Missouri Lesson Summaries
MISSOURI ONLINE LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING
Equip officers with the knowledge and skills to make good decisions with PLS Legal Update, an online state-specific training system. Our comprehensive and interactive lessons are written to provide officers in Missouri with legal update, technical, and interpersonal skills training. We aim to reduce liability exposure and foster confident and effective decision-making, keeping officers current on recent and relevant state and federal court cases.
PLS Legal Update is sponsored by the St. Louis County and Municipal Police Academy (CMPA) and is Missouri POST-certified through that sponsorship.
PLS Missouri Legal Update is exclusively designed for law enforcement officers in Missouri. Our lessons cater to specific challenges in your state and highlight state-specific cases from local law enforcement agencies, ensuring a focused and tailed learning experience.
KEY FEATURES
State Specific Training
PLS is the only provider of state-specific legal update training for Missouri law enforcement officers.
We offer implicit bias, racial profiling, and de-escalation training to satisfy Missouri-specific training requirements.
New Lessons Every Year
New lessons every month to keep officers up to date.
Interactive Training
Engaging training platform to bring training to life and provide a dynamic learning experience.
BENEFITS
Improve Decision Making
Enhance the ability of law enforcement officers to confidently and effectively apply the law in real-time situations.
Satisfy POST Training Requirements
PLS Legal Update training is approved for in-service training credit with Missouri POST.
Ensure Evidence Admissibility
Ensure your officers know how to apply the latest court rulings regarding searches, seizures, and interrogations so the evidence they obtain is admissible.
Reduce Liability Exposure
Prevent civil lawsuits by ensuring officers understand and comply with state and federal constitutional law.
Enhance Critical Thinking
Strengthen critical thinking skills through dialogue, debate, and peer discussion, analyzing specific aspects of the target cases in PLS lessons.
Build Respect for the Law
Build respect and understanding for the law.
Explore how PLS Legal Update can empower law enforcement officers at your agency
LESSON PACKAGES
22-Hour Package
18-Hour Package
12-Hour Package
22-Hour Package
The PLS 22-hour Missouri law enforcement officer lesson package includes a minimum of the following each year:
- 2 hours of legal training;
- 2 hours of technical skills training;
- 2 hours of interpersonal perspectives training;
- 1 hour of de-escalation training;
- 1 hour of implicit bias training; and
- 1 hour of racial profiling training designed to help satisfy the requirements under Missouri Revised Statutes section 590.050.1.
The remaining hours will consist of other legal, interpersonal perspectives, and technical skills training.
To assist agencies with CALEA training requirements, this package will generally include the following additional lessons each year: ethics, arrest and detention of foreign nationals, harassment, and mental illness.
This package will include some repeat lessons designed to fulfill mandated training requirements.
18-Hour Package
The PLS 18-hour Missouri law enforcement officer lesson package includes a minimum of the following each year:
- 2 hours of legal training;
- 2 hours of technical skills training
- 2 hours of interpersonal perspectives training;
- 1 hour of de-escalation training.
- 1 hour of implicit bias training; and
- 1 hour of racial profiling training designed to help satisfy the requirements under Missouri Revised Statutes section 590.050.1.
The remaining hours will consist of other legal, interpersonal perspectives, and technical skills training.
To assist agencies with CALEA training requirements, this package will periodically include the following additional lessons each year: ethics, arrest and detention of foreign nationals, harassment, and mental illness.
This package will include some repeat lessons designed to fulfill mandated training requirements.
12-Hour Package
The PLS 12-hour Missouri law enforcement officer lesson package includes a minimum of the following each year:
- 2 hours of legal training;
- 2 hours of technical skills training
- 2 hours of interpersonal perspectives training;
- 1 hour of de-escalation training.
- 1 hour of implicit bias training; and
- 1 hour of racial profiling training designed to help satisfy the requirements under Missouri Revised Statutes section 590.050.1.
The remaining hours will consist of other legal, interpersonal perspectives, and technical skills training.
This package will include some repeat lessons designed to fulfill mandated training requirements.
