Georgia Code, Title 35, Chapter 8 - Employment and Training of Peace Officers

• § 35-8-1 - Short Title
  This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training Act."
• § 35-8-2 - Definitions
  As used in this chapter, the term: (1) "Applicant" means a prospective peace officer who has not commenced employment or service with a law...
• § 35-8-3 - Establishment of Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training Council; Membership; Organization; Administrative Assignment to Department of Public Safety
  (a) The Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training Council is established. The council shall consist of 20 voting members and five advisory members.(b) The...
• § 35-8-4 - Officers of Council; Quorum; Minutes of Meetings and Records; Reports to Governor and General Assembly
  The business of the council shall be conducted in the following manner: (1) The officers of the council, who shall consist of a chairman,...
• § 35-8-5 - Compensation of Members of Council
  The members of the council shall receive no salary but shall be reimbursed for their reasonable and necessary expenses actually incurred in the performance...
• § 35-8-6 - Appointment of Executive Director of Council; Contracts for Services; Personnel; Investigators; Subpoenas; Funding; Gifts, Grants, or Donations
  (a) The council may appoint an executive director who shall serve at the pleasure of the council. The council shall establish the compensation for...
• § 35-8-7 - Powers and Duties of Council Generally
  The council is vested with the following powers and duties: (1) To meet at such times and places as it may deem necessary; (2)...
• § 35-8-7.1 - Authority of Council to Refuse Certificate to Applicant or to Discipline Council Certified Officer or Exempt Officer; Grounds; Restoration of Certificate; Emergency Suspension of Certification; Notice of Investigation
  (a) The council shall have authority to refuse to grant a certificate to an applicant or to discipline a council certified officer or exempt...
• § 35-8-7.2 - Administrative Procedure; Hearings; Review
  (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this Code section, proceedings of the council in the exercise of its authority to issue...
• § 35-8-8 - Requirements for Appointment or Certification of Persons As Peace Officers and Preemployment Attendance At Basic Training Course; "Employment Related Information" Defined
  (a) Any person employed or certified as a peace officer shall: (1) Be at least 18 years of age; (2) Be a citizen of...
• § 35-8-9 - Completion of Basic Training Course Required; Acceptance of Other Instruction; Effect of Failure to Complete Basic Training Requirements; Limitation
  (a) In addition to complying with the preemployment standards as set forth in Code Section 35-8-8, each and every candidate shall satisfactorily complete a...
• § 35-8-10 - Applicability and Effect of Certification Requirements Generally; Requirements As to Exempt Persons
  (a) No person required to comply with the certification provisions of this chapter shall be employed or appointed by any law enforcement unit without...
• § 35-8-11 - Basic Course to Be Completed At Schools Certified by Council
  The basic course provided for in Code Section 35-8-9 shall be completed at any school certified by the council which provides the course requirements...
• § 35-8-12 - Certification to Use Speed Detection Devices; Withdrawal or Suspension of Certificate
  (a) Persons employed or appointed by any agency, organ, or department of this state or a subdivision or municipality thereof authorized to use speed...
• § 35-8-13 - Training and Certification of Police Chaplains
  (a) In addition to the other powers vested in the council, the council may develop a training program and standards for certification of police...
• § 35-8-13.1 - Training and Certification of Municipal Probation Officers
  (a) Any person employed or appointed as a municipal probation officer on or after January 1, 1999, shall not be authorized to serve as...
• § 35-8-14 - Board of Corrections and State Board of Pardons and Paroles to Establish Training Program for Employees Authorized to Make Arrests
  Reserved. Repealed by Ga. L. 1982, p. 2478, § 9, effective November 1, 1982.
• § 35-8-15 - Preparation and Maintenance of Employment Records by Law Enforcement Units and Council; Release of Records
  (a) Each law enforcement unit shall prepare duplicate records on any candidate or peace officer employed under this chapter as may be prescribed by...
• § 35-8-16 - Effect of Standards and Training Requirements Provided in Chapter; Adoption of Additional Requirements by Law Enforcement Units
  This chapter establishes only the minimum qualification standards and training requirements for peace officers in this state; each law enforcement unit is encouraged to...
• § 35-8-17 - Effect of Peace Officer's Failure to Comply With Chapter Generally; Civil Actions Against Noncomplying Peace Officers and Law Enforcement Units
  (a) Any peace officer so employed who does not comply with this chapter shall not be authorized to exercise the powers of a law...
• § 35-8-18 - Applicability of Chapter to Emergency Peace Officers
  This chapter shall not apply to emergency peace officers.
• § 35-8-19 - Appointment of Citizen of Adjoining State As Peace Officer
  In each city of this state adjacent to the State of Georgia boundary line, the sheriff, mayor, or other person authorized to appoint peace...
• § 35-8-20 - Training Requirements for Police Chiefs, Department Heads, and Wardens; Effect of Failure to Fulfill Training Requirement; Waiver of Requirements
  (a) During calendar year 1985 and during each calendar year thereafter, the chief of police or department head of each law enforcement unit and...
• § 35-8-20.1 - Training for Police Chiefs and Department Heads Appointed After June 30, 1999; Waivers
  (a) Any newly appointed chief of police or department head of a law enforcement unit whose term of employment commences after June 30, 1999,...
• § 35-8-21 - Training Requirements for Peace Officers; Waiver; Exemption for Retired Peace Officers; Confirmation of Training
  (a) During calendar year 1999 and during each calendar year thereafter, any person employed or appointed as a peace officer shall complete 20 hours...
• § 35-8-22 - Reimbursement of Training Expenses by Subsequent Employer of Peace Officer; Collection Procedure; Required Documentation
  (a) Unless otherwise provided by an employment contract to the contrary, if the State of Georgia or any county or municipality thereof employs a...
• § 35-8-23 - Basic Training Course for Communications Officers; Certification Requirements; Duties of Council; Rules and Regulations
  (a) As used in this Code section, the term "communications officer" means and includes any person employed by a local governmental agency to receive,...
• § 35-8-24 - Training Requirements for Jail Officers and Juvenile Correctional Officers
  (a) (1) Any person employed or appointed as a jail officer six months after January 1, 1999, shall not be authorized to serve as...
• § 35-8-25 - Training and Certification of Bomb Technicians, Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technicians, and Animal Handlers; Intergovernmental Assistance Agreements
  (a) (1) Any person who is employed by an agency or authority of this state or an agency or authority of a political subdivision...
• § 35-8-26 - (for Effective Date, See Note.) Taser and Electronic Control Weapons; Requirements for Use; Establishment of Policies; Training
  (a) This Code section shall be known and may be cited as the "TASER and Electronic Control Weapons Act."(b) It is the intent and...

Last modified: October 14, 2016