Effective: September 12, 2022
Latest Legislation: House Bill 99 - 134th General Assembly
(A) The executive director of the Ohio peace officer training commission, on behalf of the commission and in accordance with rules promulgated by the attorney general, shall certify persons who have satisfactorily completed approved training programs designed to qualify persons for positions as special police, security guards, or persons otherwise privately employed in a police capacity and issue appropriate certificates to such persons. Application for approval of a training program designed to qualify persons for such positions shall be made to the commission. An application for approval shall be submitted to the commission with a fee of one hundred twenty-five dollars, which fee shall be refunded if the application is denied. Such programs shall cover only duties and jurisdiction of such security guards and special police privately employed in a police capacity when such officers do not qualify for training under section 109.71 of the Revised Code. A person attending an approved basic training program administered by the state shall pay to the agency administering the program the cost of the person's participation in the program as determined by the agency. A person attending an approved basic training program administered by a county or municipal corporation shall pay the cost of the person's participation in the program, as determined by the administering subdivision, to the county or the municipal corporation. A person who is issued a certificate for satisfactory completion of an approved basic training program shall pay to the commission a fee of fifteen dollars. A duplicate of a lost, spoliated, or destroyed certificate may be issued upon application and payment of a fee of fifteen dollars. Such certificate or the completion of twenty years of active duty as a peace officer shall satisfy the educational requirements for appointment or commission as a special police officer or special deputy of a political subdivision of this state.
(B)(1) The executive director of the Ohio peace officer training commission, on behalf of the commission and in accordance with rules promulgated by the attorney general, shall certify basic firearms training programs, and shall issue certificates to class A, B, or C licensees or prospective class A, B, or C licensees under Chapter 4749. of the Revised Code and to registered or prospective employees of such class A, B, or C licensees who have satisfactorily completed a basic firearms training program of the type described in division (A)(1) of section 4749.10 of the Revised Code.
Application for approval of a basic firearms training program shall be made to the commission. An application shall be submitted to the commission with a fee of one hundred dollars, which fee shall be refunded if the application is denied.
A person who is issued a certificate for satisfactory completion of an approved basic firearms training program shall pay a fee of ten dollars to the commission. A duplicate of a lost, spoliated, or destroyed certificate may be issued upon application and payment of a fee of five dollars.
(2) The executive director, on behalf of the commission and in accordance with rules promulgated by the attorney general, also shall certify firearms requalification training programs and instructors for the annual requalification of class A, B, or C licensees under Chapter 4749. of the Revised Code and registered or prospective employees of such class A, B, or C licensees who are authorized to carry a firearm under section 4749.10 of the Revised Code. Application for approval of a training program or instructor for such purpose shall be made to the commission. Such an application shall be submitted to the commission with a fee of fifty dollars, which fee shall be refunded if the application is denied.
(3) The executive director, upon request, also shall review firearms training received within three years prior to November 23, 1985, by any class A, B, or C licensee or prospective class A, B, or C licensee, or by any registered or prospective employee of any class A, B, or C licensee under Chapter 4749. of the Revised Code to determine if the training received is equivalent to a basic firearms training program that includes twenty hours of handgun training and five hours of training in the use of other firearms, if any other firearm is to be used. If the executive director determines the training was received within the three-year period and that it is equivalent to such a program, the executive director shall issue written evidence of approval of the equivalency training to the licensee or employee.
(C) There is hereby established in the state treasury the peace officer private security fund, which shall be used by the Ohio peace officer training commission to administer the training program to qualify persons for positions as special police, security guards, or other private employment in a police capacity, as described in division (A) of this section, and the training program in basic firearms and the training program for firearms requalification, both as described in division (B) of this section. All fees paid to the commission by applicants for approval of a training program designed to qualify persons for such private police positions, basic firearms training program, or a firearms requalification training program or instructor, as required by division (A) or (B) of this section, by persons who satisfactorily complete a private police training program or a basic firearms training program, as required by division (A) or (B) of this section, or by persons who satisfactorily requalify in firearms use, as required by division (B)(2) of section 4749.10 of the Revised Code, shall be transmitted to the treasurer of state for deposit in the fund. The fund shall be used only for the purpose set forth in this division.
(D)(1) Subject to division (D)(2) of this section, no public or private educational institution or superintendent of the state highway patrol shall employ a person as a special police officer, as a security guard, or for a similar law enforcement or security position, who has not received a certificate of having satisfactorily completed an approved basic peace officer training program, unless the person has completed twenty years of active duty as a peace officer.
(2) Division (D)(1) of this section does not apply to a person who is employed by a school district board of education or governing body of a community school established under Chapter 3314. of the Revised Code, STEM school established under Chapter 3326. of the Revised Code, or chartered nonpublic school and who has been authorized by a board or governing body to voluntarily go armed within a school safety zone within which the board or governing body has authority, if both of the following apply with respect to the employment and person:
(a) The person is within the category of persons authorized to go armed within a school safety zone specified under division (D)(1)(d) of section 2923.122 of the Revised Code.
(b) The person is not being employed as a special police officer or security officer.
(E) The general assembly, in amending division (D) of this section pursuant to H.B. 99 of the 134th general assembly, hereby declares that the purpose of those amendments is to expressly overrule the decision of the Ohio Supreme Court in the case Gabbard v. Madison Local School Dist. Bd. of Edn., Slip Opinion No. 2021-Ohio-2067.
Last updated June 30, 2022 at 9:09 AM
Structure Ohio Revised Code
Chapter 109 | Attorney General
Section 109.01 | Election - Term.
Section 109.02 | Duties as Chief Law Officer.
Section 109.03 | Appointment of Assistant Attorney General and Chief Counsel - Duties.
Section 109.04 | Powers and Duties of First Assistant Attorney General.
Section 109.07 | Special Counsel.
Section 109.08 | Special Counsel to Collect Claims.
Section 109.081 | Attorney General Claims Fund.
Section 109.082 | Problem Resolution Officers for Tax Collection Complaints.
Section 109.09 | Action on Official Bonds.
Section 109.10 | Proceedings in Quo Warranto.
Section 109.11 | Attorney General Reimbursement Fund.
Section 109.111 | Attorney General Court Order Fund.
Section 109.112 | Notice of Receipt of Funds; Disposition of Funds.
Section 109.12 | Legal Advice to State Officers and Boards.
Section 109.121 | Real Property Title Review and Opinion.
Section 109.122 | Review of Entertainment or Sponsorship Contracts of Expositions Commission.
Section 109.13 | General Assembly May Require Written Opinions.
Section 109.14 | Attorney General Shall Advise Prosecuting Attorneys and Township Law Directors.
Section 109.15 | Forms of Contracts.
Section 109.16 | Suits May Be Brought in Franklin County.
Section 109.17 | Writs in Other Counties.
Section 109.18 | Service by Publication.
Section 109.19 | Security for Costs and Verification of Pleadings.
Section 109.20 | Actions to Be Taken Out of Their Order.
Section 109.21 | Moneys Paid Into General Revenue Fund.
Section 109.22 | Registers Shall Be Kept.
Section 109.23 | Charitable Trust Defined.
Section 109.231 | Prohibited Administrative Acts.
Section 109.232 | Amendment of Governing Instrument of Trust.
Section 109.24 | Investigating Transactions and Relationships of Trustees of Charitable Trust.
Section 109.25 | Attorney General Is Necessary Party to Charitable Trust Proceedings.
Section 109.26 | Registration of Charitable Trusts.
Section 109.27 | Administrative Rules.
Section 109.28 | Inspection of Register of Charitable Trusts.
Section 109.29 | Courts to Furnish Information Relating to Charitable Trusts.
Section 109.31 | Trustee's Annual Report to Attorney General.
Section 109.32 | Charitable Law Fund.
Section 109.34 | Notice of Transactions by Nonprofit Health Care Entity.
Section 109.35 | Approval or Disapproval of Proposed Transactions.
Section 109.36 | Defense of Officers and Employees Definitions.
Section 109.361 | Defense of State Officer or Employee in Civil Action.
Section 109.363 | Employer to Provide Written Report and Information.
Section 109.364 | Denial of Representation.
Section 109.365 | Information Obtained Is Privileged.
Section 109.366 | Administrative Rules.
Section 109.37 | Legal Representation of Correctional Employee.
Section 109.40 | Compilation of Statutes Relative to Obscenity.
Section 109.41 | Claiming Escheated Property.
Section 109.42 | Compilation of Statutes Relative to Victim's Rights.
Section 109.43 | Public Records Training Programs - Model Public Records Policy.
Section 109.46 | Domestic Violence Program Fund.
Section 109.51 | Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation Created.
Section 109.511 | Felony Conviction Precludes or Terminates Employment.
Section 109.52 | Operation and Maintenance of Bureau.
Section 109.53 | Equipment of Bureau.
Section 109.54 | Cooperation of Other Governmental Agencies.
Section 109.541 | Powers and Duties of Bureau.
Section 109.542 | Investigative Personnel Are Peace Officers.
Section 109.55 | Coordination of Law Enforcement Work and Crime Prevention Activities.
Section 109.57 | Duties of Superintendent.
Section 109.571 | National Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact.
Section 109.572 | Criminal Records Check.
Section 109.573 | DNA Laboratory - Databases.
Section 109.574 | Volunteers Have Unsupervised Access to Children Definitions.
Section 109.575 | Information Provided by Volunteers Having Access to Children.
Section 109.576 | Notice of Volunteer's Conviction.
Section 109.577 | Immunity From Civil Liability.
Section 109.578 | Criminal Records Check.
Section 109.579 | Criminal Records Check.
Section 109.5721 | Retained Applicant Fingerprint Database.
Section 109.58 | Standard Fingerprint Impression Sheet.
Section 109.59 | Fingerprint Impressions and Other Descriptive Measurements.
Section 109.60 | Forwarding Fingerprints and Descriptions to Bureau - Annual Methamphetamine Report.
Section 109.61 | Sheriff or Chief of Police to Forward Information to Bureau.
Section 109.63 | Superintendent May Testify.
Section 109.65 | Missing Children Clearinghouse - Missing Children Fund.
Section 109.66 | Publication of Statistical Data on Trafficking in Persons.
Section 109.68 | Establishment of Statewide Sexual Assault Examination Kit Tracking System.
Section 109.69 | Reciprocity Agreement.
Section 109.71 | Ohio Peace Officer Training Commission Created - Definitions.
Section 109.72 | Members - Organization.
Section 109.73 | Rule Recommendations.
Section 109.731 | Prescribed Forms.
Section 109.74 | Attorney General May Adopt and Promulgate Rules and Regulations.
Section 109.742 | Rules Governing Training of Peace Officers in Crisis Intervention.
Section 109.743 | Administrative Rules.
Section 109.745 | Training for Investigating and Handling Crime of Trafficking in Persons.
Section 109.746 | Public Awareness Programs Regarding Trafficking in Persons.
Section 109.748 | Rules Governing the Training of Tactical Medical Professionals to Carry Firearms.
Section 109.749 | Training Materials on Restraining or Confining Pregnant Children or Women.
Section 109.75 | Powers and Duties of Peace Officer Training Commission Executive Director.
Section 109.752 | Sheriff Attending Peace Officer Basic Training Programs.
Section 109.76 | Peace Officers Not Exempted From Civil Service.
Section 109.761 | Reports of Appointment to Peace Officer Training Commission.
Section 109.77 | Certificate of Completion of Basic Training Program Necessary for Appointment.
Section 109.771 | Authority of Tactical Medical Professionals to Carry Firearms.
Section 109.79 | Ohio Peace Officer Training Academy.
Section 109.80 | Basic Training Course for Sheriffs - Continuing Education.
Section 109.801 | Annual Firearms Requalification Program.
Section 109.803 | Continuing Professional Training for Peace Officers and Troopers.
Section 109.804 | Chief of Police Training Course; Equivalency; Deferral.
Section 109.81 | Antitrust Cases - Appointment of Special Counsel.
Section 109.82 | Antitrust Section - Fund.
Section 109.83 | Investigating Organized Criminal Activity.
Section 109.84 | Investigation and Prosecution of Violation of Workers Compensation Law.
Section 109.85 | Investigation and Prosecution of Violation of Medicaid Law.
Section 109.86 | Investigation and Prosecution of Patient Abuse or Neglect.
Section 109.87 | Acts or Practices in Violation of Federal Telemarketing Laws.
Section 109.88 | Investigation, Prosecution of Telecommunications and Telemarketing Fraud.
Section 109.89 | Access and Use of National Precursor Log Exchange Information.
Section 109.90 | Collaboration in Establishment and Administration of Drug Take-Back Program.
Section 109.91 | Crime Victims Assistance Office - State Victims Assistance Advisory Council.
Section 109.92 | State Financial Assistance to Victim Assistance Programs That Operate in State.
Section 109.921 | Rape Crisis Program Trust Fund.
Section 109.93 | Attorney General Education Fund.
Section 109.94 | Attorney General May Issue Identity Fraud Passport to Victim.
Section 109.941 | Technical Assistance Regarding Identity Fraud Crimes.
Section 109.95 | Criminal Proceedings for Election Fraud.
Section 109.97 | Capital Case Status Report.
Section 109.98 | Civil Action Against State Retirement Board Member for Breach of Fiduciary Duty.
Section 109.981 | Civil Action Against Workers' Compensation Oversight Commission Member.