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POST briefs JFAC on funding, tuition repayment and plans to modernize basic training delivery
Summary
The Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) administrator described funding pressures, steadying revenue and a working group to consider changes to basic training delivery as enrollment recovers; POST also explained tuition repayment agreements for recruits who leave within two years.
The administrator for Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) told the Joint Finance and Appropriations Committee on Feb. 12 that POST faces continuing funding pressure even as some revenue streams have improved and enrollment in basic academies begins to recover.
Brad Johnson, POST administrator, described the agency’s role in providing basic training, certification and oversight for multiple law-enforcement disciplines. He explained that POST is funded largely by dedicated fees — including a $15 court fee, fingerprint and filing fees, academy tuition, dormitory fees and a 1.5% transfer from annual liquor revenue established by House Bill 469 (2022) — and said those revenues had declined for several years, prompting…
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