

     § 2167.  Police training.
        (a)  General rule.--All municipalities of this Commonwealth
     or groups of municipalities acting in concert and all colleges
     and universities shall be required to train all members of their
     police departments pursuant to this subchapter prior to their
     enforcing criminal laws, enforcing moving traffic violations
     under Title 75 (relating to vehicles) or being authorized to
     carry a firearm.
        (b)  Ineligibility for compensation.--Any person hired as a
     police officer shall be ineligible to receive any salary,
     compensation or other consideration for the performance of
     duties as a police officer unless the person has met all of the
     requirements as established by the commission and has been duly
     certified as having met those requirements by the commission.
        (c)  Penalty.--Any person who orders, authorizes or pays as
     salary to a person in violation of the provisions of this
     subchapter commits a summary offense and shall, upon conviction,
     be sentenced to pay a fine of $100 or be imprisoned for a term
     not to exceed a period of 30 days. The commission may stop
     payment of all funds paid or payable to municipalities under
     this subchapter for any violation of this subchapter. It shall
     notify the State Treasurer to discontinue disbursement of any
     State funds until a municipality is in compliance with this
     subchapter.
     (Dec. 30, 2003, P.L.450, No.65, eff. 60 days)

        2003 Amendment.  Act 65 amended subsecs. (b) and (c). See
     section 4 of Act 65 in the appendix to this title for special
     provisions relating to applicability.

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