80B.11 - RULES.
80B.11 RULES.
1. The director of the academy, subject to the approval of the
council, shall promulgate rules in accordance with the provisions of
this chapter and chapter 17A, giving due consideration to varying
factors and special requirements of law enforcement agencies relative
to the following:
a. Minimum entrance requirements, course of study, attendance
requirements, and equipment and facilities required at approved law
enforcement training schools. Minimum age requirements for entrance
to approved law enforcement training schools shall be eighteen years
of age. Minimum course of study requirements shall include a
separate domestic abuse curriculum, which may include but is not
limited to outside speakers from domestic abuse shelters and crime
victim assistance organizations. Minimum course of study
requirements shall also include a sexual assault curriculum.
b. Minimum basic training requirements law enforcement
officers employed after July 1, 1968, must complete in order to
remain eligible for continued employment and the time within which
such basic training must be completed. Minimum requirements shall
mandate training devoted to the topic of domestic abuse and sexual
assault. The council shall submit an annual report to the general
assembly by January 15 of each year relating to the continuing
education requirements devoted to the topic of domestic abuse,
including the number of hours required, the substance of the classes
offered, and other related matters.
c. (1) Categories or classifications of advanced in-service
training program and minimum courses of study and attendance
requirements for such categories or classifications.
(2) In-service training under this paragraph "c" shall
include the requirement that all law enforcement officers complete a
course on investigation, identification, and reporting of public
offenses based on the race, color, religion, ancestry, national
origin, political affiliation, sex, sexual orientation, age, or
disability of the victim. The director shall consult with the civil
rights commission, the department of public safety, and the
prosecuting attorneys training coordinator in developing the
requirements for this course and may contract with outside providers
for this course.
d. Within the existing curriculum, expanded training
regarding racial and cultural awareness and dealing with
gang-affected youth.
e. Training standards on the subject of human trafficking, to
include curricula on cultural sensitivity and the means to deal
effectively and appropriately with trafficking victims. Such
training shall encourage law enforcement personnel to communicate in
the language of the trafficking victims. The course of instruction
and training standards shall be developed by the director in
consultation with the appropriate national and state experts in the
field of human trafficking.
f. Minimum standards of physical, educational, and moral
fitness which shall govern the recruitment, selection, and
appointment of law enforcement officers.
g. Minimum standards of mental fitness which shall govern the
initial recruitment, selection, and appointment of law enforcement
officers. The rules shall include but are not limited to providing a
battery of psychological tests to determine cognitive skills,
personality characteristics, and suitability of an applicant for a
law enforcement career. However, this battery of tests need only be
given to applicants being considered in the final selection process
for a law enforcement position. Notwithstanding any provision of
chapter 400, an applicant shall not be hired if the employer
determines from the tests that the applicant does not possess
sufficient cognitive skills, personality characteristics, or
suitability for a law enforcement career. The director of the
academy shall provide for the cognitive and psychological
examinations and their administration to the law enforcement agencies
or applicants, and shall identify and procure persons who can be
hired to interpret the examinations.
h. Grounds for revocation or suspension of a law enforcement
officer's certification.
i. Exemptions from particular provisions of this chapter in
case of any state, county, or city, if, in the opinion of the
council, the standards of law enforcement training established and
maintained by the governmental agency are as high or higher than
those established pursuant to this chapter; or revocation in whole or
in part of such exemption, if in its opinion the standards of law
enforcement training established and maintained by the governmental
agency are lower than those established pursuant to this chapter.
j. Minimum qualifications for instructors in telecommunicator
training schools.
k. Minimum qualifications for instructors in law enforcement
and jailer training schools.
l. Certification through examination for individuals who have
successfully completed the federal bureau of investigation national
academy, have corrected Snellen vision in both eyes of 20/20 or
better, and were employed on or before January 1, 1996, as chief of
police of a city in this state with a population of twenty thousand
or more.
2. A certified course of instruction provided for under this
section which occurs at a location other than at the central training
facility of the Iowa law enforcement academy shall not be eliminated
by the Iowa law enforcement academy. Section History: Early Form
[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 80B.11] Section History: Recent Form
84 Acts, ch 1245, § 1--3; 84 Acts, ch 1246, § 1; 85 Acts, ch 208,
§ 2; 89 Acts, ch 62, § 1, 2; 91 Acts, ch 218, § 2; 91 Acts, ch 219, §
1; 92 Acts, ch 1157, § 1; 92 Acts, ch 1238, § 20; 93 Acts, ch 169, §
15; 94 Acts, ch 1172, §1; 96 Acts, ch 1061, § 1; 96 Acts, ch 1201, §
1; 99 Acts, ch 70, §1; 2003 Acts, ch 87, §2; 2006 Acts, ch 1074, §1;
2007 Acts, ch 22, §18; 2008 Acts, ch 1031, §25
Referred to in § 80B.13