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Utah Code Title 53. Public Safety Code § 53-6-107. General duties of council

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(1) The council shall:

(a) advise the director regarding:

(i) the approval, certification, or revocation of certification of any certified academy established in the state;

(ii) minimum courses of study, attendance requirements, and the equipment and facilities to be required at a certified academy;

(iii) minimum qualifications for instructors at a certified academy;

(iv) the minimum basic training requirements that peace officers shall complete before receiving certification;

(v) the minimum basic training requirements that dispatchers shall complete before receiving certification; and

(vi) categories or classifications of advanced in-service training programs and minimum courses of study and attendance requirements for the categories or classifications;

(b) recommend that studies, surveys, or reports, or all of them be made by the director concerning the implementation of the objectives and purposes of this chapter;

(c) make recommendations and reports to the commissioner and governor from time to time;

(d) choose from the sanctions to be imposed against certified peace officers as provided in Section 53-6-211, and dispatchers as provided in Section 53-6-309;

(e) establish and annually review:

(i) minimum use of force standards for all peace officers in the state;

(ii) minimum standards for officer intervention and the reporting of police misconduct based on Section 53-6-210.5; and

(iii) the best practices for investigating sexual assaults;

(f) in consultation with the Utah Victim Services Commission's subcommittee on rape and sexual assault created in Subsection 63M-7-903(5)(b), create and, if necessary, annually update a model sexual assault investigation policy based on the best practices established in Subsection (1)(e)(iii) that can be adopted and used by a law enforcement agency; and

(g) perform other acts as necessary to carry out the duties of the council in this chapter.

(2) The council may approve special function officers for membership in the Public Safety Retirement System in accordance with Sections 49-14-201 and 49-15-201.

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