N.H. Code Admin. R. Pol 403.01
Annual In-Service Training
Effective Sep 7, 2023#4437, eff 6-22-88; ss by #5836, eff 6-15-94; ss by #7302, eff 6-8-00; ss by #9168, INTERIM, eff 6-3-08, EXPIRES: 11-30-08; ss by #9224, eff 8-1-08; ss by #12041, eff 11-16-16; ss by #13737, eff 9-7-23Police Standards & Training Council
(a) Annually, each certified police, corrections, or probation/parole officer, in order to maintain their certification, shall complete 2 hours each of the following mandatory in-service training, on each of the following topics:
- (1) Implicit bias and cultural response;
- (2) Ethics; and
- (3) De-escalation.
(b) Annually, each certified police, corrections, or probation/parole officer shall complete, in addition to the above mandated 6 hours of in-service training:
- (1) Beginning on January 1, 2023, an additional 4 hours of in-service training, for a total of 10 hours of in-service training required for 2023, exclusive of firearms, first aid, or defensive tactics, sanctioned by the agency or the council;
- (2) Beginning on January 1, 2024, an additional 6 hours of in-service training, for a total of 16 hours of in-service training required for 2024, exclusive of firearms, first aid, or defensive tactics, sanctioned by the agency or the council;
- (3) Beginning on January 1, 2025, an additional 8 hours of in-service training, for a total of 24 hours of in-service training required for 2025 exclusive of firearms, first aid, or defensive tactics, sanctioned by the agency or the council; and
- (c) Training requirements shall be completed by officers attending in-service training at PSTC, by attending law enforcement training through 3rd party vendors, by attending local agency classes or by completing on-line. In the case of local agency classes, the records requirements under Pol 403.01(d) shall apply.
- (d) The hiring authority shall submit to the council 30 days after the conclusion of each calendar year a certification that it has complied with this requirement, and shall retain in its files for 5 years a copy of the lesson outlines and attendance rosters of any training relied upon to satisfy the requirement.
Source. #4437, eff 6-22-88; ss by #5836, eff 6-15-94; ss by #7302, eff 6-8-00; ss by #9168, INTERIM, eff 6-3-08, EXPIRES: 11-30-08; ss by #9224, eff 8-1-08; ss by #12041, eff 11-16-16; ss by #13737, eff 9-7-23