Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that authorizes a person to carry a firearm without a permit.

Highlights:

• Requires minimum basic training for each person accepted for training at a law enforcement training school or academy that include 6 hours of training in interacting with (Sec. 1-9):

• Persons with autism, mental illness, addictive disorders, intellectual disabilities, and developmental disabilities;

• Missing endangered adults; and

• Persons with Alzheimer's disease or related senile dementia.

• Prohibits a law enforcement officer appointed to a law enforcement department or agency after June 30, 1993, from doing the following unless they complete their basic training (Sec. 1-10.d):

• Make an arrest;

• Conduct a search or a seizure of a person or property; or

• Carry a firearm.

• Establishes an executive training program that includes the following (Sec. 1-10.j):

• Liability;

• Media relations.

• Accounting and administration;

• Discipline;

• Department policy-making;

• Lawful use of force;

• Department programs;

• Emergency vehicle operation; and

• Cultural diversity.

• Prohibits a probation officer from carrying a handgun in any vehicle or on or about the probation officer's body while acting in the scope of employment as a probation officer unless all of the following conditions are met (Sec. 2):

• The appointing court enters an order authorizing the probation officer to carry the handgun while on duty; and

• The probation officer completes a handgun safety course certified by the law enforcement training board.

• Requires the state police department to issue to a retiring police officer an identification card that (Sec. 4):

• States the police officer's name and rank at retirement;

• States the officer's retired status; and

• Notes the officer's authority to retain the service weapon.

• Specifies a person who is at least 18 years of age and is not otherwise prohibited from carrying or possessing a handgun under state or federal law is not required to obtain or possess a license or permit from the state to carry a handgun in Indiana (Sec. 16).

• Exempts the following officers of this state or the United States who have been honorably retired by a lawfully created pension board or its equivalent after at least 20 years of service or because of a disability from the payment of the fee (Sec. 17.c):

• Police officers;

• Sheriffs or their deputies;

• Law enforcement officers; and

• Correctional officers.

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