80D.3 - TRAINING STANDARDS.
80D.3 TRAINING STANDARDS.
1. Each person appointed to serve as a reserve peace officer
shall satisfactorily complete a minimum training course as
established by academy rules. In addition, if a reserve peace
officer is authorized to carry weapons, the officer shall
satisfactorily complete the same training course in the use of
weapons as is required for basic training of regular peace officers
by the academy. The minimum training course for reserve peace
officers shall be satisfactorily completed within the time period
prescribed by academy rules. Academy-approved reserve peace officer
training received before July 1, 2007, may be applied to meet the
minimum training course requirements established by academy rules.
2. A reserve peace officer who does not carry a weapon shall not
be required to complete a weapons training course, but the officer
shall comply with all other training requirements.
3. a. A person appointed to serve as a reserve peace officer
who has received basic training as a peace officer and has been
certified by the academy pursuant to chapter 80B and rules adopted
pursuant to chapter 80B may be exempted from completing the minimum
training course at the discretion of the appointing authority.
However, such a person appointed to serve as a reserve peace officer
shall meet mandatory in-service training requirements established by
academy rules if the person has not served as an active peace officer
within one hundred eighty days of appointment as a reserve peace
officer.
b. A person appointed to serve as a reserve peace officer who
has met the one-hundred-fifty-hour training requirement by obtaining
training at a community college or other facility selected by the
individual and approved by the law enforcement agency prior to July
1, 2007, shall be exempted from completing the minimum training
course at the discretion of the appointing authority and shall
continue to hold certification with the appointing authority.
4. The minimum training course required for a reserve peace
officer shall be conducted pursuant to sections 80D.4 and 80D.7. If
weapons are to be carried, a reserve peace officer shall complete a
weapons training course having the same number of hours of training
as is required of regular peace officers in basic training pursuant
to section 80D.7.
5. A person is eligible for state certification as a reserve
peace officer upon satisfactory completion of the training and
testing requirements specified by academy rules. Section History: Early Form
[C81, § 80D.3] Section History: Recent Form
90 Acts, ch 1092, §3; 2007 Acts, ch 47, §2; 2008 Acts, ch 1032,
§201; 2009 Acts, ch 78, §1; 2009 Acts, ch 179, §33