(1) Notwithstanding ORS 181.640 (1)(g) and 181.650 (3), the Department of Public Safety Standards and Training may not accredit any public safety personnel training program provided by a public safety agency or any educational program as equivalent to the minimum training required for basic certification as a police officer under ORS 181.665.
(2) Subsection (1) of this section does not apply to Department of State Police training programs or the Oregon Police Corps training program.
(3) As used in this section, “Oregon Police Corps training program” means the residential, basic law enforcement training program that is required of Oregon participants in the scholarship program administered by the United States Department of Justice that is designed to address violent crime by helping state and local law enforcement agencies increase the number of officers with advanced education and training assigned to community patrol. [2001 c.734 §4; 2003 c.770 §6]
Note: Section 6, chapter 734, Oregon Laws 2001, provides:
Sec. 6. (1) ORS 181.657 and the amendments to ORS 181.665 by section 5, chapter 734, Oregon Laws 2001, become operative on the earlier of the following dates:
(a) The date on which the Police Policy Committee established under ORS 181.637 certifies to the Governor that the training academy for which the acquisition of real property is authorized by ORS 181.636 is completed; or
(b) January 1, 2007.
(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, a public safety personnel training program that, prior to the earlier of the dates set out in subsection (1) of this section, was accredited as equivalent to the minimum training required for basic certification as a police officer under ORS 181.665 continues to be so accredited after that date until the completion of all training programs that began prior to that date. [2001 c.734 §6; 2003 c.770 §4]
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