PENNSYLVANIA, July 7 - PRINTER'S NO. 982

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

SENATE BILL

No.

790

Session of

2021

INTRODUCED BY FONTANA, HUGHES, CAPPELLETTI, COSTA, STREET, KANE

AND MUTH, JULY 7, 2021

REFERRED TO LAW AND JUSTICE, JULY 7, 2021

AN ACT

Amending Title 53 (Municipalities Generally) of the Pennsylvania

Consolidated Statutes, in employees, further providing for

police training.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1. Section 2167 of Title 53 of the Pennsylvania

Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a subsection to read:

§ 2167. Police training.

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(a.1) ABLE training.--A municipality shall ensure that the

police department provides training in Active Bystandership for

Law Enforcement, known as ABLE training, to each municipal

police officer on a biennial basis by completing a course

approved by the commission.

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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.

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