§2404.3. Minimum training requirements for auxiliary officers; basic curriculum; annual training

            A.(1) In order to be certified as an auxiliary officer, a person shall successfully complete a minimum of one hundred hours of core curriculum for basic peace officers as prescribed by the council. The maximum number of hours required for auxiliary officer training under this Section shall not exceed one hundred twenty hours. The auxiliary officer shall pass an examination approved by the council within one calendar year of initial volunteer service with a sheriff's department.

            (2) This curriculum shall be created by the council with courses including but not limited to legal definitions, stop and frisk, Miranda rights, arrests, elements of probable cause determinations, firearm training, officer survival skills, de-escalation strategies, use of force, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, and first aid. This curriculum may be taught at the auxiliary officer's affiliated sheriff's department by a P.O.S.T. certified trainer.

            (3) For the purpose of this Chapter, "auxiliary officer" means an individual who has volunteered his service to a sheriff's department to assist in preserving public safety and has been certified as an auxiliary officer by the council. An auxiliary officer shall serve under the supervision of a P.O.S.T. certified deputy sheriff.

            (4) The responsibilities of an auxiliary officer may include duties such as event security and traffic direction, including but not limited to funeral processions, athletic contests and sporting events, parades, festivals, or other similar activities, as supplemental or additional personnel. An auxiliary officer may not effect an arrest, issue citations, or conduct searches and seizures unless he is under the direct supervision of a P.O.S.T. certified deputy sheriff.

            B. All reserve and auxiliary peace officers shall successfully complete a minimum of twenty hours of in-service training requirements prescribed by the council on an annual basis. All initial training requirements shall be completed within the first calendar year after receiving P.O.S.T. certification and annually thereafter.

            Acts 2025, No. 336, §1.