State law and rule changes on peace officer certification and decertification, each cited to official sources. https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker 2026-10-15T00:00:00Z United States Council for Law & Investigation CC BY 4.0, United States Council for Law & Investigation https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/washington#wsr-26-19 2026-10-15T00:00:00Z

WSR 26-19-053 updates WAC 139-11 on de-escalation training under the Law Enforcement Training and Community Safety Act (LETCSA). WSR 26-19-054 rewrites WAC 139-12, the LETCSA criteria for independent investigations, into new sections 139-12-040 to -120. The rule text was not compared line by line for this page. For officers: Independent investigations under LETCSA now follow the rewritten WAC 139-12.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/california#reg-1003 2026-10-01T00:00:00Z

Regulation 1003 sets how agencies report officer appointments and separations to POST under PC 13510.9. The May 21, 2025 amendment realigned the Affidavit of Separation (POST 2-357) with PC 13510.9(d) and set how POST is notified of convictions that disqualify a person under Gov. Code 1029. The amendment effective October 1, 2026 clarifies who must file the Attestation of Peace Officer Eligibility (POST 2-356) and the Affidavit of Separation. For officers: What your agency reports on the Affidavit of Separation goes to POST and can start a certification review.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/maryland#ch-612-2026 2026-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Law enforcement officer” here means a sworn member of a law enforcement agency of Maryland, another state, a political subdivision, or the federal government. Under 3-535, an officer “may not” wear a face covering while performing duty in the State except as authorized in the uniform policy adopted by the Commission. The section does not apply to an officer actively engaged in an undercover operation. A face covering is an opaque mask, garment, helmet, or headgear that conceals or obscures the face, such as a balaclava, ski mask, neck gaiter, or tactical mask. Clear shields, medical and surgical masks, breathing apparatus, underwater gear, motorcycle helmets, laser-protective eyewear, religious garments, tactical protective gear, and items needed for occupational safety or a reasonable accommodation are excluded. Under 3-536, an officer on duty in the State “shall” wear the agency name, the officer’s last name, and a badge or ID number on the outermost layer of clothing, and “shall” state them on request. Plainclothes, nonuniformed, and undercover officers are exempt from 3-536. For officers: On duty in Maryland in uniform, wear your agency, last name, and badge or ID number on your outer layer, and cover your face only as the Commission’s policy allows.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/ohio#oac-109-2-1-13 2026-09-14T00:00:00Z

The rule adds up to 2 hours of basic training on interacting with people with dementia. Officers who began basic training before April 3, 2023 “shall have two years from July 1, 2024” to give the executive director proof that they completed the training. That deadline, July 1, 2026, falls before the rule took effect. An officer who does not comply must stop carrying a firearm and stop performing peace-officer functions until proof is filed. The executive director may extend the deadline on a written request that explains emergency circumstances. For officers: If you began basic training before April 3, 2023, make sure proof of dementia training is on file with OPOTC.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/arizona#ch-179-2026 2026-09-12T00:00:00Z

New A.R.S. 38-1106(J) applies when two things happen. A hearing officer, administrative law judge, or appeals board finds a termination was without just cause and the employer does not reinstate the officer. Then a superior court action under 38-1107 also finds no just cause. The employer “shall pay” the officer’s taxable costs, reasonable attorney fees, and expert fees for both appeals. The act also reletters the section and adds a cross-reference to the 38-1119 definition of the Rule 15.1 database. The duty to send the final disposition to a prosecutor for that database already existed. For officers: If you win twice on a wrongful termination and are not reinstated, your employer pays your fees.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/arizona#ch-88-2026 2026-09-12T00:00:00Z

An agency, employer, or political subdivision “may not” retaliate against an employee for testifying in an in-camera disclosure proceeding under 38-1106(E). It also “may not prohibit or obstruct” an employee, including a designated subject matter expert, from testifying in an administrative or court proceeding on a disciplinary appeal (now 38-1106(Q)). Other edits are wording only. For officers: Coworkers can testify in your discipline appeal without being blocked by the agency.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/arizona#ch-32-2026 2026-09-12T00:00:00Z

New A.R.S. 41-1822(A)(8): “beginning January 1, 2027” the Board “shall” set up an alternative certification pathway for honorably discharged veterans who served as military police. The pathway must accept existing military police training and experience toward AZPOST requirements, allow a shorter AZPOST program on Arizona law, procedures, and community policing, and require passing the Board’s certification exam. Applicants must still meet all moral character, medical, psychological, and background requirements. The Board “shall” process complete applications within 60 days. Former subsections (B) to (F) were relettered (D) to (H). The pathway is not yet available on October 19, 2026. For officers: If you served as military police, a shorter route to AZPOST certification opens in 2027; background and fitness standards stay the same.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/texas#tcole-hb33-rules 2026-09-01T00:00:00Z

Rule 211.16 requires every agency to have access to a breaching tool and a ballistic shield, clarifies what an agency’s active-shooter policy must contain, and requires certain agencies to have a Public Information Officer, who has one year from assignment to get the certificate. It also sets factors for whether a new or existing agency provides public benefit to the community. Rule 211.29 requires chief administrators to report people who do not meet minimum enrollment or licensing standards, and to report school active-shooter response evaluations. Rule 218.3 requires supervisors to take incident command training each 2-year unit, and reserves and public security officers to complete ALERRT training each 4-year cycle, with ALERRT Level 1 due by August 31, 2029. For officers: Supervisors should log incident command training in each 2-year unit; reserves should plan for ALERRT Level 1 by August 31, 2029.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/texas#rule-223-20 2026-09-01T00:00:00Z

Implements Occ. Code 1701.5011, added in 2023: TCOLE may suspend a license for up to 90 days without a hearing if the person is an imminent threat to public health, safety, or welfare, but the rule applies only when that person is an agency chief administrator or the chief administrator is unable to make a fitness-for-duty determination (223.20(a)). A hearing at the State Office of Administrative Hearings follows. For officers: An emergency suspension order must be set for hearing within 10 days; be ready to contest it there.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/missouri#hb1866-2026 2026-08-28T00:00:00Z

New 590.100.2: the director “shall have cause to deny” an application for a peace officer license, or for entry into basic training, when the applicant had a peace officer license or certification that was revoked or surrendered. This covers Missouri licenses as well as those from elsewhere. Revocation elsewhere was already a cause to deny: since 2023 it has been a cause to discipline under 590.080.2(8), and 590.100.1 lets the director deny on any cause to discipline. The new subsection adds surrender, and reaches Missouri revocations and surrenders without a separate finding of cause to discipline. It is a cause to deny, not a bar: the director “may” still grant the application on probation, and a denial can be appealed to the Administrative Hearing Commission. For officers: A license you surrendered, in Missouri or elsewhere, can now be used to deny a later application.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/colorado#hb26-1312 2026-08-12T00:00:00Z

Basic certification requirements “must” now include that the officer is at least 21 (C.R.S. 24-31-305(1)(a)(V)). No statutory age minimum existed before. The act’s title speaks of age 21 to pass P.O.S.T. exams; the enacted text puts it in the certification requirements. The Board grows from 24 members. The act says “twenty-eight members,” but the Attorney General, the FBI Denver special agent in charge, the public safety executive director, and 26 governor appointees add up to 29. The appointees include a local government representative, 5 chiefs, 5 sheriffs, 6 line officers, a line-officer organization representative, 2 state-agency officers, 3 non-law-enforcement members, academy directors, and a reserve-officer organization executive. A revoked person “shall not” be appointed to the Board or approved as a skills instructor. P.O.S.T. “shall not” approve an academy whose instructor was revoked after September 1, 2026. The 2026 session ended May 13, 2026, so the act took effect August 12. For officers: If your certification was ever revoked, you cannot teach skills at a P.O.S.T. academy or serve on the Board.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/colorado#sb26-120 2026-08-12T00:00:00Z

A person seeking certification, or renewal of an expired certification under 24-31-305(1.7), “shall” complete public safety department training on missing-person alerts. P.O.S.T. “shall” add it to basic, reserve, and renewal training (new 24-31-319(3)). For officers: If you are renewing an expired certification, expect the missing-person alert course.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/massachusetts#c163-2026 2026-08-05T00:00:00Z

Section 2 adds M.G.L. c.12 s.11I 5/6: a state-law action for damages and equitable relief against “every person” who, under color of any state or federal law, deprives someone of federal constitutional rights. Any defense available under 42 U.S.C. 1983, including qualified immunity, is equally available. Section 7 adds c.147 s.64, effective 30 days after the act: state and local officers “shall” not ask about immigration status except for a documented, articulable, case-specific reason tied to human trafficking (c.265 ss.50 to 52) or a felony under investigation, and “shall” not take part in federal civil immigration enforcement, with exceptions. Section 1 requires the governor to publish guidelines for state agencies and private entities, including on verifying the identity and authority of officers doing civil immigration enforcement. The act does not change c.6E or POST certification. For officers: You can be sued under state law for violating federal constitutional rights, with the same defenses as in federal court.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/minnesota#c59-2026 2026-08-01T00:00:00Z

A “formal statement” now means questioning an officer to obtain “information” to be used as a basis for discipline or as evidence in a disciplinary proceeding. Before, it meant obtaining a recorded, stenographic, or signed statement to be used as evidence. A complete record of each session “must” now be made by electronic recording; the “or otherwise” option is struck. The officer still gets a free copy or transcript on request. For officers: More questioning sessions now count as formal statements under the Discipline Procedures Act, and each one must be recorded electronically.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/washington#wsr-26-13-044 2026-07-12T00:00:00Z

Updates the CJTC rule on service of documents (WAC 139-06-080) and conforms WAC 139-06-150 to RCW 43.101.105. For officers: No change to your obligations.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/florida#cjstc-2026-rules 2026-07-02T00:00:00Z

Sexual harassment as a moral character violation now follows the federal definition in 29 C.F.R. 1604.11 and no longer requires physical contact or misuse of official position. The penalty guideline for an unprofessional relationship becomes prospective suspension to revocation. A medical review officer must review and sign all drug screen results. Several forms are revised, including the Employment Background Investigative Report, and the forms drop the separate Railroad Police employment class; F.S. 943.10 still counts railroad special officers as law enforcement officers. For officers: Harassing conduct without physical contact can now cost your certification.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/virginia#c1131-2026 2026-07-01T00:00:00Z

The acts numbered the new section 19.2-83.6:1. The Code publishes it as 19.2-83.6:2, because 19.2-83.6:1 is now the duty to render aid (2026 ch. 583). Under it, “no law-enforcement officer shall” wear a facial covering that conceals, obscures, or covers the face while performing official duties. This covers Virginia officers under 9.1-101 and “any full-time or part-time employee of a federal law-enforcement agency.” A facial covering is an opaque mask, garment, helmet, or headgear that hides a substantial part of the face to conceal identity, such as a balaclava, tactical mask, gaiter, or ski mask. Exceptions: clear shields or masks that do not conceal identity; N95 or surgical masks; protection from toxins, smoke, or severe weather; underwater gear; motorcycle helmets, or other coverings when agency policy allows, while using a vehicle that requires a helmet, lowered or removed before engaging a person; laser-protective eyewear; SWAT or tactical teams on tactical duty; and undercover, drug, gang, or surveillance units where the agency decides identity protection is necessary. For officers: On duty in Virginia, display your name or ID and your agency unless the budget exemption covers your unit, and check whether your agency has a written facial-covering policy.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/new-york#ch55-2026-face-coverings 2026-06-26T00:00:00Z

New Civil Rights Law article 10 (sections 100 to 102) bars police officers, peace officers, and federal law enforcement officers from wearing a face covering that conceals their identity while interacting with the public on duty. Items that are not face coverings include clear face shields, medical masks, protective gear against smoke or other hazards, ballistic gear, religious garments, and masks for active undercover operations. Uniformed officers must visibly display their agency’s name and at least one identifier, such as a name, badge number, or shield number. Officers not in uniform must wear a visible agency identifier. The ID rule does not apply to undercover work, covert surveillance, investigations that identification would compromise, some protective details, or medical and emergency protective equipment. A willful violation is a violation for a first offense and a misdemeanor after that. The former article 10 was renumbered article 15. Challenges to the law’s coverage of federal officers were not checked for this page. For officers: Keep your agency name and an identifier visible, and wear a face covering with the public only if a listed exception applies.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/florida#sb-156 2026-06-16T00:00:00Z

F.S. 776.051 now bars a person from using or threatening force to resist an arrest, a detention, or an officer performing official duties as described in 943.10(1), if the officer acted in good faith. The good-faith condition already existed; the act adds a definition of good faith as sincere and reasonable efforts to follow the law, even if the act is later found unlawful, and adds detention and replaces “execution of a legal duty” with official duties as described in 943.10(1). Former subsection (2), which said an officer, or a person the officer summoned to assist, is not justified in using force if the arrest or execution of a legal duty is unlawful and known to be unlawful, is deleted. The act also raises penalties for offenses against officers. For officers: The statute no longer says force is unjustified for an arrest you know is unlawful; check your agency’s use-of-force policy before relying on the change.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/washington#eshb-2508 2026-06-11T00:00:00Z

The Office of Independent Investigations now has jurisdiction over deadly force and over “any death that occurs during or after any other use of force by an involved officer if the use of force may have caused or contributed” to the death. Covered agencies now include jails and detention facilities, and notice rules are revised. The office’s investigative records are confidential and exempt from the Public Records Act until referral to a prosecutor for a charging decision, and noninvestigative records that implicate privacy are exempt. For officers: A death after any use of force, not only deadly force, can bring an independent investigation.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/colorado#hb26-1276 2026-06-04T00:00:00Z

P.O.S.T. “shall” set training standards on officer compliance with C.R.S. 24-76.6-102 (new 24-31-303(1)(v)). Officers certified as of July 1, 2026 “shall” complete the training before December 31, 2027. That deadline provision repeals July 1, 2028; the standards duty stays. For officers: Finish the immigration detainer training by the end of 2027.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/colorado#sb26-190 2026-06-03T00:00:00Z

For a use of force causing death, within 21 days the agency “shall” make reasonable efforts to find the decedent’s immediate family and give them the recordings, unless they decline. If there is a misconduct complaint arising from the death, it then “shall” release the recordings to any requester after that 21-day period. When all investigations and any criminal case are complete, the recordings “shall” go to the family on request. For complaints not involving a death, the existing 21-day release rule now sends recordings “to the person who made the request” rather than “to the public” (C.R.S. 24-31-902(2)). The act re-enacts 16-2.5 Part 3. The duty to keep multi-agency investigation protocols for officer shootings and deaths dates from 2015 and is carried over. New: the family must be notified within 24 hours after the scene is cleared. New 16-2.5-303 bars investigating officers from prejudicial public statements and requires disclaimers on edited briefing videos. For officers: If you are investigating a use-of-force death, do not make public statements that could prejudice the case.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/texas#rules-217-1-211-30 2026-06-01T00:00:00Z

Rule 217.1 grants a 180-day provisional license to military members, veterans, and spouses who are licensed in good standing in another state or whose TCOLE license went inactive within the last 5 years, implementing SB 1818 (2025) and Occ. Code 55.004. Rule 211.30 now allows waiver requests for disqualifying Class C misdemeanors; the 2025 amendment required waiver packets to include the personal history statement and background investigation report. For officers: Military applicants licensed in another state can work on a provisional license while the full application is processed.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/ohio#oac-109-2-1-12 2026-05-29T00:00:00Z

Under the old rule, an officer out of service for 1 to 4 years had a year after re-appointment to finish a refresher course and could work in the meantime. An officer out more than 4 years had to complete the full basic course again. Now a gap of more than 1 year but less than 4 needs up to 40 hours of refresher training, and a gap of more than 4 years needs 80 hours. The officer may be appointed but may not carry a firearm or perform peace-officer functions until the executive director verifies completion. The rule drops the old exemption for National Guard members and reservists returning from mobilization, and the old 90- to 180-day extension procedure. It also sets out certification by endorsement under SB 131 (see below) and adds a path for current and former State Highway Patrol troopers who completed the Patrol academy. Each certification path in paragraph (B) requires passing the state certification exam, though former troopers already serving as peace officers may be reappointed without it. For officers: If you have been out of service for more than a year, finish the refresher before you carry a firearm or work.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/colorado#hb26-1123 2026-05-27T00:00:00Z

New mandatory ground in C.R.S. 24-31-904(1)(a)(VI): P.O.S.T. “shall” permanently revoke if an administrative law judge, hearing officer, or internal investigation finds the officer committed sexual assault, unlawful sexual contact, or invasion of privacy for sexual gratification against a person in a county or municipal jail. The act also requires body-camera tagging of jail strip searches and yearly sheriff reports to the Division of Criminal Justice. Those reporting duties end in 2031. For officers: An internal finding of sexual misconduct against someone in jail now ends your certification permanently.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/new-york#ch55-2026-bivens 2026-05-27T00:00:00Z

New Civil Rights Law section 85 lets a person sue anyone who, under color of federal or state law, deprives them of rights secured by the U.S. Constitution. The legislative findings focus on claims against federal officials, but the text covers any person acting under color of law. A court may award compensatory and nominal damages, punitive damages where the violation is malicious, wanton, willful, or in reckless disregard of the plaintiff’s rights, injunctive and declaratory relief, and attorneys’ fees to a prevailing plaintiff. The section reaches back to January 1, 2025; for violations before the effective date, only nominal and compensatory damages are available. Claims against judges for judicial acts are limited. For officers: State and local officers can now be sued under a state law, alongside federal civil rights suits, for constitutional violations.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/colorado#sb26-095 2026-05-19T00:00:00Z

The annual in-service programs “must” now include “a two-hour training to improve a peace officer’s understanding of the impact of trauma on victim-survivors of crimes” and how best to respond (C.R.S. 24-31-315(1)(a)). For officers: The trauma-informed module is part of your required in-service content.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/washington#2ssb-5974 2026-04-30T00:00:00Z

Certification is now a condition of employment “or of holding office,” and the option of an exemption is struck (43.101.095(1)). Sheriffs, police chiefs, and marshals must be at least 25, have 5 years of full-time law enforcement employment, have no conduct meeting the mandatory revocation criteria, and be certified within 9 months of taking office (RCW 35.21.333; 36.28.025). For chiefs and marshals, the age rule is new and the experience rule rises from 2 years. For sheriffs, the old rule required only basic training within 12 months of taking office. Sheriff candidates need a State Patrol background check, and CJTC posts whether each passed. A sheriff’s office, or any elected law enforcement office, becomes vacant if the incumbent does not keep certification or is decertified by a final CJTC decision (RCW 36.28.210; 42.12.010(9)). For all hires, background investigations must be completed within the prior 6 months, and agencies that employed the person or received an application must keep and disclose application records within 30 days. CJTC “shall” (was “may”) set background standards. Background files are confidential, but whether a background was passed or failed is public (43.101.095(8)). An officer whose certification was denied, revoked, or surrendered and not reinstated “in this state or any other state may not serve in any role” as an officer (43.101.115(4)). For officers: A revocation or surrender in another state that has not been reinstated now bars you from any officer role in Washington; check the new rules before seeking a sheriff, chief, or marshal post.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/pennsylvania#act-5-2026 2026-04-12T00:00:00Z

The Public School Code definition of State System of Higher Education “campus police” changes. It used to cover personnel who had completed an approved campus police course of training. It now covers personnel who “are certified as police officers under 53 Pa.C.S. Ch. 21 Subch. D.” Title 53 already counted State System campus police as police officers (2162, since Act 121 of 2022), and the old School Code text already referred to training approved under Subchapter D. The act repeals the councils of trustees’ power to authorize campus police firearms and voids existing trustee resolutions that did so. New 53 Pa.C.S. 2168(f) lets Fort Indiantown Gap installation police keep their certification. They must have completed basic and in-service training, and either hold active certification or have had it lapse within 2 years while continuously employed there. For officers: State System campus police now need MPOETC certification, not only a completed training course.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/new-jersey#pl2026-c3 2026-03-25T00:00:00Z

The act covers any federal, State, county, or municipal officer. An officer “shall not wear a mask or disguise when interacting with the public” on duty. Exceptions include undercover or tactical operations, a threat of retaliation, clear face shields, medical-grade or N95 masks, smoke during a State of Emergency or cold during a weather emergency, and biological or chemical agents. Every officer “shall provide sufficient identification prior to detaining or arresting” someone: a uniform with insignia, a photo ID card, a numbered badge, or stating name and agency. The ID duty does not apply if it would compromise an authorized investigation, a supervisor decides stealth is needed, or the officer reasonably fears for their safety. The AG “shall” issue guidelines or a directive. The act has no penalty provision. For officers: Identify yourself before you detain or arrest someone, and do not cover your face unless an exception applies.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/washington#ssb-5855 2026-03-19T00:00:00Z

A law enforcement officer “shall not wear a facial covering while interacting with the public in the performance of the officer’s duties.” Officers include peace officers and federal employees or agents who can carry firearms, make warrantless arrests, and enforce criminal, customs, or immigration laws. Exceptions: undercover operatives in an active operation, SWAT protective gear, and protective equipment required or authorized under workplace safety law. Clear face shields, medical masks, respirators, and religious coverings are not facial coverings. Consistent with RCW 10.116.050, peace officers must be reasonably identifiable by a displayed name or other uniform information. A person detained in violation may sue the officer in the officer’s official capacity for damages and other relief, but an officer who was reasonably identifiable at the time is not liable. Challenges to the law’s coverage of federal officers were not checked for this page. For officers: Do not wear an opaque mask with the public unless an exception applies, and keep your name or ID visible.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/washington#esb-5068 2026-03-18T00:00:00Z

For jail and prison custody positions, agencies may consider citizens or people “legally authorized to work in the United States under federal law” (RCW 10.93.165(2)). Peace officers must still be citizens, lawful permanent residents, or DACA recipients. The mandatory weapons-prohibition ground in 43.101.105(2)(e) no longer allows denial or revocation “based solely on” a federal prohibition tied only to immigration status, where the officer could lawfully possess weapons under 18 U.S.C. 925(a)(1). Sections 2, 4, and 6 apply retroactively to individuals employed on and after March 18, 2026. For officers: A federal firearms bar based only on immigration status no longer requires revocation if you can lawfully carry on duty.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/california#reg-1216 2026-02-17T00:00:00Z

Incorporates the POST Disciplinary Guidelines (2025), which set the factors for deciding whether serious misconduct warrants suspension or revocation and give administrative law judges a framework for hearings. For officers: Read the guidelines before any certification hearing; they shape the penalty an administrative law judge recommends.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/michigan#ero-2025-2 2026-02-17T00:00:00Z

The order says the commission member who serves under section 1(1), the director of the Department of Civil Rights, “shall serve in an ex officio capacity.” That is the only new element. The order also restates rules that already applied under E.R.O. 2020-2, effective August 12, 2020. The governor’s three public appointees “must not be” law enforcement officers or tribal officers, or be employed by or affiliated with a law enforcement agency or training academy. They serve 4-year terms, and a vacancy is filled for the rest of the term. Licensing standards do not change. For officers: Nothing changes for your license.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/new-york#osi-2025-2026 2026-02-17T00:00:00Z

Where the Office of Special Investigation’s work conflicts with the Attorney General’s defense of state employees, the Attorney General may designate a deputy or assistant to act instead. The Attorney General must adopt rules that screen the prosecution team from civil-defense files on police and peace officers, and the reverse (Exec. Law 70-b(8)). New County Law 701(6), effective December 19, 2025, lets a court appoint a special district attorney when the Attorney General is disqualified; that prosecutor must issue the public report. The 2026 chapter amendment adds Exec. Law 70-b(3-a): the Attorney General must keep video and audio recordings it receives confidential. Disclosure may be delayed, at the Attorney General’s discretion, only to protect an ongoing investigation or prosecution or at the request of the decedent’s family. Redactions follow the Attorney General’s video release policy, and the subdivision does not limit access a person is otherwise lawfully entitled to. For officers: In a death investigation, footage sent to the Attorney General is held under these rules, and release can be delayed only on the listed grounds.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/virginia#6vac20-65-2026 2026-02-01T00:00:00Z

The Register says the chapter is adopted under Chapter 37 of the 2020 Acts of Assembly, Special Session I; the standards duty is now Va. Code 9.1-102(60). Every certified law-enforcement and jail officer “must” comply with eight conduct standards, such as obeying the law and agency policy, treating all people with dignity, preserving life, and upholding public trust. 6VAC20-65-30 lists the serious misconduct that warrants decertification when an officer is terminated or resigns for it and the employer reports it: dishonesty, including failing to report known exculpatory and impeachment information to a superior; abuse of power; discriminatory policing; engaging in, failing to intervene in, or failing to report excessive force; obstructing decertification reporting or investigations; and a pattern or single egregious act of reckless disregard for rights or safety. 6VAC20-65-40 sets the 48-hour deadline for the decertification form and the hearing steps. 2024 ch. 494 shaped only the appeal-hearing and recruit-form provisions. For officers: Failing to tell a superior about known exculpatory or impeachment information can now lead to decertification.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/california#ab-443 2026-01-22T00:00:00Z

PC 13510.6 requires POST to define biased conduct, including online and social media conduct. Agencies investigating a bias-related complaint must decide whether the conduct meets that definition, and in racial profiling complaints whether profiling occurred. POST must also issue guidance on internet and social media screening of applicants. Regulation 1022 adopts the definition. For officers: Social media posts can now lead to a formal bias finding, which bears on the serious-misconduct ground of demonstrating bias.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/new-jersey#pl2025-c332 2026-01-20T00:00:00Z

A permanent licensed officer with an active basic-course certification “may” get a probationary or temporary appointment as a State or county investigator for up to 120 days while training as a basic investigator. The appointment “shall remain in force” until the Commission acts on the license application, but the matching 52:17B-67.1 exception lets the officer act as an investigator for no more than 120 days from appointment. A matching exception was added to the ban on acting beyond the scope of a license. For officers: You can start work as an investigator while your new license is pending.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/new-jersey#pl2025-c243 2026-01-12T00:00:00Z

The AG “shall” review the statewide use-of-force policy every even-numbered year and hold 3 regional public hearings each time. Revisions must be “in furtherance of” core principles: the sanctity of life; reasonable measures, including de-escalation, before force; force only when objectively reasonable, necessary, and proportional, with deadly force as a last resort; and duties such as intervening, giving medical aid, and reporting. The statute does not itself impose these duties on officers; the AG policy does. The AG “shall” post compiled use-of-force data on a public website, and issue guidelines on barricaded individuals. The PTC “shall” include barricaded-individual training in all basic courses. For officers: Your agency’s force reports feed a public statewide dataset.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/california#ab-1388 2026-01-01T00:00:00Z

New PC 13510.9(e) bars agreements with officers that require destroying, removing, or concealing misconduct investigation records, halting an investigation or dictating its findings, or limiting disclosure under PC 832.7, 832.12, 1054.1, 13510.8, or 13510.85. Such provisions are void, and an agreement of this kind becomes a disclosable record under PC 832.7. For officers: A separation agreement cannot promise a clean record; any such clause is void.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/california#sb-734 2026-01-01T00:00:00Z

PC 13510.8 now bars POST from revoking certification because of a court finding under the Racial Justice Act (PC 745). POST may still act on the underlying conduct with full due process. New Gov. Code 3305.6 applies the same rule to punitive action by employers and bars using the finding as evidence in administrative appeals. For officers: A Racial Justice Act finding is not itself a ground for decertification, but the conduct behind it can be.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/california#ab-992 2026-01-01T00:00:00Z

New Gov. Code 1031.5 requires officers at POST-participating agencies, from January 1, 2031, to earn an associate or higher degree, a 60-unit modern policing degree, or a 16-unit professional policing certificate within 36 months of receiving the basic certificate. The deadline is 48 months for out-of-state officers and military veterans with less than 8 years of service, and those with 8 or more years are exempt. The requirement does not apply to anyone enrolled in a basic academy or employed as a California peace officer on December 31, 2030, or to State Department of State Hospitals officers. Gov. Code 1031 now accepts foreign degrees evaluated by members of NACES or AICE. SB 385, an urgency act effective October 1, 2025, first deleted the old deadline for POST to adopt education criteria in PC 13511.1; AB 992 made the same deletion. For officers: Current officers are exempt; recruits who enter an academy after 2030 will need the degree or certificate within 36 months.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/california#ab-847 2026-01-01T00:00:00Z

Adds sheriff civilian oversight boards and other oversight bodies created by ordinance to the bodies exempt from personnel record confidentiality in PC 832.7(a). Under Gov. Code 25303.7, board members and inspectors general get access to the personnel records they need for oversight, must keep them confidential, and a sheriff oversight board may review them in closed session. For officers: Assume a county oversight board can see your personnel file.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/california#ab-1178 2026-01-01T00:00:00Z

In a suit to compel disclosure under PC 832.7, a court reviewing a safety-based redaction must consider whether the officer currently works undercover and needs anonymity. For officers: Undercover officers should tell their agency so it can raise this factor before records are released.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/california#ab-572 2026-01-01T00:00:00Z

By January 1, 2027, law enforcement and prosecutorial agencies must have a policy for formal interviews of immediate family members of a person killed or seriously injured by a peace officer (Gov. Code 7287). Before the interview, the officer or prosecutor must give their name and agency, tell the person the status of the family member if known, explain that the interview is part of an investigation, and say the person may have a support person present. Threats and deception are barred. The policy steps do not apply when delay would risk losing evidence or an imminent public safety threat, or when equivalent or Miranda advisements were given. For officers: Give the four required statements before a formal interview of a family member, and never use deception in it.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/illinois#pa-104-0158 2026-01-01T00:00:00Z

New 705/6.5: no agency may make a final offer to a full-time, part-time, or probationary officer without a signed release directing every prior employer to produce all employment records. These include background materials, fitness-for-duty exams, performance records, conduct investigations, arrests, and convictions. Prior employers must produce them within 14 days, with up to 14 more, and sign a verification that no known records were intentionally withheld. They must also certify that they know of no other credible, verifiable, relevant, and material information reflecting negatively on the applicant. Records come unredacted except for listed identifiers, and “no nondisclosure, separation, or settlement agreement shall prevent the production.” The hiring agency “shall receive and review all materials before making a final offer.” The section yields to collective bargaining agreements already in effect, which may not be renewed or modified in conflict, and to a written State’s Attorney directive that the employer may not legally release the records. Anyone releasing records in good faith is immune (6.5(j)). The act also adds Personnel Record Review Act section 8.5 (820 ILCS 40/8.5): an agency must release a complete personnel file on another agency’s written request within 14 days, plus up to 14, and settlement or separation terms that bar production are “null and void.” Such releases are exempt from the rule that deletes discipline records more than 4 years old. Counties of at least 75,000, other than counties over 1,000,000, that lack a sheriff’s merit board must now adopt the merit system (55 ILCS 5/3-8002). For officers: A separation or settlement agreement will not keep your file from a future employer, unless a collective bargaining agreement in effect on January 1, 2026, a court sealing order, or a written State’s Attorney directive applies.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/illinois#pa-104-0084 2026-01-01T00:00:00Z

Adds “trauma-informed programs, procedures, and practices meant to minimize traumatization of the victim” to the 30-hour, 3-year in-service under 705/7(g), and adds a trauma-informed block to the basic curriculum. The hours do not change. For officers: Expect trauma-informed content in your next 3-year cycle.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/north-carolina#09a-0204-2026 2026-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Criminal Justice Commission “may suspend, revoke, or deny” certification on two new grounds. Under (b)(17), the ground is sexual activity while on duty; in an agency vehicle; on the employing agency’s premises; in uniform in a public place; with an employee the officer supervises; or with a student in a Commission-approved course the officer teaches or directs. Under (b)(18), the ground is having “been found to be untruthful during a criminal or internal formal investigation conducted by a law enforcement agency.” A finding during a rules-violation investigation by the Criminal Justice or Sheriffs’ Standards Division, or by the Company and Campus Police Administrator, also counts. The amendment drops the former ground of discharge for “any other offense involving moral turpitude.” The motor-vehicle ground remains and now refers to an officer “separated” rather than “discharged.” Both new grounds are discretionary. They apply to Criminal Justice Commission certification, not the Sheriffs’ Commission’s. For officers: A finding that you were untruthful in an internal investigation can now cost you your certification.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/new-york#ch593-2025 2025-12-05T00:00:00Z

New CSL 58(1-a): if the appointing authority finds that a candidate does not meet the MPTC psychological fitness or good moral character standards, it “may request that the local civil service commissioner remove such candidate from the eligible list,” and the commissioner “shall comply forthwith.” For officers: Failing the psychological or background screening can now take you off the civil service list.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/north-carolina#10b-0412 2025-12-01T00:00:00Z

The department head “shall submit” a Critical Incident Report, Form F-27, within 30 days of determining that an officer’s use of force caused death or serious bodily injury. The form gives the date, time, location, officer, and outcome. It tells the officer they have 30 days to ask a superior court whether they belong in the database. If the officer gives the Division no copy of a court filing in that time, the name is entered. Confidential information stays confidential. The Division keeps a statewide database for law enforcement agencies. The rule cites G.S. 17E-15 as its authority. For officers: If you are reported, you have 30 days to go to superior court before your name is entered.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/colorado#rule-2025 2025-11-15T00:00:00Z

The rulemaking puts HB25-1136 into the rules and clarifies procedures. Rule 11(i) sets a Federal Reciprocity Provisional Certification Pilot, stated as effective July 9, 2025. It “expires on December 31, 2026,” unless the Board extends it. Participants must meet C.R.S. 24-31-308: at least 1 of the preceding 3 years in good standing as the federal equivalent of a certified officer. Substantial equivalence to Colorado standards is not required, and military police count as federal officers for the pilot. For officers: If you served as a federal officer or military police and a Colorado agency hires you or gives you a notarized intent-to-hire letter, the pilot may let you certify without showing substantially equivalent training, after gap training set by the hiring agency, until the end of 2026.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/maryland#comar-12-04-09-2025-nov 2025-11-10T00:00:00Z

New .06E: for alleged misconduct involving a member of the public, the investigating unit “shall” forward its findings to the administrative charging committee (ACC) within 334 days after a public complaint “or initiation of a complaint by the law enforcement agency in the absence of a complaint by a member of the public.” The statute speaks only of public complaints. The ACC decides or asks for more investigation within 30 days, and the process ends within 395 days after a public complaint. New .06F repeats the statute’s 1-year-and-1-day charging rule for misconduct under criminal investigation. Amended .04B says that for complaints not involving the public, agencies “shall” use the Uniform State Disciplinary Matrix when a complaint results in a charge, and charges “must” be filed within 1 year and 1 day under 3-113(c). New .07B(5): an ACC “may not” administratively charge an officer who was not the subject of the investigating unit’s findings, and must instead request more investigation into that officer. For officers: A charging committee cannot charge you on another officer’s file; it must send your conduct back for its own investigation.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/texas#rule-223-19 2025-11-01T00:00:00Z

Makes revocation mandatory for any Penal Code chapter 39 abuse-of-office conviction or community supervision. Allows revocation for offenses against vulnerable people (under 18, over 65, disabled, intoxicated, or in custody) and for animal cruelty. For officers: An official oppression or other abuse-of-office conviction, or community supervision for one, now requires revocation of your Texas license.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/texas#rule-211-29-2025 2025-11-01T00:00:00Z

Implements the SB 1445 model policies: agencies must investigate misconduct allegations, submit reports to TCOLE, and keep and submit personnel and department files. For officers: A misconduct investigation continues and is reported even if you leave the agency.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/california#reg-1201-1202 2025-10-28T00:00:00Z

Clarifies the requirements for the Proof of Eligibility and the Basic Certificate, the reasons POST denies a Notice of Appointment, cancellation of a Proof of Eligibility obtained by fraud, how the public can check certification status, and terms used in serious misconduct hearings. For officers: Check that your Proof of Eligibility and certificate records are accurate; fraud in obtaining them can lead to cancellation.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/washington#wsr-25-19-056 2025-10-12T00:00:00Z

Conforms the CJTC hearing rules to SB 5224 (2025): the administrative law judge no longer issues a proposed recommendation. For officers: In a certification hearing, the panel decides without a proposed recommendation from the judge.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/maryland#ch-493-2025 2025-10-01T00:00:00Z

For an incident involving a member of the public, unless the conduct is under criminal investigation, the investigating unit “shall” forward its findings to the ACC within 334 days after the public complaint is filed. The ACC “shall” decide or ask for more investigation within 30 days, and the whole process “shall” end within 395 days of the complaint. Before, the limit was 1 year and 1 day. For misconduct an ACC does not review, the agency “shall” file any charges within 1 year and 1 day after the appropriate official, as set by agency policy, learned of it. If the misconduct is under criminal investigation, charges are due within 1 year and 1 day after the date of: a timely finding that it is not criminal, the disposition of all criminal charges, or timely notice that the prosecutor declined to charge. For officers: If your conduct is under criminal investigation, the 1-year-and-1-day charging clock starts only when the matter is found not criminal, the charges are disposed of, or the prosecutor declines to charge.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/north-carolina#09e-0111 2025-10-01T00:00:00Z

The new rule restates that failing to complete the required annual in-service topics leads to summary suspension. That has been mandatory under 09A .0206 since March 1, 2024. What is new: topics must be taken in person, through the North Carolina Justice Training and Certification portal, or at a North Carolina community college. Training that involves a motor-skills assessment or qualification must be in person with certified Specialized Instructors. Separately, 09E .0108 was amended May 1, 2025 to take in the 24-credit minimum and the option of IADLEST National Certification Program courses. Both came from 09E .0105, which was repealed November 1, 2024; they were already in that rule in 2022. For officers: Take firearms and other motor-skills in-service in person with a certified Specialized Instructor.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/ohio#hb-96-lapse 2025-09-30T00:00:00Z

New R.C. 109.77(M) says a basic-training certificate “shall not be deemed insufficient” for appointment “because of a lapse in the person’s service.” An officer re-appointed after at least 1 year out must first complete refresher training: up to 40 hours for a gap of 1 to under 4 years, and 80 hours for 4 years or more. R.C. 109.73(A)(20) has OPOTC recommend refresher rules. Before, the rule required the full basic course after more than 4 years out. The new rule took effect May 29, 2026. For officers: Returning after 4 or more years out now takes 80 hours of refresher training, not the full academy.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/ohio#hb-96-records 2025-09-30T00:00:00Z

R.C. 149.43(A)(2) is restructured. The definition of a confidential law enforcement investigatory record is renumbered, not rewritten. A new definition of “specific investigatory work product” covers information law enforcement compiles for a probable or pending criminal or civil proceeding, not routine incident reports. It stays non-public until direct appeals end, or until the matter otherwise ends or is dropped. The act sets time limits on trial preparation records and adds an exemption for attorney work product records. New exemption (yy) covers images and data from automated license-plate readers kept in a law enforcement database. The video-fee rules from HB 315 now also cover prosecutors’ offices, and a new (B)(11) bars fees for crime victims, tort-claim victims, and their counsel or insurer, on affidavit. For officers: Investigative work product compiled for a probable or pending criminal or civil case, which may include one about an officer, can stay closed until the case ends.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/arizona#ch-14-2025 2025-09-26T00:00:00Z

The employer already had to give relevant, readily available materials, including complaints, with the written notice of an interview. Now it “shall” give them “at least twenty-four hours before the interview.” There are three exceptions: the officer waives it; the employer decides an earlier interview is needed to protect the integrity of the officer’s statement; or circumstances “require the interview to be completed twenty-four hours after a major law enforcement incident.” For officers: Expect the complaint and related materials a day before your interview, unless an exception applies.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/arizona#ch-70-2025 2025-09-26T00:00:00Z

New 38-1104(E): an employer “may not” terminate an officer who is promoted above their current rank and placed on probation for failing that probation, but “may” demote them. An employer may still terminate any officer with just cause. The section does not apply to recruits promoted to officer after the academy. Lateral transfers on initial probation “may” be terminated for failing it. For officers: Failing a promotional probation now costs the promotion, not the job.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/georgia#post-probation-sop 2025-09-23T00:00:00Z

The POST Council approved a procedure under which “the Executive Director of POST now has the authority to Suspend the Certification of an Officer who is not in compliance with the conditions of their POST sanctioned probation.” The suspension lasts until the officer is back in compliance. For officers: If you are on POST probation, missing a condition can lead to suspension until you comply.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/georgia#bletc-hours 2025-09-23T00:00:00Z

In June 2024 the POST Council approved a curriculum update for the Basic Law Enforcement Training Course, “increasing the training hours to 809 hours from the 408 hours that had not seen a major curriculum update in 15 years.” On September 23, 2025, it voted a revised curriculum totaling 784 hours. POST did not state the date academies had to start using each curriculum. For officers: Recruits now face an academy of about 784 hours, nearly twice the old length.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/california#sb-805 2025-09-20T00:00:00Z

By January 1, 2026, every law enforcement agency operating in California must post a written policy requiring sworn personnel to display their agency and a name or badge number during enforcement duties, with listed exemptions such as undercover work, protective equipment that prevents display, exigent circumstances, and specific safety threats (Gov. Code 7288). From January 1, 2026, a non-uniformed officer who willfully and knowingly fails to display identification commits a misdemeanor, with further exemptions for SWAT and protective details (PC 13654). PC 13654 does not apply to an agency, or its personnel, that maintains and posts a policy under Gov. Code 7288. Both sections name federal officers; challenges to that coverage were not checked for this page. For officers: Display your agency and name or badge number during arrests, detentions, and crowd control unless an exemption in your agency’s policy applies.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/california#sb-160 2025-09-17T00:00:00Z

Gov. Code 1030 now requires agencies to run a fingerprint-based state and national criminal history check on every peace officer and applicant through the Department of Justice. The prior section required only that fingerprints be furnished to the Department of Justice and the FBI, though Gov. Code 1031(c) already required every peace officer to be fingerprinted for a search of local, state, and national files. For officers: Expect a national fingerprint check at hiring.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/illinois#ilrb-1240-repeal 2025-09-10T00:00:00Z

The Illinois Labor Relations Board repealed Part 1240, “Police Officer Decertification Proceedings,” “because amendments to the Illinois Police Training Act have transferred these proceedings to the Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board.” For officers: Decertification cases go through ILETSB, not the Labor Relations Board.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/arizona#rules-2025-sep 2025-09-05T00:00:00Z

These rules take effect 6 months after filing, as A.R.S. 41-1823(A) requires. In R13-4-105 the marijuana look-back drops from “the past two years” to “the past six months.” For a juvenile-indiscretion petition, the conduct must now have occurred more than 5 years before application, down from 10. The 7-year look-back for dangerous drugs and narcotics is unchanged. Medical exams no longer have to be done by a “Board-trained physician.” The comprehensive exam is now given in sections; a failed section may be retaken once within 7 days; before, a failed block could be retaken once before graduation and a second time within 60 days. The 12-hour annual training rule in R13-4-111 is not new. The amendment adds that the Board may reject a training course, and allows frangible or practice ammunition for firearms qualification. For officers: Applicants with older marijuana use or juvenile conduct may now qualify where they could not before.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/new-york#ch55-2025-age 2025-09-01T00:00:00Z

The maximum age at the written exam rises from 35 to 43, and the exhausted-list exception from 39 to 43 (CSL 58(1)(a)). The CSL 58(1) eligibility rules now apply to any appointment, not only provisional or permanent appointments in the competitive class. The act deletes a clause in CSL 58(2) that barred localities from setting a stricter maximum age. It also deletes the rule in 58(4)(a) that let an officer resign and be reappointed within 30 days without meeting the age limits; the one-year reinstatement rule remains. State Police members must now be 21 to 43; the old range was 21 to 29, extendable to 35 (Exec. Law 215(3)). For officers: Applicants up to 43 can take the police exam; check whether your locality sets a lower cap.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/texas#hb-33 2025-09-01T00:00:00Z

New Occ. Code 1701.3526 requires officers who supervise an incident response to take an advanced incident response and command course as part of continuing education. Agency minimum standards in 1701.163 now require access to a breaching tool and a ballistic shield and a detailed school active-shooter policy. For officers: Supervisors must add the incident command course to their continuing education.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/texas#sb-2180 2025-09-01T00:00:00Z

New Occ. Code 1701.318 directs TCOLE to bar officers from giving pre-employment or criminal investigation polygraph exams unless certified through an approved course and a TCOLE exam. The bar takes hold through rules, which TCOLE proposed in October 2026 and had not adopted as of October 19, 2026 (see pending). For officers: Polygraph examiners should plan to get the TCOLE certificate once the rules are adopted.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/missouri#sb71-2025 2025-08-28T00:00:00Z

Each person seeking entry into basic training “shall” submit fingerprints for a state and federal fingerprint-based check. The fingerprints go to the Highway Patrol’s central repository and on to the FBI. The Patrol “shall” notify the director of any criminal history found, or its absence, and all related records “shall be accessible and available to the director,” notwithstanding the closed-records law (610.120). Before, the applicant gave a fingerprint card and authorization to the training center, which ran the check and forwarded the report. For officers: The director now sees your criminal history results directly, including closed records.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/missouri#hb495-2025 2025-08-28T00:00:00Z

The basic training of every peace officer first licensed on or after August 28, 2027 “shall include” at least six hours on the prohibition against racial profiling: two hours of racial profiling training, two hours of implicit bias training, and two hours of de-escalation training. The act’s emergency clause does not cover this section. For officers: Recruits licensed from late August 2027 will take the six-hour block in the academy.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/new-york#ch57-2025-crisis-training 2025-08-07T00:00:00Z

New Exec. Law 840(8) requires the MPTC, with the Office of Mental Health, to develop policies on situations involving people who appear mentally ill and likely to cause serious harm. The policies cover de-escalation “while minimizing the use of force” and alternatives to the criminal justice system. The MPTC must recommend a required training program for all current and new police officers. Current officers must finish it within 36 months, or 24 months in a city of 1 million or more, and DCJS must issue regulations. Gen. Mun. Law 209-q(1)(b)(i) now keeps a certificate valid during continuous service “provided that such police officer received training as set forth under subdivision eight of section eight hundred forty of the executive law, consistent with the rules and regulations promulgated therein.” No DCJS regulation was found in the State Register through October 2026. For officers: Plan to complete the crisis training once DCJS sets the rules; the statute links it to keeping your certificate valid.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/new-york#ch56-2025-discovery 2025-08-07T00:00:00Z

Before 2025, the opening of CPL 245.20(1) already limited every disclosure item to material that relates to the subject matter of the case. Part LL removed that limit from the opening and put the same words into paragraph (k), which covers impeachment and exculpatory information, including information known to police. On the text, the scope of (k) is unchanged. Other paragraphs, such as (a), (b), (h), (i), and (u)(i), are now tied to the charges in the case, and (l), (m), and (n) to the instant case or the criminal action. 245.20(2) already excused prosecutors from obtaining by subpoena material the defense could subpoena; the amendment rewords this to say prosecutors need not obtain material at all if the defense can get it by subpoena. The certificate of compliance rules in 245.50 also change. For officers: Impeachment information about you that police know of is still subject to automatic disclosure when it relates to the subject matter of the case.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/texas#rule-217-7 2025-08-01T00:00:00Z

Requires a fingerprint-based criminal background check for every appointment. This description comes from TCOLE’s adopted-rules table; the adopted rule text is not linked there. For officers: Expect fingerprinting with each new appointment.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/washington#sb-5224 2025-07-27T00:00:00Z

Defines “certified” and “commissioned.” Background investigations apply to applicants moving between Washington agencies and between peace officer and corrections roles. Certification lapses after a break of more than 24 months in law enforcement service; the word “full-time” is struck, so part-time service now counts (43.101.125, .126). In hearings the administrative law judge presides and rules but no longer issues a proposed recommendation; the 5-member panel decides (43.101.380(2)). For officers: Part-time service now counts toward keeping your certification from lapsing.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/california#ab-354 2025-07-14T00:00:00Z

PC 13500, 13510.8, and 13510.9 now let POST inspect or copy criminal history, CLETS-derived, and other confidential information that is part of an investigation within its jurisdiction. New PC 13503.1 requires fingerprint-based checks of POST staff who handle that data, and new Gov. Code 15169 covers POST access to CLETS-derived information. For officers: POST investigators can now see the same criminal history records your agency sees.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/washington#wsr-25-13-046 2025-07-12T00:00:00Z

The hiring agency’s background certification must confirm that the applicant has no conduct “meeting the criteria requiring denial or revocation ... set forth in RCW 43.101.105(2).” For officers: Your new employer must certify that your background shows no conduct that would require revocation.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/north-carolina#sl-2025-51 2025-07-02T00:00:00Z

New G.S. 17C-10.2 (police agencies) and 17E-7.1 (sheriffs’ offices). An agency considering an applicant for a sworn officer or deputy post “shall request access to and review the complete personnel file” kept by any North Carolina law enforcement agency that employed the applicant in the past 5 years. This applies to any applicant, not only lateral transfers. With the applicant’s signed release, prior agencies “shall grant access to” the complete file and “may, if requested, provide a copy.” That includes confidential information under G.S. 153A-98, 160A-168, and 126-24. The information stays confidential in the hiring agency’s files. Agencies and their staff are immune from civil and criminal liability for giving or receiving access. For officers: When you apply to another North Carolina agency, expect it to review your full file, including confidential parts, from the past 5 years.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/north-carolina#10b-0411 2025-07-01T00:00:00Z

An officer may transfer certification to become a deputy if they completed basic training, hold general or probationary certification from either commission, and have had no break in service over 12 months. Before the transfer, the sheriff’s office must run a fingerprint check through the State Bureau of Investigation and the AOC-CR-280 expunction check, and file a certified copy of the oath. It must get a signed, notarized release. It must review the personnel file (including confidential information), the report of separation, the background investigation, and any internal investigations from every North Carolina agency in the past 5 years. It must confirm prior-year in-service training and the absence of disqualifying charges or convictions. It must confirm no internal investigation in the last 18 months alleged a possible rule violation, and confirm firearms qualification. The office reports this on Form F-4A. For officers: A recent internal investigation can hold up a transfer to a sheriff’s office.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/texas#sb-2570 2025-06-20T00:00:00Z

New Penal Code 9.55: an on-duty peace officer or correctional guard is justified in using a less-lethal weapon, such as projectiles, chemical agents, impact devices, or stun guns, when and to the degree the officer reasonably believes it is necessary to carry out official duties, if the use substantially complies with the officer’s training. It applies to conduct on or after June 20, 2025. For officers: The defense depends on following your training; keep less-lethal training records current.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/colorado#hb25-1031 2025-06-03T00:00:00Z

C.R.S. 24-31-906 has barred retaliation against officers who report misconduct since 2021. The act widens the list of barred actions and adds a private right of action, after internal procedures are used or the employer fails to act within 180 days. Remedies include reinstatement, back pay, damages, and attorney fees. The Governmental Immunity Act does not apply, and the limit is 2 years. The protection does not cover knowingly false disclosures, disclosures made with disregard for the truth or outside internal procedures, or the officer’s own misconduct. For officers: If you are punished for reporting misconduct, you can now sue your employer.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/colorado#hb25-1136 2025-05-31T00:00:00Z

The public database moves from 24-31-303(1)(r) to new 24-31-321. Untruthfulness, training failures, revocation, and credibility-disclosure items carry over. Resignation in lieu of termination is added. Resignation or retirement now counts only if the misconduct, if sustained, “would more likely than not” lead to an entry. Being “charged” with a disqualifying crime replaces being under criminal investigation, and employers must still tell P.O.S.T. when charges are filed. Officers get an appeal process and a show-cause hearing. Agency heads “shall” certify accuracy, and a knowing or willful false or missing report brings a fine and a referral to the district attorney. In 24-31-904, mandatory revocation and suspension for civil liability are repealed. P.O.S.T. now “may” permanently revoke on civil liability for “excessive or unconstitutional” force or failure to intervene that resulted in serious bodily injury or death, and “may” suspend for at least 1 year where it did not. Hiring agencies must get a waiver for prior-employer files when they make a conditional offer. P.O.S.T. “may” contact a prior employer that withholds files; if they are not produced within 6 days of that contact, P.O.S.T. “shall” withhold funding for 1 year, impose fines, or both. The district attorney process to remove credibility-disclosure records (16-2.5-502(3)(e)) is repealed. For officers: You can now appeal a database entry, and a civil judgment no longer means automatic revocation.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/colorado#hb25-1314 2025-05-23T00:00:00Z

Auto industry division investigators, supervisors, and the director become peace officers who “must” be certified. In the new firearms dealer division, investigators and supervisors “must” be certified, and the director and deputy directors “may” be. For officers: These Department of Revenue posts now require P.O.S.T. certification.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/georgia#hb-288 2025-05-12T00:00:00Z

Defines a “Giglio list” as a prosecutor’s list of officers “disqualified from trial testimony because of identified or alleged issues of credibility or bias” (35-8-2). New 15-18-33: a prosecutor who lists an officer must send written notice of the factual basis to the employer and POST. The officer or agency may ask for reconsideration within 30 days, and a denial must be in writing with reasons. The Prosecuting Attorneys’ Council must adopt policies that offices keeping lists follow, and prosecutors keep their disclosure duties. POST must review the factual basis. If discipline is not warranted, the matter is dismissed and the officer’s public status does not reflect it (35-8-7.1(e)). POST may not sanction an officer, and an agency may not take adverse employment action, solely because the officer is listed (35-8-7.1(e), 35-8-14). An agency may still act after its own finding by a preponderance of the evidence, or after POST discipline. Agencies must forward Giglio notices to POST within 30 days (35-8-8.1). “Records relating to Giglio lists” are exempt from public disclosure (50-18-72(a)(4.1)). The act also revised the sheriff qualification statute (15-16-1): a candidate must be a registered or certified peace officer not under revocation and file a POST attestation form. First responders, veterans, and current or former officers who are not certified must complete certification within six months after taking office, with extensions possible. For officers: If a prosecutor lists you, you get written notice and 30 days to ask for reconsideration, and your agency cannot discipline you for the listing alone.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/arizona#rules-2025-may 2025-05-04T00:00:00Z

The rest of the same rulemaking took effect earlier. Active-assailant response is added to the basic academy curriculum, and “scenario” training is defined as immersive training. A termination report is still due to the Board within 15 days. The agency must now send a detailed description and supporting documents only when it determines the termination was for cause. Before, it had to describe any cause that existed for suspension or revocation. Other text in these sections was not compared in full. For officers: If you are terminated for cause, your agency sends the Board its documentation within 15 days.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/north-carolina#09c-0306-2025 2025-05-01T00:00:00Z

Officers with probationary certification can now transfer, not only those with general certification. Before the transfer, the hiring agency must run the AOC-CR-280 expunction check. The file review widens from 24 months to 5 years. It now covers the personnel file (including confidential information under G.S. 153A-98, 160A-168, and 126-24), the affidavit of separation, the background investigation, and any internal investigations. The agency must confirm prior-year in-service training. It must confirm no internal investigation, disciplinary, or pre-disciplinary proceeding in the last 18 months alleged conduct that could prevent certification. It reports on Form F-5D. The rule no longer lists the transfer medical exam, the drug screen, or the 60-day waiver. For officers: An internal investigation in the last 18 months that alleges disqualifying conduct can block a lateral transfer.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/illinois#part-1790 2025-04-29T00:00:00Z

Sets procedure for hearings on discretionary decertification, denied reactivations, and emergency suspensions under 705/6.3(h), 8.1(b), 8.2(b), and 8.3(c). An administrative law judge hears the case; remote proceedings are allowed, and formal hearings are public. The Certification Review Panel reviews the findings and recommends dismissal or reactivation unless misconduct is proven by clear and convincing evidence. ILETSB makes the final decision. Reconsideration is available within 30 days, then judicial review. The rules also cover victim notice and impact statements (1790.540) and settlements (1790.545). JCAR’s Flinn Report gives the effective date as April 30, 2025. For officers: In a discretionary decertification case, the Board must prove misconduct by clear and convincing evidence.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/ohio#hb-265 2025-04-09T00:00:00Z

Records of the past, current, and future work schedule of a “designated public service worker” are not public records. These workers include peace officers, BCI investigators, and federal law enforcement officers. Court dockets are not covered. The records become public 3 years after they are created. A journalist’s signed written request can still reach work schedules, along with residence and spouse-employer information (R.C. 149.43(B)(9)(a)). HB 265 lettered the exemption (tt); the current code letters it (uu). For officers: Your duty schedule is not a public record for 3 years, but a journalist can still request it in writing.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/ohio#hb-315 2025-04-03T00:00:00Z

A state or local law enforcement agency “may charge” a requester the actual cost of preparing a video record, up to $75 per hour of video and $750 in total (R.C. 149.43(B)(1)). Actual cost covers review, blurring, redaction, uploading, production, and staff time. An agency may require prepayment of an estimate, which it must give within 5 business days. A court judging whether a response was prompt must consider the time needed to retrieve, review, and redact the video and to get legal advice. HB 96 later extended the fees to prosecutors’ offices and added a fee waiver for victims. For officers: Requests for footage of your encounters may now come with a fee of up to $750.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/california#reg-1203 2025-03-19T00:00:00Z

Revocation for a Gov. Code 1029 disqualifying conviction is now handled by the Executive Director instead of the Commission’s consent calendar. If the officer does not respond within 30 days of a notice of intent, the certification is subject to revocation as a matter of law. For officers: Answer a POST notice of intent within 30 days.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/maryland#comar-12-04-09-2025-feb 2025-02-03T00:00:00Z

The definition of “local governing body” in the police accountability board rules now names charter, code, and commission county bodies. The amendment does not change the misconduct deadlines. For officers: No new duty for officers was identified.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/washington#wsr-25-01-071 2025-01-12T00:00:00Z

Removes the requirement that CJTC adopt model polygraph questions for background investigations. For officers: No change to your obligations.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/california#sb-400 2025-01-01T00:00:00Z

PC 832.7 now says an agency that formerly employed an officer may, without a request, publicly disclose that it terminated the officer for cause for a disclosable incident. The statute calls this declaratory of existing law, so it clarifies a power rather than creating one. For officers: A for-cause termination tied to a disclosable incident can be made public by the former agency.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/illinois#pa-103-0949 2025-01-01T00:00:00Z

Adds “autism-informed law enforcement responses, techniques, and procedures” to the 30-hour, 3-year in-service under 705/7(g). The hours do not change. For officers: Expect autism-informed content in your 3-year in-service.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/north-carolina#09c-0104 2025-01-01T00:00:00Z

This rule puts into operation the critical incident database that G.S. 17C-15 created in 2021. The agency head “shall submit” Form F-27 within 30 days of determining that an officer’s use of force caused death or serious bodily injury. An annual Form F-27A is due by January 15. The form tells officers of their right, under G.S. 17C-15, to ask a superior court for a hearing before they are entered in the database. If an officer says they will ask, the Division waits for the court, or for 30 days without proof of a filing. Entries are removed if the court finds them improper. The October 2025 amendment was not compared with the earlier text. For officers: If you are reported, you can ask a superior court to decide whether you belong in the database before you are entered.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/minnesota#sr49-628 2024-12-16T00:00:00Z

Failing to “comply with any order of the board” becomes a listed violation of the conduct standards (new item F(4)). The catch-all moves to F(5). For officers: Ignoring a Board order is now itself a ground for discipline.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/massachusetts#c238-2024 2024-11-20T00:00:00Z

Under new c.31 s.59A, the civil service administrator “may” let an appointing authority keep its own register of entry-level police and firefighter candidates. The authority must agree to merit principles and diverse recruiting and adopt anti-nepotism and anti-patronage policies. Candidates can be appointed without the civil service exam if they meet listed conditions. No appointee may do sworn duties before finishing the MPTC academy or getting a waiver. New s.59B lets an appointing authority run an entry-level police cadet program leading to civil service tenure; cadets must complete an MPTC-approved academy before permanent appointment. Section 148 repeals ss.59A, 59C, and 59D on January 1, 2035; s.59B, the police cadet program, has no end date. Acts 2025, c.14 added MBTA police to the registers. POST certification is still required to work as an officer (c.6E s.4(g)). For officers: Some departments can now hire through their own registers or a cadet program, but you still need POST certification.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/colorado#rule-2024 2024-11-15T00:00:00Z

The rulemaking summary says the amendments “provide further procedural clarity” and make sure statutory requirements are met. They were not adopted in response to new legislation. The rule text was not compared with the earlier version. For officers: No new duty for officers was identified.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/maryland#ch-548-2024 2024-10-01T00:00:00Z

The Commission “shall” create a simple, uniform process for the public to submit positive feedback on officers. Each agency “shall” adopt it, post it on the agency website if the agency has one, and keep a record of positive feedback for all officers. Those records “are subject to public inspection in accordance with” the Public Information Act. The same act adds positive-feedback records to the police misconduct records a custodian “may deny” under General Provisions 4-351(a)(4), and, when the officer did not solicit the feedback, to the records that are not personnel records under 4-311. So the records are open to inspection under the Act, subject to its exceptions. For officers: Your agency must keep a record of public praise you receive.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/arizona#ch-69-2024 2024-09-14T00:00:00Z

This covers full-authority certified officers in the state personnel system, such as DPS. In appeals of dismissal, suspension over 40 hours, or demotion, the Law Enforcement Merit System Council could recommend changing the discipline only when just cause was not proven. Now it “may” also recommend a change when just cause was proven but the evidence or other facts show the action “should be modified.” The agency head “shall” accept a recommendation unless it is arbitrary or without reasonable justification. For officers: If you work for a state agency, you can ask the Council to reduce discipline even if the charge is upheld.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/missouri#sb754-2024 2024-08-28T00:00:00Z

Since 2000, cities and counties could set up a civilian review board to receive, investigate, make findings, and recommend discipline on public complaints of excessive force, abuse of authority, discourtesy, or offensive language, with no finding based solely on an unsworn complaint. The act extends the section to a “division of civilian oversight” or other oversight entity, and says its power is “solely limited to” those listed powers. It adds that “Only the powers specifically granted herein are authorized,” and that any broader authority given to existing or future boards or entities is “expressly preempted and void as a matter of law.” For officers: A local oversight body can investigate and recommend, but it cannot discipline you or use powers the statute does not list.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/california#reg-1208-1210 2024-08-20T00:00:00Z

Regulation 1208 sets out an officer’s right to respond to an Order of Immediate Temporary Suspension. Regulation 1210 requires the voluntary surrender form (POST 2-358) to state whether the surrender results from a settlement or plea agreement, and to be notarized. For officers: A surrender made as part of a settlement or plea must say so on the form.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/colorado#hb24-1093 2024-08-07T00:00:00Z

C.R.S. 24-31-308(1)(a) let P.O.S.T. grant provisional certification to officers from another state or “federal jurisdiction excluding the armed forces.” The act strikes “excluding the armed forces,” so armed forces law enforcement service now qualifies. For officers: If you were a military police officer in the last 3 years, you may qualify for provisional certification.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/colorado#hb24-1103 2024-08-07T00:00:00Z

Officer training “shall not” include or refer to “excited delirium,” and such courses “shall not” be reported to P.O.S.T. for credit. Officers “shall not” use the term in incident reports, though they may describe specific behavior. Training on altered mental states is still allowed (new C.R.S. 24-31-907). For officers: Describe what you observed; do not write “excited delirium” in a report.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/california#sb-519 2024-07-01T00:00:00Z

New PC 832.10 makes a local detention facility’s records of investigations into in-custody deaths, including discipline imposed on custodial officers, disclosable under the Public Records Act notwithstanding PC 832.7, with set redaction and delay rules. For officers: Custodial staff should expect investigation and discipline records from an in-custody death to become public.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/florida#hb-601 2024-07-01T00:00:00Z

F.S. 112.533 now bars political subdivisions, including cities, counties, and other local government units, from adopting or enforcing ordinances on investigating complaints against officers or on civilian oversight of agency misconduct investigations, so the process is uniform statewide. New F.S. 30.61 and 166.0486 let sheriffs and police chiefs create their own civilian oversight boards of 3 to 7 members, including one retired officer, to review policies and procedures. The act’s change to 112.532 only renumbers a cross-reference. For officers: Complaints against you are investigated under F.S. 112.533, not a local ordinance.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/minnesota#c123-2024-bca 2024-07-01T00:00:00Z

The BCA’s Use of Force Investigations Unit has existed since 2020 (299C.80). New subd. 3 says it “must” investigate any officer-involved death, unless the subject is a BCA officer. Agencies “must” fully cooperate. The report goes to the county prosecutor. If the prosecutor finds no basis to charge, the prosecutor “must” at the same time publicly disclose the decision and all inactive investigative data in the report that are public under 13.82, subd. 7 or other law. For officers: After a death involving your use of force, expect a BCA investigation, and public release of the file if no charges are filed.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/minnesota#c123-2024-excited-delirium 2024-07-01T00:00:00Z

The Board “may not” certify, credit, or reimburse any course that includes training on detecting or using the term “excited delirium,” including similar terms. Agencies “may not” provide such a course, directly or through a third party. Training on responding to and caring for a person in crisis is still allowed. For officers: Courses that teach “excited delirium” no longer earn POST credit.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/minnesota#c123-2024-complaints 2024-07-01T00:00:00Z

Before 2023, when the Board received a complaint, the executive director “shall” designate an agency to investigate and “shall” order it to inquire. The 2023 act changed the order to “may.” The 2024 act deleted the duty to designate an investigating agency for every complaint. The executive director now “may order an appropriate law enforcement agency” to inquire, and the 30-day written summary is due only “if directed to complete an investigation.” For officers: A complaint to the POST Board no longer automatically triggers an outside inquiry.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/virginia#c494-2024 2024-07-01T00:00:00Z

15.2-1707: the reportable separations now include violations of law where a prosecution ends because the officer resigned; acts “in relation to” duties that compromise credibility, integrity, or honesty; and acts in the performance of duties that are exculpatory or impeachment evidence in a criminal case. Notice is due within 48 hours of the separation or of the completed internal investigation, depending on the ground. Recruits and field trainees who commit a decertifying act “shall be considered decertified.” The Board “may decertify” current or former officers; before, it “may initiate decertification proceedings.” The Board’s option to wait for a final conviction, and the rule that appealed misdemeanors and nonfinal misconduct findings did not count, were repealed. 15.2-1708: review now runs through DCJS under the Administrative Process Act, with appeal to the Board and then to court. The officer stays decertified while charges or appeals are pending, with a manifest-injustice exception for unadjudicated charges. Reinstatement petitions are allowed 5 years after the final decision, and 9.1-102(66) now requires reinstatement standards. New 15.2-1708(F) bars FOIA disclosure of decertification records. For officers: Leaving a job over conduct that is impeachment evidence now leads to decertification without waiting for a final outcome.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/virginia#c542-2024 2024-07-01T00:00:00Z

A sworn officer with at least one year of experience “shall be eligible for employment” at any Virginia agency if the officer’s training meets current Board standards, the officer meets 15.2-1705 and 15.2-1706, has no break in service over 24 months, and leaves in good standing with no pending investigation or discipline. The Board may require more training on Virginia law. Before any conditional offer, the hiring agency “shall” request the 15.2-1705(B) records from all prior employing agencies, and “shall employ all reasonable means” to get out-of-state and federal records, including a waiver from the applicant. The applicant “shall” then sign a sworn declaration that the records are true and complete. A psychological exam may be required after a conditional offer. For officers: With a year of service and good standing, you are eligible for hire by any Virginia agency, after a records check and a sworn declaration.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/florida#cjstc-2024-contraband 2024-06-25T00:00:00Z

Adds misdemeanor introduction of contraband into a correctional facility to the moral character violations that can lead to discipline, with a penalty guideline. The same package removed felony “other introduction of contraband” from the felony list in Rule 11B-27.005. For officers: Bringing contraband into a facility, even as a misdemeanor, can cost your certification.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/washington#essb-6009 2024-06-06T00:00:00Z

“A peace officer is prohibited from: (a) Hog-tying a person; or (b) Assisting in putting a person into a hog-tie.” “Hog-tying shall constitute the use of excessive force for the purposes of RCW 10.93.190,” the duty to intervene. Alternative restraints that reduce the risk of positional asphyxia are allowed. For officers: Hog-tying is excessive force; if you see it, the duty to intervene applies.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/washington#hb-1530-ssb-6157 2024-06-06T00:00:00Z

New RCW 10.93.165 lets agencies consider applications from citizens or lawful permanent residents. SSB 6157 adds DACA recipients to civil service eligibility (41.08.070, 41.12.070, 41.14.100) and to the status check in 43.101.095, and lets DACA peace and corrections officers possess firearms for duty (9.41.060, 9.41.171). WAC 139-07-020(1)(h) still lists only citizens and permanent residents; it has not been updated to match. For officers: Permanent residents and DACA recipients can now apply for peace officer jobs.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/washington#shb-2086 2024-06-06T00:00:00Z

The Office of Independent Investigations gets access to 911 center data and copies of records “as soon as possible.” The involved agency may learn about an ongoing investigation only through limited briefings, information essential to safety, or information that will not impede it. The deadline for its plan on non-law-enforcement investigators moves to December 1, 2025. For officers: Your agency’s access to an ongoing independent investigation is limited.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/washington#i-2113 2024-06-06T00:00:00Z

An initiative to the Legislature, passed without the Governor’s signature. Officers may pursue on “reasonable suspicion a person has violated the law,” and the danger test changed from “serious risk of harm to” to “threat to the safety of” others (RCW 10.116.060). The restriction on firing at moving vehicles in 10.116.060(4), which allows it only to protect against an imminent threat of serious physical harm from an occupant’s use of a deadly weapon, did not change. For officers: Check your agency’s pursuit policy; the statute now allows pursuit on reasonable suspicion of any violation, subject to the safety test.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/colorado#hb24-1372 2024-06-03T00:00:00Z

By July 1, 2025, every agency with certified officers, every sheriff, and the State Patrol “shall” adopt and post prone-restraint policies (new C.R.S. 18-1-707(2.7)). Policies must cover calling for medical aid, rendering aid, and moving the person to a recovery position as soon as practicable, and must be reviewed every 5 years. By July 1, 2026, agencies “shall” train officers on them. For officers: Move a restrained person out of the prone position as soon as practicable.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/north-carolina#sl-2024-1 2024-05-15T00:00:00Z

New G.S. 17C-6(a)(22) and 17E-4(a)(18) direct both commissions to set initial and in-service training standards for school resource officers. New G.S. 115C-105.58 defines a school resource officer as any officer assigned to one or more schools at least 20 hours a week for more than 12 weeks a year, at public or authorized nonpublic schools. “All school resource officers shall comply” with the training requirements. Until the rules are amended, officers at nonpublic schools must meet the public-school training rules (12 NCAC 10B .0510 and 09B .0313). The section applies to agreements made or renewed on or after the date it became law. For officers: If you work in schools 20 or more hours a week, the school resource officer training rules apply to you, including at nonpublic schools.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/california#reg-1205 2024-04-18T00:00:00Z

Amends the serious misconduct regulation, first adopted effective January 1, 2023, to set the criteria POST uses to decide whether an officer demonstrated bias. For officers: Bias is a stand-alone ground for suspension or revocation, judged by these criteria.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/colorado#hb24-1074 2024-04-17T00:00:00Z

The duties to report and to intervene in excessive force already existed (C.R.S. 18-8-802). They now name officers who handle law enforcement animals. The reporting duty also covers an officer who allows their animal to use excessive force. For officers: Excessive force by a police dog must be reported like any other.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/washington#wsr-24-07 2024-04-13T00:00:00Z

WAC 139-03-070 and 139-06-070 now say “The burden of proof for the final administrative decision of the commission rests with the commission,” under a preponderance of the evidence standard, and the appellant bears it on appeal. Before, the appealing party had the burden. WAC 139-05-300 applies the 24-hour annual in-service rule to all certified officers, with limited authority and corrections officers covered from January 1, 2026. For officers: In a certification case, CJTC must prove its case; you do not have to disprove it.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/north-carolina#09c-0306-2024 2024-03-01T00:00:00Z

For an officer separated from the prior agency for more than 30 days, the hiring agency must now get a signed, notarized release. It must obtain the full personnel file from agencies the officer worked for in the previous 24 months, and complete a background investigation. For an officer separated 30 days or less, a shorter track applies. The agency verifies certification, reviews the affidavit of separation (Form F-5B), runs a fingerprint check, files Form F-19, and completes in-service firearms training. The amendment drops the notice that a transferring officer serves a 1-year probationary appointment. For officers: A transfer after more than 30 days out now brings a background investigation and a review of your recent personnel file.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/north-carolina#09a-0205-0206 2024-03-01T00:00:00Z

Rule 09A .0206 changes “may” to “shall.” The Commission must now summarily suspend an officer who has committed or been convicted of a crime that requires permanent revocation, fails to complete in-service training, or has a positive drug test. Rule 09A .0205 also changes “may” to “shall” for reducing or suspending the minimum 5-year sanction, or substituting probation, “as determined on a case-by-case basis” for listed causes. A positive drug screen now counts when it cannot be explained to the satisfaction of the agency’s Medical Review Officer, a licensed physician. Before, the test was whether it could be explained as lawful. For officers: Missing in-service training or a positive drug test now means mandatory summary suspension.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/texas#sb-1445-hiring 2024-03-01T00:00:00Z

Before hiring, agencies must check the TCOLE licensing status database, designated national databases, and out-of-state files (Occ. Code 1701.303, 1701.3035, 1701.451(a)). TCOLE must issue model policies on misconduct investigations and hiring, including investigations that continue after an officer separates and a provisional hiring period of at least 45 days (1701.4522), personnel files (1701.4535), and medical and psychological exams (1701.167). The act repealed 1701.452(b) and (c), 1701.4521, and 1701.4525. TCOLE states that the act removed the discharge designations on separation reports and the right to contest a separation report, effective March 1, 2024. For officers: A separation report can no longer be contested through TCOLE, so read it before you leave.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/pennsylvania#mpoetc-reading-tests 2024-01-20T00:00:00Z

Acting under Act 37 of 2023 (53 Pa.C.S. 2164(8)(iii)), MPOETC approved two tests: the Nelson-Denny at the ninth-grade level or above, and the reading section of the National Police Officer Selection Test at 70 percent or higher. The notice says the tests “may be used immediately.” The rule, 37 Pa. Code 203.11(a)(5), still names only the Nelson-Denny. For officers: Applicants can meet the reading standard with either approved test.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/california#reg-1950-1955 2024-01-01T00:00:00Z

Updates the background investigation, medical, and psychological evaluation standards for hiring. Conforms Regulation 1950 to SB 960 (2022), which replaced the citizenship requirement. Requires the POST Personal History Statement (POST 2-251) from January 1, 2024. For officers: Applicants complete the POST 2-251 Personal History Statement.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/california#sb-449 2024-01-01T00:00:00Z

POST’s authority now covers any certificate or proof of eligibility, including invalid, inactive, expired, or canceled ones (PC 13510.1). POST may cancel a certificate obtained by fraud or misrepresentation, and temporary suspension reaches proofs of eligibility (PC 13510.8). Public hearing records may be redacted under PC 832.7(b)(6) and (7) (PC 13510.85). Agencies must keep investigation records for no less than two years, where the law had said up to two years, and POST may withhold information from the officer to protect an investigation or witnesses (PC 13510.9). For officers: Letting a certificate lapse does not end POST’s jurisdiction over past misconduct.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/illinois#pa-103-0389 2024-01-01T00:00:00Z

Under 705/8.1 and 8.2, experience in Illinois, another state, or a federal agency can support a training waiver. “Agencies seeking a reciprocity waiver for training completed outside of Illinois must conduct a thorough background check and provide verification of the officer’s prior training.” Before a waiver, candidates must complete Board-approved Illinois law and firearms coursework and pass the equivalency exam. The Board had to adopt uniform waiver rules within 60 days. For officers: Lateral hires from other states or federal service need Illinois law and firearms coursework and the equivalency exam.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/illinois#pa-103-0357 2024-01-01T00:00:00Z

A person who is not a U.S. citizen but is legally authorized to work in the United States, or is a DACA recipient, may be appointed if federal law lets the person possess firearms. The sentence is added to 65 ILCS 5/10-1-7 and 10-2.1-6(a) and to Counties Code 3-6033 and 3-7008. In the two Counties Code sections the act strikes the requirement to be U.S. citizens. Municipal section 10-2.1-6(a) had no citizenship requirement to strike. For officers: Work-authorized non-citizens can apply to municipal and county departments.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/illinois#pa-103-0034 2024-01-01T00:00:00Z

New 20 ILCS 2605/2605-51(a-5): “Successful completion of the Illinois State Police Academy satisfies the minimum standards” of the Police Training Act’s basic training sections and exempts State police officers from the State Comprehensive Examination and the Equivalency Examination. For officers: State troopers who finish the State Police Academy do not take the ILETSB certification exams.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/new-jersey#pl2022-c65 2024-01-01T00:00:00Z

No one “shall” be employed as a law enforcement officer without a valid, active PTC license. The act sets license requirements, a 3-year term, grounds for adverse action, mandatory revocation for listed convictions, hearings, and Index reporting. Agencies must report appointments, separations, and listed discipline or sustained findings to the PTC within 2 business days. Non-disclosure agreements that hide why an officer left are barred. Officers already serving got initial licenses without fees and cannot be denied based only on discipline for conduct before the act. Under the PTC rules, a Licensing Committee recommends adverse actions, hearing officers hear appeals, and agencies “must terminate, suspend, or refuse employment” to anyone whose license is denied, revoked, or suspended. For officers: You need an active PTC license to work, and you must renew it.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/georgia#sb-517 2024-01-01T00:00:00Z

O.C.G.A. 16-3-24.2 gives immunity from criminal prosecution to a person who uses threats or force in line with the self-defense sections “or 17-4-20,” the statute on arrests and use of force by officers. Under 51-11-9, a person justified under those sections, including 17-4-20, “has no duty to retreat” and “shall not be held liable” in a civil action brought by the person force was used against. The criminal immunity does not apply if, in using deadly force, the person “utilizes a weapon the carrying or possession of which is unlawful.” The bill’s title states its purpose is immunity for officers whose force is justified; the enrolled text does not show which words were added. For officers: Force justified under 17-4-20 can support an immunity claim in criminal and civil cases.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/michigan#mcoles-cpe 2024-01-01T00:00:00Z

2024: 12 hours, with at least 4 on ethics in policing and interpersonal relations. 2025: 24 hours, with at least 8 on mental health crisis. 2026: 24 hours, with at least 8 on tactical operations; officers who have not yet completed the active violence response training must complete it within those hours. 2027: 24 hours, with at least 8 on investigations. Hours an agency picks itself need approval in advance from the agency head and MCOLES. Agencies must request any extensions. MCOLES calls the program a pilot for 2024 to 2026. It rests on the rule that MCOLES “may” set in-service standards (R 28.14210, adopted under MCL 28.611(2)(a)); no statute sets annual hours, and no rule amendment was made. Whether missing the hours affects a license could not be checked from official sources on October 19, 2026. For officers: Plan for 24 hours in 2026, including at least 8 on tactical operations.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/ohio#sb-131 2023-12-29T00:00:00Z

New R.C. 109.73(E) and 109.77(L) say the commission or its executive director “shall issue” a certificate under R.C. Chapter 4796 to a person who holds an officer license in another state. The same applies to a person with qualifying work experience in a state that does not license officers; the 2026 rule extends this to service in a federal agency or the uniformed services. Firearm basic and requalification certificates are excluded. Before, OAC 109:2-1-12(B) gave only credit for prior equivalent training. Officers with 5 or more years elsewhere needed only Ohio-mandated topics, and everyone had to pass the state exam. What is new is a full certificate without Ohio training; the state exam is still required. The May 29, 2026 rule sets the details. Out-of-state licensees need 1 year licensed, good standing, and 1 of the last 5 years as an officer. Experience-based applicants need 3 of the last 5 years. For officers: If you are licensed in another state, you may qualify for an Ohio certificate without the academy, but you must pass the state exam.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/pennsylvania#act-37-2023 2023-12-14T00:00:00Z

Before Act 37, 53 Pa.C.S. 2164(8) said only that MPOETC requires minimum standards for physical fitness, psychological evaluation, and education. The act adds subparagraphs (i) to (iv). Under (i), at a school in a city of the first class (Philadelphia), an applicant must reach the 30th Cooper percentile to be eligible for employment, and a school “may not enroll” a recruit below the 15th percentile. The 30th percentile repeats the existing rule (37 Pa. Code 203.11(a)(8)). Under (ii), subparagraph (i) expires 5 years after it took effect, about December 14, 2028. Under (iii), the education standard must include a reading-comprehension test approved by MPOETC, and MPOETC had to approve two tests right away. Subparagraph (iv), a Joint State Government Commission study, expired December 10, 2024. For officers: Philadelphia academies can enroll recruits between the 15th and 30th percentile, but the 30th is still required to be hired.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/pennsylvania#act-10-2023 2023-12-10T00:00:00Z

New 53 Pa.C.S. 2164(7.1) gives MPOETC power “to require” fingerprints from people applying to attend basic training, for police certification, or for instructor or school director approval. The State Police checks its own records and sends the prints to the FBI. Results “may be considered only” as they bear on suitability. The rules already required State Police and FBI fingerprint cards in the certification application (37 Pa. Code 203.15(b)(2)), and the House fiscal note says MPOETC was already running these checks under a temporary FBI waiver. The act gives that practice a basis in statute. The definition of “certification” already said “Certification is for a period of two years”; the act inserted “not more than.” The rules also set a 2-year term (37 Pa. Code 203.13). Sections 2164(3) and (3.1) now let MPOETC approve, suspend, or revoke the approval of school directors, and a revoked director may seek reinstatement after 1 year. The act also adds definitions of “approval,” “instructor,” and “school director.” For officers: The fingerprint check works as before but now rests on statute; certification lasts no more than 2 years.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/colorado#rule-2023-nov 2023-11-15T00:00:00Z

The rulemaking summary says it sets administrative hearing procedures for revocation and suspension cases, expands the Director’s authority for urgent public-safety situations, and clarifies academy and applicant procedures. The rule text was not compared with the earlier version. For officers: Revocation and suspension cases follow the hearing procedure in the P.O.S.T. rules.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/arizona#ch-73-2023 2023-10-30T00:00:00Z

An agency that paid an officer’s certification and training costs “may seek” repayment from the agency that hires the officer after the officer leaves voluntarily. The hiring agency “shall” repay on a sliding scale: 100% within 12 months, 75% from 12 to 24 months, and 50% from 24 to 36 months. The original agency may waive repayment, and hardship is a presumptive reason to waive. The hiring agency “may not” make the officer repay, and may not weigh the cost when deciding whom to hire. The section does not apply if the officer spent 1 year or more out of employment as a certified peace officer before the new hire. For officers: A lateral move in your first 3 years cannot be charged to you.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/arizona#ch-190-2023 2023-10-30T00:00:00Z

A county, city, town, or other political subdivision “may” set a one-time fee for a copy of a video recording requested from a local law enforcement agency, “not to exceed $46 per video-hour reviewed.” It may consider the cost of reviewing, copying, and redacting. The fee is permissive. The same act gives crime victims free police reports and video under 13-4405 and 39-127. For officers: Public requests for footage of your encounters may now come with a fee.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/washington#wsr-23-19-038 2023-10-14T00:00:00Z

Puts SHB 1132 into effect for limited authority officers and adds reporting of reserve officers’ use of force, suspensions, and misconduct. For officers: Reserve officers’ use of force and misconduct are now reported to CJTC.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/ohio#hb-33-cpt 2023-10-03T00:00:00Z

R.C. 109.803(A)(1) used to call for “up to twenty-four hours” a year as OPOTC directed, and said, “If no funding for the reimbursement is available, no continuing professional training will be required.” It now says appointing authorities “shall require” 24 hours each calendar year. At least 24 hours “shall be reimbursed” and up to 40 “may be reimbursed.” The rule already made completing the hours a condition of carrying a firearm and performing peace-officer functions. OAC 109:2-18-02 was amended effective March 30, 2026 to reflect the fixed requirement. For officers: Complete 24 hours of continuing training every year; a funding gap no longer suspends the requirement.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/massachusetts#555-cmr-8 2023-09-01T00:00:00Z

Section 8.06 says POST “shall establish, by a date adopted by a vote of the Commissioners,” a searchable public database of everyone who has served as an officer or been certified since July 1, 2021. It is to show name, certification status, employment history, commendations, decertifications, suspensions, retraining orders, and copies of s.10 decisions. It also shows a summary of the officer’s disciplinary record: complaints, their final outcome, and any discipline imposed. Complaints not resolved against the officer are generally withheld from the public, and decisions under challenge are flagged. The rule carries out c.6E s.4(j). Whether this Register date marks the first version of 555 CMR 8.00 or an amendment could not be checked from official sources on October 19, 2026. For officers: Sustained complaints and the discipline imposed are slated to appear in a public database under your name.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/texas#sb-1445-database 2023-09-01T00:00:00Z

The TCOLE sunset bill adds a confidential licensing status database holding license status, discipline, and agency personnel files (Occ. Code 1701.168), national databases that hiring agencies must check (1701.169), a duty to submit every revocation to a designated national revocation registry (1701.170), and TCOLE subpoena power (1701.166). For officers: A Texas revocation is reported to a national registry that other states’ hiring agencies can check.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/texas#sb-1445-sanctions 2023-09-01T00:00:00Z

A person whose officer license in another state is revoked or suspended, at the time of applying, for grounds that would apply in Texas is disqualified (Occ. Code 1701.3135). TCOLE may sanction agencies, not only licensees (1701.501(a-1)). TCOLE may issue an emergency suspension of up to 90 days without a hearing, with a hearing to follow (1701.5011). Agency minimum standards in 1701.163 are now set by rule. For officers: A current revocation or suspension in another state can block a Texas license.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/texas#sb-1445-public-database 2023-09-01T00:00:00Z

New Occ. Code 1701.205 requires a public database showing each officer’s basic training date, continuing education compliance, total training hours, and license date. Users must register, and undercover officers can be excluded. It does not show discipline. For officers: Your training compliance is publicly searchable; keep it current.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/texas#sb-1852 2023-09-01T00:00:00Z

New Occ. Code 1701.3525 requires every officer, as part of continuing education, to complete at least 16 hours of active-shooter response training developed by the ALERRT Center at Texas State University. The usual continuing education waivers and exemptions in 1701.351(b) to (d) do not apply. For officers: Complete the 16 ALERRT hours; no waiver is available.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/texas#sb-252 2023-09-01T00:00:00Z

New Occ. Code 1701.3095 requires TCOLE to license an honorably discharged veteran with 2 or more years of service who is a legal permanent resident and has applied for citizenship. Proof of that status and the application can replace proof of citizenship (1701.451(a)(x)). For officers: Permanent-resident veterans who have applied for citizenship can now be hired.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/texas#sb-1124 2023-09-01T00:00:00Z

A sheriff or candidate for sheriff must hold an active permanent peace officer license, or be eligible for one with qualifying federal investigator or military experience (Local Gov. Code 85.0011). For officers: Keep your license active if you plan to run for sheriff.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/texas#hb-1661 2023-09-01T00:00:00Z

Repeals Local Gov. Code 143.023(c), which the act’s caption describes as the maximum age for beginning police positions in civil service cities, and removes police from the related emergency temporary appointment rules. Applicants must still be at least 18 (143.023(a)). For officers: Older career changers can now apply to civil service police departments.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/texas#hb-30 2023-09-01T00:00:00Z

The exception for records of investigations that did not end in conviction or deferred adjudication (Gov. Code 552.108(a)(2)) no longer applies when a person described in the records, other than a peace officer, is dead or incapacitated, or when everyone described consents. The text is codified as 552.108(c-1). It does not name the parallel exception for internal records in 552.108(b)(2). For officers: Records of an in-custody or police-involved death can be released even without a conviction.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/florida#cjstc-2023-separation 2023-08-30T00:00:00Z

The revised Affidavit of Separation (CJSTC-61) adds “Line of Duty Death” as a separation reason, so agencies can distinguish officers killed in the line of duty. For officers: No change to your obligations.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/missouri#sb186-2023-discipline 2023-08-28T00:00:00Z

New definitions cover “gross misconduct,” “moral turpitude” (fraud, theft, bribery, illegal drug use, sexual misconduct, and similar acts), and “reckless disregard.” Ground (1) no longer requires that incompetence or unsafety result “from a mental condition, including alcohol or substance abuse.” Ground (2) already covered any criminal offense, charged or not; it now adds “whether or not” the officer was convicted, pleaded, or was sentenced, under the laws of any state, the United States, or any country. Ground (3) no longer limits moral turpitude or reckless disregard to acts “while on active duty or under color of law.” New grounds: (7) a positive controlled-substance test without a valid prescription, except as law or the Missouri Constitution provide; (8) being subject to another state’s, the federal government’s, or any licensing authority’s order suspending or revoking a peace officer license or certification; and (9) gross misconduct showing inability to function as an officer. For officers: Off-duty conduct and a revocation in another state can now put your Missouri license at risk.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/missouri#sb186-2023-training 2023-08-28T00:00:00Z

The POST Commission “shall” set basic training hours for licensure “no lower than six hundred.” The former range, no lower than 470 and no higher than 600, is deleted. The exceptions are unchanged. For officers: New recruits need at least 600 hours of basic training.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/colorado#hb23-1143 2023-08-07T00:00:00Z

P.O.S.T. “may” adopt rules for “eligible immigrants” seeking certification: people with DACA status or a pending asylum application (new C.R.S. 24-31-320). An agency “may” change its firearms policy to let them carry, consistent with federal law, and they “may” enroll in an academy if their agency allows it. For officers: Colorado has no statutory citizenship requirement for certification.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/maryland#comar-12-04-01-2023 2023-08-07T00:00:00Z

A Commission-approved entrance-level training program is now a minimum of 850 hours, up from 750. Before, hours used for firearms training and qualification could not count toward the minimum; now the Commission “may” count them. Field training still may not count. For an out-of-state or federal officer seeking a waiver of part of the academy, the Commission may now consider in-service training topics (each repeated annual topic once) and relevant specialized training toward the academy hours. The exclusion of firearms training for these lateral officers was removed. For officers: If you transfer from another state or a federal agency, your in-service and specialized training may now count toward Maryland’s academy hours.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/minnesota#c52-2023-retaliation 2023-08-01T00:00:00Z

An agency “shall not” discharge, discipline, threaten, retaliate against, or otherwise penalize an officer for interceding or reporting under 626.8475 or the agency’s excessive-force policy. A court may order back pay and reinstatement, and the officer may sue for damages, costs, reasonable attorney fees, and injunctive relief. Fellow officers and agency employees also “may not” threaten, harass, or retaliate; they are subject to discipline, and the targeted officer may sue. For officers: If you are punished for stopping or reporting excessive force, you can sue.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/washington#shb-1132 2023-07-23T00:00:00Z

Limited authority Washington peace officers with arrest powers who carry firearms are now covered; Department of Corrections staff are excluded. Applicants after July 1, 2023 must pass the 43.101.095 background investigation. CJTC “shall certify” limited authority officers employed on or before July 1, 2023, and may revoke afterward. Those hired on or after July 1, 2023 must start basic training within 12 months; earlier hires get a supplemental-training review instead. For officers: Limited authority officers can now be decertified.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/washington#hb-1179 2023-07-23T00:00:00Z

The State Auditor may receive nonconviction criminal history data “solely for the express purpose of conducting a process compliance audit procedure and review of any deadly force investigation” (RCW 10.97.050(7); 43.101.460(2)). For officers: No change to your obligations.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/california#ab-134-2023 2023-07-10T00:00:00Z

Adds POST to the bodies to which PC 832.7(a) confidentiality does not apply. New Gov. Code 7923.601 exempts from the Public Records Act the personnel and background files that agencies gathered under Gov. Code 1031 and POST holds, and related misconduct investigation files; requests go to the agency that sent the record. The exemption does not cover records POST itself creates in its investigations or decisions, or records under PC 13510.85, which stay public. AB 184 moved the repeal date from January 1, 2027 to January 1, 2028. For officers: Records requests for your agency file go to your agency, but POST’s own decisions about you remain public.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/new-jersey#pl2023-c94 2023-07-03T00:00:00Z

The act applies only to a first-class city under 200,000 people. On superseding its police agency, the AG “may” appoint as officer in charge a former superior officer with at least 10 years of supervisory experience who has not met PTC training requirements. Tailored training must be finished within 1 year, and the appointee is then “deemed eligible to be licensed.” The act ends when the supersession ends; whether the supersession continues could not be checked from official sources on October 19, 2026. For officers: This narrow exception applies only to a single superseded agency.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/florida#hb-95 2023-07-01T00:00:00Z

Defines a “Brady identification system” (F.S. 112.531). An officer may not be disciplined solely for being on a prosecutor’s list, though the underlying conduct can still be acted on (112.532(7)). New 112.536 requires agencies to send prosecutors sustained, final internal affairs findings relevant to impeachment and to tell the officer. A prosecutor who keeps a list must give notice and a way to ask for reconsideration, with mandamus as a procedural remedy; prosecutors need not keep a list. The notice and reconsideration duties do not apply when the entry rests on a criminal conviction usable for impeachment or a sustained, final internal affairs complaint, and notice may be skipped if a pending case needs immediate disclosure or notice would jeopardize an investigation. The law covers correctional officers too. For officers: If a prosecutor lists you for a reason other than a conviction or a sustained internal affairs finding, you are entitled to notice and a reconsideration process.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/florida#hb-425 2023-07-01T00:00:00Z

F.S. 943.10 now counts special officers employed by Class I to III railroads under s. 354.01 as law enforcement officers, and the railroads as employing agencies, bringing them within CJSTC qualification and certification. For officers: Railroad special officers in Florida must meet CJSTC standards.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/minnesota#c52-2023-hate-groups 2023-07-01T00:00:00Z

New 626.8436: a peace officer “may not” join, support, advocate for, keep membership in, or participate in a hate or extremist group or a criminal gang. The ban does not cover conduct the agency sanctions as part of official duties. The section defines the groups and lists conduct that shows participation, such as spreading material, promotion on social media, insignia or tattoos, contributions, and attending events. A violation is now a ground on which the Board “may” deny, suspend, or revoke a license (626.8432, subd. 1). New 626.843, subd. 1c: by January 1, 2024, the Board “must” adopt rules letting it discipline a licensee for violating a ch. 6700 conduct standard whether or not criminal charges have been filed. For officers: Taking part in a hate or extremist group can cost you your license, with or without a criminal case.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/minnesota#c52-2023-board-files 2023-07-01T00:00:00Z

On written notice of a Board investigation, the chief law enforcement officer, city, county, or public official “must” cooperate. On written request, they “shall” provide all requested public and private data on the alleged misconduct, including discipline, arbitration, settlements, and investigative files with body camera video. Confidential data must be disclosed only when the Board says it is necessary. If a licensee is discharged or resigns after conduct that starts an investigation, the chief “must” report it to the Board and provide the data, whether or not the officer was charged or the internal investigation was finished. Exceptions cover an active criminal investigation or case on the same incident, and an active internal investigation for up to 45 days from the Board’s request. Reporters are immune from civil and criminal liability unless they gave false information intending to harm reputation. For officers: Resigning during an investigation does not keep the file from the Board.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/minnesota#c52-2023-body-cameras 2023-07-01T00:00:00Z

When a person dies from an officer’s use of force, the agency “must” let the next of kin, their legal representative, and the other parent of the deceased’s child inspect all body camera data within five days of a request. The agency “may” deny if it finds a compelling reason that inspection would interfere with an active investigation, with a prompt written reason. The agency “shall” release the data publicly within 14 days of the incident unless the chief asserts in writing that release would interfere with an ongoing investigation. Data documenting deadly force “must” be kept indefinitely. Agency camera policies must now require wearing the camera at or above the midline of the waist, using it when working under another agency’s or federal command, and not altering or destroying recordings before the retention period ends. For officers: Wear your camera at or above the waist and keep it on when working under another agency’s command.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/minnesota#c52-2023-fingerprints 2023-07-01T00:00:00Z

The POST rule already required applicants to be fingerprinted, with cards forwarded to the BCA and the FBI (Minn. R. 6700.0700). The act puts the check in statute: the hiring agency “must” request a BCA criminal history check, including an FBI national fingerprint search, on each applicant for a licensed peace officer position or a position leading to one. The BCA returns the results to the agency, which may share them with the Board to decide licensing eligibility. Employers must also disclose employment information when a person is a candidate at a law enforcement agency “in any other capacity.” Requests may be signed by an “authorized representative” instead of a sworn officer. For officers: Your fingerprint results may be shared with the POST Board when it decides your licensing eligibility.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/minnesota#c52-2023-oversight 2023-07-01T00:00:00Z

Before 2023, a civilian review body “shall not” make findings of fact or impose discipline, and its recommendations were advisory only. Now a local government “may” create a civilian oversight council that can make findings on a complaint and recommend discipline. Once any criminal investigation or prosecution ends, the council may investigate, hire an investigator, and, subject to other law, subpoena testimony and documents. Reports finding misconduct “must” go to the chief and to the Board’s complaint committee. The chief “shall” cooperate but need not agree, and “shall” explain any decision not to carry out a recommendation within the chief’s authority. For officers: A local council’s misconduct finding now goes to the POST Board as well as your chief.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/illinois#iletsb-2023-rules 2023-06-23T00:00:00Z

The rules replace emergency rules that took effect December 15, 2022 and expired May 13, 2023. According to JCAR’s summary, a new full-time or part-time officer’s certification activates only after a background check, confirmed academy completion, and a passed certification exam, with 3 attempts allowed. Previously certified officers need a background check before reactivation. Out-of-state and federally certified officers must have prior training verified and pass the equivalency exam. Academy disqualifiers now include decertifiable misdemeanors. New 1720.90 gives transitional certification to officers employed on July 1, 2022 without certification. The passing score is 66%. A Special Part-Time Practical Waiver is added. The package also repealed Part 1720 Subpart B, “Decertification of Police Officers” (1720.100 to 1720.150 and the Appendix B complaint form), the complaint and revocation process used before the SAFE-T Act. The Illinois Register text could not be checked from official sources on October 19, 2026. For officers: Your certification is not active until the background check, academy, and exam steps are complete.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/north-carolina#sl-2023-56 2023-06-23T00:00:00Z

G.S. 17C-13(b) and 17E-12(b) still let a commission act on a felony conviction “whether or not that conviction was expunged,” unless it was expunged under G.S. 15A-145.4 or 15A-145.8A. Until the commissions amend their definition rules, “convicted” and “commission of offense” exclude those expunctions. No such amendment was found; under the act, its interim text applies until one takes effect. The Sheriffs’ Commission may now “certify, recertify, suspend, revoke, or deny” officers, schools, and instructors (17E-4(a)(3), (5), (7)), and its investigation power was extended (17E-4(a)(8)). Standards and discipline now reach probationary and limited instructors, qualified assistants, in-service training coordinators, and executive officers. New 17E-5(c) makes records in an officer’s personnel file kept by the Sheriffs’ Commission subject to the same privacy rules as personnel records under G.S. Chapters 126, 153A, and 160A. For officers: A felony expunged under G.S. 15A-145.4 or 15A-145.8A cannot be used to deny or revoke your certification.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/minnesota#sr47-1120 2023-05-30T00:00:00Z

Background investigation (new 6700.0670): the applicant “must” give a personal history, list every agency applied to in the past six years, consent to a social media review, and, if currently or previously licensed, authorize release of prior personnel and discipline records and disclose findings of abuse of authority, bias, dishonesty, excessive force, mishandled evidence, or conduct that led to a Brady-Giglio disclosure. The agency “must” ask prosecutors and prior agencies about the same conduct. The chief “must” notify the Board within 10 days when an investigation starts or finds a disqualification. For seasonal or temporary hires, the rule allows a check limited to criminal history and driving record. For officers: If you are on the National Decertification Index, a Minnesota agency cannot hire you unless an exemption applies.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/minnesota#c52-2023-deadly-force 2023-05-20T00:00:00Z

The threat that justifies deadly force must still “be articulated with specificity,” but the words “by the law enforcement officer” were struck. The rest of the 2020 standard is unchanged. For officers: The threat must still be articulated with specificity; the rest of the deadly-force standard is unchanged.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/california#reg-sb2-framework 2023-05-05T00:00:00Z

Adopts the rules for certification actions under SB 2 (2021): disqualification, notices, hearings, temporary suspension, and voluntary surrender. Regulation 1211 governs how the Peace Officer Standards Accountability Advisory Board runs hearings, and Regulation 1214 sets POST’s annual reporting. For officers: These rules set the notice and hearing steps in any decertification case.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/washington#esb-5352 2023-05-03T00:00:00Z

Officers may pursue on “reasonable suspicion,” instead of probable cause, for listed offenses: violent and sex offenses, vehicular assault, domestic violence assault, escape, and DUI. “Imminent threat” became “serious risk of harm.” Supervisor authorization became supervisor notification and oversight. For officers: Superseded in part by Initiative 2113 in 2024; see above.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/ohio#hb-23 2023-04-03T00:00:00Z

The Attorney General “shall adopt” rules for training on identifying and interacting with people with dementia. The training is up to 2 hours in basic training, and up to 1 hour can count toward continuing training. Topics include alternatives to physical restraint and abuse reporting. The rule took effect September 14, 2026 (see above). For officers: Dementia training can count toward your annual continuing training hours.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/maryland#comar-12-04-11-2023 2023-03-20T00:00:00Z

The rules set up the Commission’s program under which agencies may refer eligible nonviolent public complaints to voluntary mediation outside the standard complaint process. Referral is optional for agencies. Under COMAR 12.04.09.06A, mediated complaints are still tracked with other citizen complaints and reported to the police accountability board. For officers: A minor complaint against you may be offered mediation instead of the standard process.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/colorado#rule-2023-jan 2023-01-30T00:00:00Z

The rulemaking summary says it clarifies definitions and deadlines, lets the Director’s designee act for the Director, and fixes internal references, in response to issues raised by the Office of Legislative Legal Services. Rule 28 (in-service training) was among the rules amended; whether its 24-hour minimum was new then was not checked. For officers: No new duty for officers was identified.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/california#reg-1213 2023-01-17T00:00:00Z

Lists 15 factors POST must consider in choosing between revocation and suspension, including the severity of the conduct, harm caused, whether it was done under color of authority, prior record, intent, consistency with other penalties, and the likelihood of recurrence. A suspension may not exceed three years, and a suspended officer may not be assigned duties that include peace officer powers. For officers: Mitigation, cooperation, and rehabilitation are listed factors; document them for any hearing.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/maryland#comar-12-04-09-10-2023 2023-01-09T00:00:00Z

The permanent rules are substantively the same as the emergency rules that expired December 27, 2022. 12.04.10: every agency “shall” adopt the Uniform State Disciplinary Matrix under Public Safety 3-105, and discipline for sustained violations is imposed under it. The matrix sets violation levels, a penalty range from counseling and reprimand through loss of leave, suspension, demotion, and termination, and aggravating and mitigating factors. Discipline may not be based on race, sex, gender identity, other listed traits, or the case’s public profile. 12.04.09: an ACC decides by majority vote, recommends discipline within the matrix, and may not charge an officer twice for the same conduct. An agency head may impose the ACC’s discipline or more within the range, but not less. The officer may accept or go to a trial board. For officers: Discipline for a sustained violation must fall within the statewide matrix range.

https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/pennsylvania#act-57-59-temporary-rules 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z

MPOETC’s temporary rules on background investigations under Act 57 (Chapter 241, 51 Pa.B. 1136) and on mental-health evaluations under Act 59 (Chapter 261, 51 Pa.B. 1512) took effect July 14, 2021. Each chapter’s source note says the rules “expire in 2 years,” so on their face they lapsed in 2023. The Pennsylvania Code, current through August 8, 2026, still prints both chapters, and no permanent replacement was found. Whether these rules are in force could not be checked from official sources on October 19, 2026. The statutes they carry out, 44 Pa.C.S. Chapters 72 and 73, remain in force. For officers: Ask your agency or MPOETC which background and mental-health evaluation rules it applies today.