UCA 53-6-202 Annual Training
UCA 53-6-202 Annual Training Requirement
Effective 5/1/2024
(4) (a) All peace officers shall satisfactorily complete the basic training course or the
waiver process provided for in this chapter as well as annual certified training of
not less than 40 hours as the director, with the advice and consent of the council, directs.
(b) A peace officer who fails to satisfactorily complete the annual training described in Subsection (4)(a) shall automatically be prohibited from exercising peace officer powers until any deficiency is made up.
(c) The annual training described in Subsection (4)(a) shall include training focused on arrest control and de-escalation training.
(5) (a) Beginning July 1, 2024, all peace officers who are currently employed shall participate in a training at least every three years focused on the following:
(i) mental health and other crisis intervention responses;
(ii) intervention responses for mental illnesses, autism spectrum disorder, and other neurological and developmental disorders; and
(iii) responses to sexual traumas and investigations of sexual assault and sexual abuse in accordance with Section 53-10-908.
(b) Any training in which a peace officer participates as described in Subsection (5)(a)
shall count toward the peace officer’s 40-hour required annual training described in
Subsection (4)(a) for the year in which the peace officer participated in the training.
(6) (a) The director or the director’s designee, in coordination with the council, shall
promulgate the standards for the trainings described in Subsection (4).
(b) The chief law enforcement officer or executive officer of the peace officer’s
employing agency shall determine if a peace officer has complied with the standards established under Subsection (6)(a).
Last updated 2 September, 2024