§152.  Police Officer Standards and Training (POST) certified course for Traffic Incident Management

A.  Every law enforcement officer in the state shall be trained in a traffic incident management POST-certified course to be taught at a POST-certified academy.  Any training shall include the basic process to follow for Unified Command as contained in The National Incident Management System Law of 2004.  The training shall also include a summary of the open roads agreement and Louisiana laws pertaining to traffic incident management. Such training program shall be developed by January 1, 2009, and be offered as a course of training to all classes after January 1, 2009.

B.  The training program shall also be offered to all other entities that respond to emergencies on Louisiana roadways.

Acts 2008, No. 429, §1, eff. June 21, 2008.