Missouri Revised Statutes
Chapter 590 - Peace Officers, Selection, Training and Discipline
Section 590.030 - Basic training, minimum standards established — age, citizenship and education requirements established by director — issuance of a license — federal Rap Back program, agencies to enroll.

Effective - 28 Aug 2021, 2 histories
590.030. Basic training, minimum standards established — age, citizenship and education requirements established by director — issuance of a license — federal Rap Back program, agencies to enroll. — 1. The POST commission shall establish minimum standards for the basic training of peace officers. Such standards may vary for each class of license established pursuant to subsection 2 of section 590.020.
2. The director shall establish minimum age, citizenship, and general education requirements and may require a qualifying score on a certification examination as conditions of eligibility for a peace officer license. Such general education requirements shall require completion of a high school program of education under chapter 167 or obtainment of a General Educational Development (GED) certificate.
3. The director shall provide for the licensure, with or without additional basic training, of peace officers possessing credentials by other states or jurisdictions, including federal and military law enforcement officers.
4. The director shall establish a procedure for obtaining a peace officer license and shall issue the proper license when the requirements of this chapter have been met.
5. As conditions of licensure, all licensed peace officers shall:
(1) Obtain continuing law enforcement education pursuant to rules to be promulgated by the POST commission;
(2) Maintain a current address of record on file with the director; and
(3) Submit to being fingerprinted on or before January 1, 2022, and at any time a peace officer is commissioned with a different law enforcement agency, for the purposes of a criminal history background check and enrollment in the state and federal Rap Back programs, pursuant to section 43.540. The criminal history background check shall include the records of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The resulting report shall be forwarded to the officer's commissioning law enforcement agency at the time of enrollment and Rap Back enrollment shall be for the purpose of the requirements of subsection 3 of section 590.070 and subsection 2 of section 590.118. An officer shall take all necessary steps to maintain enrollment in Rap Back at all law enforcement agencies where the officer is commissioned for as long as the officer is commissioned with a law enforcement agency or that agency.
6. A peace officer license shall automatically expire if the licensee fails to hold a commission as a peace officer for a period of five consecutive years, provided that the POST commission shall provide for the relicensure of such persons and may require retraining as a condition of eligibility for relicensure, and provided that the director may provide for the continuing licensure, subject to restrictions, of persons who hold and exercise a law enforcement commission requiring a peace officer license but not meeting the definition of a peace officer pursuant to this chapter.
7. All law enforcement agencies shall enroll in the state and federal Rap Back programs on or before January 1, 2022, and continue to remain enrolled. The law enforcement agency shall take all necessary steps to maintain officer enrollment for all officers commissioned with that agency in the Rap Back programs. An officer shall submit to being fingerprinted at any law enforcement agency upon commissioning and for as long as the officer is commissioned with that agency.
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(L. 2001 H.B. 80, A.L. 2009 S.B. 47, A.L. 2021 S.B. 26 merged with S.B. 53 & 60)

Structure Missouri Revised Statutes

Missouri Revised Statutes

Title XXXVIII - Crimes and Punishment; Peace Officers and Public Defenders

Chapter 590 - Peace Officers, Selection, Training and Discipline

Section 590.010 - Definitions.

Section 590.020 - Peace officer license required, when — classes of officers established — no license required, when.

Section 590.030 - Basic training, minimum standards established — age, citizenship and education requirements established by director — issuance of a license — federal Rap Back program, agencies to enroll.

Section 590.040 - Minimum hours of basic training required.

Section 590.050 - Continuing education requirements.

Section 590.060 - Minimum standards for training instructors and centers — licensure of instructors — background check required, when.

Section 590.070 - Commissioning and departure of peace officers, director to be notified — immunity from liability, chief executive officer, when.

Section 590.075 - Candidates for commissioning, chief executive officer to request copy of notifications under 590.070 — certified copy prior to commissioning.

Section 590.080 - Discipline of peace officers, grounds — complaint filed, hearing.

Section 590.090 - Suspension of a license, when, procedure.

Section 590.100 - Denial of an application, when — review process.

Section 590.110 - Investigation of denial of licensure, procedure.

Section 590.118 - Peace officer investigations made available to hiring law enforcement agencies.

Section 590.120 - Peace officer standards and training commission established — members, qualifications, appointment — terms — duties — removal from office — vacancies — chairperson, appointment — rules and regulations, authority.

Section 590.145 - Highway patrol academy fund created — use of funds therein.

Section 590.178 - Peace officer standards and training commission fund established.

Section 590.180 - Licensure status of peace officer inadmissible in determining validity of arrest — open records of peace officers.

Section 590.190 - Rulemaking authority.

Section 590.192 - Critical incident stress management program, purpose — services to be provided — requirements — confidentiality of information — fund created, use of moneys.

Section 590.195 - Violations, penalty.

Section 590.200 - School protection officers, POST commission duties — minimum training requirements.

Section 590.205 - School protection officer training, POST commission to establish minimum standards — list of approved instructors, centers, and programs — background checks — certification.

Section 590.207 - Firearm out of control of school protection officer, penalty.

Section 590.210 - Disaster or emergency, retired peace officers may be utilized.

Section 590.500 - Certain law enforcement officers' right of appeal from disciplinary actions, procedure.

Section 590.501 - Certification removal of officer, hearing requirements, time limitation — exception.

Section 590.502 - Administrative investigation or questioning of law enforcement officer — definitions — conduct of investigation or questioning, requirements — suspension, due process rights, procedure — violation remedy.

Section 590.650 - Racial profiling — minority group defined — reporting requirements — annual report — review of findings — failure to comply — funds for audio-visual equipment — sobriety check points exempt.

Section 590.653 - Civilian review board — powers, duties.

Section 590.700 - Definitions — recording required for certain crimes — may be recorded, when — written policy required — violation, penalty.

Section 590.750 - Department to have sole authority to regulate and license advisors — commissioning of advisors — minimum liability insurance — acting without a license, penalty — rulemaking authority — application procedure.

Section 590.805 - Respiratory choke-hold, limitation on use of.

Section 590.1040 - Peer support counseling session communications, confidentiality of — definitions — applicability.

Section 590.1265 - Citation of law — definitions — use-of-force incidents reporting, standards and procedures — publication of report data — analysis report.

Section 590.1265 - Citation of law — definitions — use-of force incidents reporting, standards and procedures — publication of report data — analysis report.