum
of one hour of training relative to the handling of juvenile matters as provided in subdivision (1) of this section.
(P.A. 89-273, S. 12; P.A. 95-108, S. 8.)
History: P.A. 95-108 renamed Municipal Police Training Council as Police Officer Standards and Training Council.