A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to study allowing military personnel who have completed military  police training for any branch of the United states armed forces to receive credit toward completion of the basic law enforcement training required by the north carolina department of justice, Division of criminal justice education and training standards commission.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  The Department of Justice shall study the feasibility and implications of allowing candidates for law enforcement certification to be given credit towards completion of the basic law enforcement training requirements by substituting prior military police officer training and service for required coursework. The study shall examine the cost effectiveness, efficiency, liability, and any other issue arising from the substitution of prior military training, for required basic law enforcement training, that may affect the quality of training of candidates for law enforcement certification.
SECTION 2.  The Department of Justice shall report its findings to the Joint Legislative Corrections, Crime Control, and Juvenile Justice Oversight Committee no later than February 1, 2010.  Along with its findings, the Department of Justice shall make recommendations for changes in policies and submit any recommended legislation for changes in the General Statutes.
SECTION 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law.