The in-service training requirements for Iowa law enforcement officers are found at Iowa Administrative Code section 501-8.1.

Requirements include:

• Annual firearms training.

• National crime information center (NCIC) certification

• Hazard communications.

• Hazardous materials.

• Bloodborne pathogens.

• Implicit bias/de-escalation training.

• Mental health training.

• CPR training.

• Mandatory reporter training.

• General training: 12 hours of law-enforcement related in-service training as determined by the employing agency administrator.

PLS training can be used to help satisfy:

• Hazard communications.* Hazard communication is an OSHA requirement requiring employers to disclose hazardous substances in the workplace.

• Hazardous materials.*

• Bloodborne pathogens.*

• Implicit bias/de-escalation training.*

• Mental health training.*

• General training: 12 hours of law-enforcement related in-service training as determined by the employing agency administrator.

* Denotes curriculum that has been reviewed and approved by the Iowa Law Enforcement Academy.

Yes. Many agencies use PLS online training to satisfy ILEA’s in-service training requirements found at 501 Iowa Administrative Code section 8.1.

“In-service training programs, specialized classes, or other courses of instruction that are not Iowa law enforcement academy instructor certifying schools, may be developed and instructed by any individual deemed qualified by the law enforcement agency administrator.” Iowa Administrative Code section 501-8.2.

PLS’s curriculum on the following topics has been reviewed and approved by the ILEA:

• Hazard communications

• Hazardous materials

• Bloodborne pathogens

• Implicit bias/de-escalation training

• Mental health training

Yes. To help law enforcement agencies satisfy the requirement under Iowa Administrative Code section 501-8.1, PLS provides one hour of ILEA-approved mental health training each year.

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Yes. To assist agencies with CALEA training requirements, PLS periodically provides the following lessons:

• Racial Profiling/Bias-Based Policing

• Ethics

• Arrest and Detention of Foreign Nationals

• Sexual Harassment

• Mental Illness

PLS offers at least 20 one-hour lessons per year in Iowa.

Each online lesson is designed to take one hour to complete.

PLS online training has distinct advantages over classroom training. Online training: a) provides expert attorney perspectives at a fraction of the cost of their in-person presence; b) allows officers to learn at their own pace when it is convenient ; c) engages lesson takers with interactive questions and answers; d) promotes better retention of information; e) puts the entire department “on the same page;” f) allows a lesson taker to retake a lesson for review; g) is easy to administer; and h) maintains automated computerized records of each officer’s training.

Officers may quickly and easily bookmark a lesson if called away. In addition, the lesson will automatically bookmark the page after 10 minutes of inactivity. When the officer returns to the lesson, he/she simply logs back in and is returned to the bookmarked page.