Maine Revised Statutes Title 25. Internal Security and Public Safety § 2804-F. In-service corrections training

1. Required. As a condition to the continued employment of any person as a corrections officer by a municipality, county, the State or other nonfederal employer, that person shall successfully complete in-service training as prescribed by the board. Failure to successfully complete in-service training by a corrections officer as prescribed by the board constitutes grounds to suspend or revoke a certificate issued by the board pursuant to section 2803-A.

2. Role of board. The board shall establish in-service training requirements, consistent with subsection 1, and coordinate delivery of in-service training. The in-service recertification training requirements must include information on new laws and court decisions. The board shall consider and encourage the use of telecommunications technology in the development and delivery of in-service training programs. In establishing the recertification training requirements, the board shall cooperate with the state and local departments and agencies to which the in-service requirements apply to ensure that the standards are appropriate. In-service training may not be applied to satisfy in-service recertification training requirements unless it is approved by the board.

3. Provisions of in-service training. In-service training programs that meet the requirements established under subsection 2 or 5 or other in-service training may be provided by the Maine Criminal Justice Academy or the agency employing the corrections officer.

4. Credit for continuing education.The board may grant in-service training credits to be applied to in-service recertification training requirements for courses completed at accredited colleges and universities.

5. Additional certifications. The board shall establish additional in-service training requirements for corrections officers and corrections supervisors who are responsible as part of their official job duties for transferring or conveying from one place to another individuals who are confined in a jail, prison or state correctional facility pursuant to an order of a court or as a result of an arrest. These in-service training requirements must include training on the use of nondeadly or deadly force, or in directing a private person in the use of such force, that is used or directed outside of a jail, prison or state correctional facility. A corrections officer or corrections supervisor who fails to complete this in-service training is not justified in using or directing the use of force under Title 17-A, section 107-A, subsections 1, 2 and 4.