7-32-214. Basic training program required. (1) No reserve officer may be authorized to function as a representative of a law enforcement agency performing general law enforcement duties after 2 years from the original appointment unless the reserve officer has satisfactorily completed a minimum 88-hour basic training program which must include but need not be limited to the following course content:
     (a) introduction and orientation--1 hour;
     (b) police ethics and professionalism--1 hour;
     (c) criminal law--4 hours;
     (d) laws of arrest--4 hours;
     (e) criminal evidence--4 hours;
     (f) administration of criminal law--2 hours;
     (g) communications, reports, and records--2 hours;
     (h) crime investigations--3 hours;
     (i) interviews and interrogations--2 hours;
     (j) patrol procedures--6 hours;
     (k) crisis intervention--4 hours;
     (l) police human and community relations--3 hours;
     (m) juvenile procedures--2 hours;
     (n) defensive tactics--4 hours;
     (o) crowd control tactics--4 hours;
     (p) firearms training--30 hours;
     (q) first aid--10 hours; and
     (r) examination--2 hours.
     (2) The law enforcement agency is responsible for training its reserve officers in accordance with minimum training standards established by the Montana board of crime control.

     History: En. 11-1852 by Sec. 2, Ch. 85, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 11-1856(2),(3).