This bill affects issues related to criminal justice training in the following ways.

1. It clarifies the general definitions of a corrections officer and law enforcement officer and adds new definitions for part-time law enforcement officer and part-time corrections officer. It also requires the reporting year for law enforcement and corrections officers to be the calendar year, making reporting to the Maine Criminal Justice Academy consistent for criminal justice agencies.

2. It defines "transport officers," exempts them from the current basic training requirements and the mandatory policies for law enforcement agencies and requires the Board of Trustees of the Maine Criminal Justice Academy to set training standards for them.

3. It makes it a civil violation for a state or local government entity to violate or fail to comply with any of the requirements of the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 25, chapter 341.

4. It adds the Chief of the State Police as an ex officio member to the board of trustees and removes a commissioned officer of the State Police.

5. It expands the board of trustees' ability to set standards for and certify not only police chiefs, but all criminal justice executives.

6. It corrects an error enacted by the Second Special Session of the 121st Legislature regarding the implementation of a law enforcement policy and corrects a conflict.

7. It clarifies the time period to be used to determine when a full-time law enforcement officer is required to attend basic training at the academy and extends the waiver period for extenuating circumstances.

8. It requires the employing agency to notify the academy within 30 days if the agency terminates a law enforcement or corrections officer's employment.

9. It requires the board of trustees to set standardized reimbursable training costs annually.

10. It makes minor technical changes and eliminates outdated language.