Law enforcement: training; mental health and law enforcement response training; require for law enforcement officers. Amends title of 1965 PA 203 (MCL 28.601 - 28.615) & adds secs. 9f & 9g. TIE BAR WITH: SB 341'25
What changed between versions
Added new training curriculum requirements including de-escalation techniques, implicit bias training, procedural justice training, behavioral health resources, crisis intervention techniques, and other evidence-based approaches.
Added specific requirements for de-escalation training to include verbal and physical tactics, objectively reasonable force levels, awareness of disabilities and mental health disorders, and methods to divert individuals from the criminal justice system.
Added new provision requiring law enforcement agencies to adopt written policies on de-escalation techniques within 6 months of the amendatory act's effective date.
Added requirement for commission to promulgate rules including a tiered system of license sanctions up to revocation for officers who refuse to comply with training requirements.
Added new definition for 'behavioral health' to clarify it means treatment of mental health disorders and substance use disorders.
Modified document header and page numbers to reflect the bill's status as a substitute version (S-1) rather than the original introduced bill.