All licensed peace officers and reserve officers must successfully complete a minimum of 48 hours of continuing education to maintain their peace officer license. It is the responsibility of the licensed officer to ensure their continuing education requirements are met.
Each officer shall complete a minimum of four hours in all four core curricula areas. The core curricula areas are identified as:
Legal Studies
Interpersonal Perspectives
Technical Studies
Skill Development - A minimum of four hours of some type of Firearms Skill Development training must be completed every three year reporting period.
Once the core curricula area requirements (minimum of four hours in each) are satisfied, the remaining 32 hours may come from any of the four core curricula areas.
A minimum of 24 hours must come from a source identified as a POST Approved Provider, like the Law Enforcement Academy, and the statement "Approved Provider" must appear on your training certificate.
Every peace or reserve officer commissioned, licensed, and with the authority to enforce motor vehicle or traffic laws shall obtain at least one credit hour of continuing education training regarding racial profiling each calendar year. To meet this requirement, in-service racial profiling training courses must be pre-approved by POST or must be delivered by an Approved Provider.
The first date officers licensed in 2006, 2007, and 2008 (reporting period # 5) will be required to report their Continuing Education Hours will be Dec. 31, 2011. Their next reporting date will be every reporting period there after.
Helpful links with further explanation include:
If you have any questions regarding continuing law enforcement education requirements, please contact a representative of the POST Program by calling (573) 751-4905 or by e-mail at post@dps.mo.gov.
Continuing education is offered through the Law Enforcement Academy on a per class basis or yearly contract. Please click here for information about the CEU Contract.
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