Delaware § 8405 - Mandatory training; exceptions.

§ 8405. Mandatory training; exceptions.

(a) Except as provided in subsection (e) of this section, every municipality or other governmental unit of this State employing or intending to employ police officers shall require their attendance at an approved school. Every such municipality, other governmental unit or the University of Delaware or Delaware State University shall require that no person be given or accept an appointment as a police officer unless such person has successfully completed the required police training and education course at an approved school.

(b) [Repealed.]

(c) All police officers and all persons seeking permanent appointment as a police officer shall undergo training to assist them in identifying symptoms of mental illness, mental disability, and/or physical disability and in responding appropriately to situations involving persons having a mental illness, mental disability, and/or physical disability. The training must include instruction concerning the interaction between police officers and minors that have a mental illness, mental disability and/or physical disability.

(d) A component of training for all persons enrolled in an approved school must be a course in the detection, prosecution, and prevention of sexual assault. Such evidence-based training must be victim-centered, and trauma-informed.

(e) [Repealed.]

11 Del. C. 1953, §  8406;  57 Del. Laws, c. 261;  57 Del. Laws, c. 670, §  1D;  63 Del. Laws, c. 31, §  1;  67 Del. Laws, c. 230, §§  1, 2;  68 Del. Laws, c. 330, §  5;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;  72 Del. Laws, c. 367, §  3;  75 Del. Laws, c. 292, §  1;  80 Del. Laws, c. 55, §  1;  83 Del. Laws, c. 37, § 12;  84 Del. Laws, c. 149, § 1;