) intervention team’ refers to local coalition with a “( ‘Crisis purpose of improving the manner in which law enforcement and the community respond to crisis situations in which an individual is experiencing a mental health or addictive disorder crisis. ( ) assistance center council’ refers to a council ‘Technical established by the Law Enforcement Training Council in conjunction with the mental health courts and the Department of Mental Health to support the development and sustainability of local crisis intervention teams.” SECTION 2. Chapter 23, Title 23 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding: 232355. (A) A law enforcement officer who is Class “Section 1LE certified in this State is required to complete Continuing Law Enforcement Education Credits (CLEEC) in mental health or addictive disorders each year of a threeyear recertification period. The number of required annual CLEEC hours in mental health or addictive disorders shall be determined by the council, but must be included in the forty CLEEC hours required over the threeyear recertification period. The training must be provided or approved by the academy and the Technical Assistance Training Council and must include, but is not limited to, the following curriculum: responding to crime scenes, responding to crisis situations in which an individual is experiencing a mental health or addictive disorder crisis, Fourth Amendment issues, incident report writing, determining primary aggressors, dual arrests, victim and offender dynamics, victims’ resources, victims’ rights issues, interviewing techniques, mental health courts and mental health court programs, offender treatment programs, and recognizing special needs populations. (B) The council shall develop guidelines to provide for an exemption from the requirement of certain Class 1LE certified law enforcement officers whose job responsibilities may not include responding to mental health or addictive disorder crisis cases from completing CLEEC hours in mental health or addictive disorders each year. The request for an exemption must be made by the chief executive officer of the law enforcement officer’s employing agency. A waiver or exemption from mental health or addictive disorders training must not reduce the forty CLEEC hours required over the threeyear period.”
“( ) ‘Crisis intervention team’ refers to local coalition with a purpose of improving the manner in which law enforcement and the community respond to crisis situations in which an individual is experiencing a mental health or addictive disorder crisis. ( ) ‘Technical assistance center council’ refers to a council established by the Law Enforcement Training Council in conjunction with the mental health courts and the Department of Mental Health to support the development and sustainability of local crisis intervention teams.” SECTION 2. Chapter 23, Title 23 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding: “Section 232355. (A) A law enforcement officer who is Class 1LE certified in this State is required to complete Continuing Law Enforcement Education Credits (CLEEC) in mental health or addictive disorders each year of a threeyear recertification period. The number of required annual CLEEC hours in mental health or addictive disorders shall be determined by the council, but must be included in the forty CLEEC hours required over the threeyear recertification period. The training must be provided or approved by the academy and the Technical Assistance Training Council and must include, but is not limited to, the following curriculum: responding to crime scenes, responding to crisis situations in which an individual is experiencing a mental health or addictive disorder crisis, Fourth Amendment issues, incident report writing, determining primary aggressors, dual arrests, victim and offender dynamics, victims’ resources, victims’ rights issues, interviewing techniques, mental health courts and mental health court programs, offender treatment programs, and recognizing special needs populations. (B) The council shall develop guidelines to provide for an exemption from the requirement of certain Class 1LE certified law enforcement officers whose job responsibilities may not include responding to mental health or addictive disorder crisis cases from completing CLEEC hours in mental health or addictive disorders each year. The request for an exemption must be made by the chief executive officer of the law enforcement officer’s employing agency. A waiver or exemption from mental health or addictive disorders training must not reduce the forty CLEEC hours required over the threeyear period.”
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