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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(1) There is hereby created the Board of Emergency Telecommunications Standards and Training, which shall consist of twelve (12) members and shall operate with the administrative assistance of the Office of Law Enforcement Planning, Department of Public Safety.
(2) The Board of Emergency Telecommunications Standards and Training shall consist of one (1) representative from each of the following: the Law Enforcement Training Academy; the State Fire Academy; the Mississippi Chapter of the Associated Public Safety Communications Officers, Incorporated; the Mississippi Chapter of the National Emergency Number Association; the State Board of Health, Emergency Medical Services Division; the Mississippi Justice Information Center; the Mississippi Sheriff's Association; the Mississippi Law Enforcement Officers' Association; the Mississippi Fire Chief's Association; the Mississippi Association of Chiefs of Police; the Mississippians for Emergency Medical Service Association; and a representative from the county wherein a nuclear facility is located. Each member organization shall have one (1) vote in the selection of training programs, for a total of twelve (12) votes. A majority vote shall decide all matters brought before the board.
(a) The initial term limits of the board shall be according to the following:
(i) Associated Public Safety Communications Officers' appointee, one (1) year.
(ii) Mississippi Law Enforcement Officers' Association appointee, one (1) year.
(iii) Mississippi Fire Chief's Association appointee, one (1) year.
(iv) National Emergency Number Association appointee, two (2) years.
(v) Mississippi Sheriff's Association appointee, two (2) years.
(vi) Mississippians for Emergency Medical Service Association appointee, two (2) years.
(vii) Mississippi Association of Chiefs of Police appointee, two (2) years.
(viii) The county wherein is located a nuclear facility shall have one (1) appointee for two (2) years.
(b) After the initial period, each appointee of the associations listed above shall serve for terms of four (4) years each, but may be replaced at any time by the association appointing such representative.
(c) The remaining four (4) members of the board shall serve at the discretion of the director of the agency represented.
(3) Members of the board shall serve without compensation but shall be entitled to receive reimbursement for any actual and reasonable expenses incurred as a necessary incident to such service, including mileage, as provided in Section 25-3-41, Mississippi Code of 1972.
(4) There shall be a chairman and a vice chairman of the board elected by and from the membership of the board. The board shall adopt rules and regulations governing times and places for meetings and governing the manner of conducting its business, but the board shall meet at least every six (6) months.
(5) The Director of the Office of the Board on Law Enforcement Standards and Training shall call an organizational meeting of the board not later than thirty (30) days after July 1, 1993.
(6) The board shall report annually to the Governor and the Legislature on its activities and may make such other reports as it deems desirable.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Mississippi Code Title 19. Counties and County Officers § 19-5-351 - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ms/title-19-counties-and-county-officers/ms-code-sect-19-5-351/
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