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Committee backs bill letting retired law-enforcement instructors teach enhanced concealed-carry legal courses
Summary
A House committee voted to send House Bill 48 to the floor with a "do pass" recommendation after testimony that retired officers bring valuable real-world experience to the required legal instruction for enhanced concealed-weapon permits.
A House committee voted to send House Bill 48 to the floor with a do-pass recommendation. The bill would allow retired law-enforcement instructors to continue teaching the legal-instruction portion of the state's enhanced concealed-weapon permit (CWP) course after they have left active employment.
Representative Charlie Shepherd (District 7) told the committee the bill addresses an instructor shortage and restores what he described as an oversight in the original statute. "What this bill does is it gives the ability for retired law enforcement instructors to continue instructing after they no longer work for a…
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