Standard Basic Training Curricula and Objectives

PURPOSE: This rule establishes a training curriculum and training objectives for each class of peace officer license. PUBLISHER’S NOTE: The secretary of state has determined that the publication of the entire text of the material which is incorporated by reference as a portion of this rule would be unduly cumbersome or expensive. This material as incorporated by reference in this rule shall be maintained by the agency at its headquarters and shall be made available to the public for inspection and copying at no more than the actual cost of reproduction. This note applies only to the reference material. The entire text of the rule is printed here. (1) The Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) Commission shall develop a mandatory basic training curriculum for each class of peace officer license. The minimum number of training hours for each class of peace officer license shall be as follows: (A) Class A. Six hundred (600) hours; (B) Class A-HP. One thousand (1,000) hours; (C) Class A-CC. One thousand (1,000) hours; (D) Class B. Four hundred eighty (480) hours; (E) Class C. One hundred twenty (120) hours; (F) Class R. Two hundred ninety-seven (297) hours; and (G) Class S. Four hundred eighty (480) hours. (2) The mandatory basic training curriculum for each license class shall— (A) Describe the training objectives that a trainee must complete in order to qualify for that class of license; (B) Designate any training objective that must be taught by a particular type of specialist instructor; (C) Assign each training objective to a specific subject area (rules of evidence, civil process, cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), shotgun qualification, fingerprint evidence, etc.); (D) Specify the minimum number of hours of instruction required to complete each subject area, with each hour equal to fifty (50) minutes of classroom instruction; and (E) Include training in the subject areas of— 1. Officer well-being, including mental health and/or physical health awareness; 2. Fair and impartial policing practices, including implicit bias recognition; 3. Handling persons with mental health or cognitive impairment issues; and 4. Tactical training, which must include one (1) or more of the following areas: deescalation techniques, crisis management, critical thinking, or social intelligence. (3) The director shall retain at the headquarters of the Department of Public Safety a document entitled “Mandatory Basic Training Curricula,” which shall set forth all basic training curricula developed pursuant to this rule, and which is hereby incorporated by reference into this rule. A copy of the “Mandatory Basic Training Curricula” shall be made available to any interested person at a cost not to exceed the actual cost of the reproduction of a copy. The publisher: Missouri Peace Officer Standards and Training Commission, Lewis and Clark State Office Building, 4th Floor West, Jefferson City, MO 65101, dated December 15, 2004. This rule does not incorporate any subsequent amendments or additions. AUTHORITY: sections 590.030, 590.040, and 590.190, RSMo 2016.* Original rule filed May 1, 2002, effective Oct. 30, 2002. Amended: Filed April 25, 2003, effective Oct. 30, 2003. Amended: Filed Jan. 15, 2004, effective July 30, 2004. Amended: Filed Dec. 15, 2004, effective June 30, 2005. Amended: Filed July 1, 2008, effective Dec. 30, 2008. Amended: Filed Dec. 3, 2015, effective May 30, 2016. Amended: Filed March 10, 2017, effective Sept. 30, 2017. *Original authority: 590.030, RSMo 2001, amended 2009; 590.040, RSMo 2001, amended 2005, 2007, 2014; and 590.190, RSMo 2001, amended 2007.