00 SENATE BILL NO. 3 01 "An Act relating to the Alaska Police Standards Council; requiring a peace officer to 02 attempt to de-escalate a situation and use alternative non-lethal methods of engagement 03 before discharging a firearm; and requiring a peace officer to provide an oral warning 04 before discharging a firearm." 05 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 06  * Section 1. AS 18.65.220 is amended by adding a new subsection to read: 07 (b) The council shall adopt regulations that require a police officer, probation 08 officer, parole officer, municipal correctional officer, or correctional officer to 09 (1) attempt to de-escalate a situation and exhaust all alternative non- 10 lethal methods of engagement before discharging a firearm at or in the direction of 11 another person; and 12 (2) provide an oral warning to a person against whom deadly force is 13 intended to be used before discharging a firearm, if providing the oral warning is safe 14 to attempt. 01  * Sec. 2. AS 18.65.240(a) is amended to read: 02 (a) A person may not be appointed as a police officer, except on a 03 probationary basis, unless the person (1) has satisfactorily completed a basic program 04 of police training approved by the council, which includes at least 12 hours of 05 instruction regarding domestic violence and at least 12 hours of instruction regarding 06 sexual assault, as those terms are defined in AS 18.66.990, and instruction in use of  07 de-escalation techniques and alternative non-lethal methods of engagement  08 before discharging a firearm at or in the direction of another person, and (2) 09 possesses other qualifications the council has established for the employment of police 10 officers, including minimum age, education, physical and mental standards, 11 citizenship, moral character, and experience. The council shall prescribe the means of 12 presenting evidence of fulfillment of these requirements.  13  * Sec. 3. AS 18.65.240(c) is amended to read: 14 (c) The council may deny or revoke the certificate of a police officer who does 15 not meet the standards adopted under (a)(2) of this section or fails to comply with the  16 regulations adopted under AS 18.65.220(b)(1) and (2). 17  * Sec. 4. AS 18.65.242(b) is amended to read: 18 (b) The council shall 19 (1) prescribe the means of presenting evidence of fulfillment of the 20 requirements set out in (a) of this section; and 21 (2) issue a certificate evidencing satisfaction of the requirements of (a) 22 of this section to an applicant who 23 (A) satisfies the requirements of (a)(1) of this section; and 24 (B) meets the minimum education standards of (a)(2) of this 25 section by satisfactorily completing a training program for municipal 26 correctional, correctional, probation, or parole officers established under 27 AS 18.65.230, including training regarding domestic violence that contains the 28 subjects set out in AS 18.66.310(d), training in use of de-escalation  29 techniques and alternative non-lethal methods of engagement before  30 discharging a firearm at or in the direction of another person, or a course 31 of instruction in another jurisdiction equivalent in content and quality to that 01 required by the council for approved municipal correctional, correctional, 02 probation, or parole officer education and training programs in this state.  03  * Sec. 5. AS 18.65.245 is amended to read: 04 Sec. 18.65.245. Denial or revocation of certificate of municipal  05 correctional, correctional, probation, or parole officer. The council may 06 (1) deny a certificate to an applicant for a municipal correctional, 07 correctional, probation, or parole officer certificate if the applicant does not meet the 08 standards adopted by the council under AS 18.65.242(a) or fails to comply with the  09 regulations adopted under AS 18.65.220(b)(1) and (2); 10 (2) revoke the certificate of a municipal correctional, correctional, 11 probation, or parole officer who, having been issued a certificate, fails to meet the 12 standards adopted by the council under AS 18.65.242(a) or fails to comply with the  13 regulations adopted under AS 18.65.220(b)(1) and (2). 14  * Sec. 6. AS 18.65.280(b) is amended to read: 15 (b) A political subdivision with an established police training program 16 meeting the requirements of AS 18.65.220(a)(2) and (3) [AS 18.65.220(2) AND (3)] 17 may exclude itself from the requirements of AS 18.65.240 by ordinance. The 18 exclusion has no effect on eligibility to receive federal or state grants. 19  * Sec. 7. AS 18.65.670(c) is amended to read: 20 (c) The commissioner of public safety may adopt regulations related to village 21 public safety officers, including minimum standards and training, criteria for 22 participation by a community, a municipality, an Alaska Native organization, or a 23 corporation, and the interaction between the Department of Public Safety and village 24 public safety officers. Regulations adopted by the commissioner of public safety under 25 this subsection may not prohibit village public safety officers who otherwise meet 26 minimum standards and training from carrying firearms. If the commissioner of public 27 safety adopts regulations regarding training for village public safety officers, at a 28 minimum, that training must include disability training that provides training in the 29 subjects set out in AS 18.65.220(a)(3) [AS 18.65.220(3)]. The commissioner of 30 corrections may adopt regulations related to the functions of village public safety 31 officers providing probation and parole supervision.