PRINTER'S NO. 1639
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No. 1212
Session of
2024
INTRODUCED BY A. WILLIAMS AND KANE, MAY 28, 2024
REFERRED TO LAW AND JUSTICE, MAY 28, 2024
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 53 (Municipalities Generally) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, in employees, providing for mandatory
3 firearms training for certain law enforcement agencies.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Title 53 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
7 Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
8 § 2173. Mandatory firearms training for certain law enforcement
9 agencies.
10 (a) General rule.--An officer in a law enforcement agency
11 located in a county of the second class A with a population
12 between 565,000 and 600,000 according to the 2020 Federal
13 decennial census shall undergo and complete mandatory in-service
14 firearms training courses conducted by a certified law
15 enforcement firearms instructor at least four times each year.
16 (b) Documentation.--
17 (1) A certified law enforcement firearms instructor and
18 a law enforcement agency's chief officer shall be responsible
19 for producing and maintaining documentation of any in-service
 1 firearms training courses an officer completes, including the
2 number of rounds fired, the officer's scores and the firearms
3 used in training.
4 (2) Documentation issued under this section shall be
5 documented in the commission's Training and Certification
6 System within 30 days of the end of each calendar year,
7 including an officer's primary duty weapon qualification to
8 maintain certification as an officer.
9 (c) Penalty.--An officer who fails to complete the training
10 requirements under this section shall be placed on
11 administrative leave until the requirements have been met.
12 (d) Definitions.--As used in this section, the following
13 words and phrases shall have the meanings given to them in this
14 subsection unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
15 "Certified law enforcement firearms instructor." A firearms
16 instructor authorized by the commission to conduct firearms
17 training to a police officer within this Commonwealth.
18 "Law enforcement agency." A public agency of a municipality
19 or county having general police powers and charged with making
20 arrests in connection with the enforcement of criminal or
21 traffic laws.
22 "Officer." A police officer employed by a law enforcement
23 agency.
24 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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