Creating an additional regional training option for the basic law enforcement academy.

SB 5958 creates two additional annual basic law enforcement training classes at a regional academy in the largest city of any Washington county with over 300,000 residents. It appropriates $5 million from the general fund for the 2026-2027 fiscal year to cover these new classes, which are in addition to existing training. The bill requires the Criminal Justice Training Commission to track and report average student wait times annually to the legislature. This provision expires July 1, 2045.