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Committee OKs bill letting officers earn in‑service credits by working in schools
Summary
A Senate committee voted to send House Bill 2802 to the full Senate with a recommendation that it pass. The bill would allow West Virginia’s Law Enforcement Professional Standards (LEPS) Committee to credit officers’ required in‑service hours for time spent working in schools on safety programs.
A Senate committee on an unspecified date voted to report House Bill 2802 to the full Senate with a recommendation that it pass.
House Bill 2802 would amend Chapter 30 to allow the Law Enforcement Professional Standards (LEPS) Committee to adopt a method by which active law‑enforcement officers can earn a portion of their statutorily required in‑service training hours by teaching or otherwise working in K‑12 school safety programs. Under current law, every officer must complete at least 16 hours of in‑service training (with supervisory officers required to take an additional…
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