(1) Each county and municipal law enforcement agency shall provide Mental Health First Aid training that is evidence-based and approved by the Department of Mental Health to all law enforcement officers who are employed or contracted by the agency by July 1, 2031.(2) On or before July 1, 2025, each county and municipal law enforcement agency shall employ at least one (1) law enforcement officer who is a Crisis Intervention Team Officer, as defined in Section 41-21-131. An agency which employs fewer than five (5) law enforcement officers may execute an agreement with one or more other law enforcement agencies to have a Crisis Intervention Team officer to serve as the officer for that agency.Added by Laws, 2023, ch. 427, HB 353, 2, eff. 7/1/2023.
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