(A) New hire status.
(1) All newly hired police employee shall have a new hire status of at least one year. The new hire status may be extended for no more than six additional months or a total of 18 months. All newly hired police employees must attend the Indiana Law Enforcement Academy located in Plainfield, Indiana within the first year of employment. If the newly hired employee fails a portion or all of the training, that employee has the opportunity to pass the training course(s) a second time. If, however, the employee fails any portion of the training after the second time, the employee will be dismissed from employment.
(2) All newly hired police employees shall meet the qualifications as set forth in Indiana Code 5-2- 1. All persons appointed as law enforcement officers on or after July 6, 1972 were/are mandated to complete basic training within one year of the date they are originally sworn in as a law enforcement officer. Failure to do so results in the loss of arrest powers. Extensions of the one-year time limit can only be granted for military or other authorized leave of absence. In such cases an aggregate of time before and after the leave of absence shall be used to determine when law enforcement authority expires.
(B) Training. The Academy’s Basic course for new police officers consists of over 600 hours of training in a variety of areas. Criminal and traffic law, firearms, emergency vehicle operations, physical tactics, EMS awareness and human behavior are some of the major areas of instruction during this course. A variety of other police related subjects such as accident investigation, criminal investigation, domestic violence and sexual assault, water rescue training, Standardized Field Sobriety Test, crime prevention and drug and narcotics are included in the areas an officer must study before graduating. The course of study is designed to incorporate practical as well as classroom exercises so the officers have a better idea of how they will react to situations they will encounter when they return to their departments.
(Ord. 05-04, passed 2-28-2005)