Authority: IC 11-8-2-5; IC 11-12-4-1

Affected: IC 11-12-4-1

Sec. 5. (a) Each sheriff shall establish a written training and staff development plan for all jail employees. This plan shall be:

1. (1) based on the jail's manual of policies and procedures; and
2. (2) evaluated and revised as needed annually.

(b) Each new jail officer, including part-time staff, shall receive the following:

1. (1) A minimum of eighty (80) hours of orientation and training at the jail prior to job assignment.
2. (2) An additional forty (40) hours certified training during the first year of employment. This training must include annual training in suicide prevention, intervention, and mental health issues.

The forty (40) hours of certified training in the first year of employment shall be received through the Indiana law enforcement training board. Each jail officer shall receive sixteen (16) hours of training each subsequent year to ensure compliance with these standards.

(c) In addition to the training required in subsection (b), each jail commander shall receive a minimum of twenty-four (24) hours of documented training each calendar year.

(d) All personnel authorized to use firearms shall be trained on a continuing in-service and documented firearms training course. Failure to qualify for firearm use shall be deemed just cause for administrative reevaluation to include dismissal. Other compliance factors are as follows:

1. (1) No employee shall be authorized by the sheriff to use firearms until that employee has been given training in the legal requirements of firearm use and the legal aspects of the use of deadly force.
2. (2) Detailed training records are required and shall be maintained on all firearms training.

(e) Each sheriff shall include training as a budget item in the annual budget request to pay for this required training.

(f) A training file shall be maintained for each jail employee.

(Department of Correction; 210 IAC 3-1-5; filed Jul 27, 1981, 10:30 a.m.: 4 IR 1810; readopted filed Nov 15, 2001, 10:42 a.m.: 25 IR 1269; readopted filed Jul 6, 2007, 2:54 p.m.: 20070725-IR-210070277RFA; filed Sep 11, 2012, 2:30 p.m.: 20121010-IR-210110741FRA; readopted filed Oct 2, 2018, 8:46 a.m.: 20181031-IR-210180366RFA; readopted filed Nov 21, 2024, 3:21 p.m.: 20241218-IR-210230836RFA)