Police Officer TrainingDear Chief Law Enforcement Officer:
MINNESOTA BOARD OF
PEACE OFFICER STANDARDS AND TRAINING
333 SIBLEY STREET (SUITE 495)
ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA 55101
August 3, 1984
Executive Director
(612) 296 -2620
Please use the enclosed form to apply for your law enforcement agency's share of
the funds which the POST Board distributes to each police and sheriff's department
to help defray the costs of providing continuing education for licensed peace
officers and constables. The legislature has made $900,000 available for this
purpose. The amount per licensee should be about $160, but there may be some
variation depending upon the number of claims.
As in the past, you have 45 days in which to complete and return the application
form. It must be signed by yourself as the chief law enforcement officer and by
one other official who must be designated by resolution of your city council or
county board.
This year we are requiring you to attach a list of the peace officers and/or
constables for whom you are seeking a share of the reimbursement funds. These
officers must have been employed on July 1, 1984, and for at least eight of the
preceding twelve months. No funds will be awarded for part -time peace officers,
since continuing education is not mandatory for them, but you may submit the
names of peace officers who are working part -time for your agency.
You must indicate the approximate costs incurred by your agency during the period
from July 1983 to June 1984. You are allowed to count all expenses related to
continuing education, including the wages and allowances of officers who attended
courses during their duty hours. Your calculation of expenses is important,
since there can be no payment in excess of the actual costs.
Be sure to detach and keep the canary - colored copy of your completed application
form. Send all other copies to the POST Board, and we will finish the distribution
of them.
The POST Board will be seeking an increase in the amount of funds to be distributed
in future years. We have a good case on the basis of the revenue that has come to
the state from penalty assessment on fines.
Feel free to call upon the POST Board's staff if you have any questions with
regard to reimbursement or continuing education.
MKS:mb
Sincerely,
Mark K. Shields
Executive Director
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MINNESOTA BOARD OF PEACE OFFICER STANDARDS AND TRAINING
Suite 495, 333 Sibley Street, St. Paul, MN 55101
APPLICATION FOR REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE CONTINUING EDUCATION
OF PEACE OFFICERS AND CONSTABLES
1. The information furnished on this application is classified as public data and public data not on individuals pursuant to the
Minnesota Government Data Practices Act. You are not required by law to provide the information that is requested, but your local
unit of government will not receive reimbursement unless you do provide it
2 The application must be completed and returned to the POST Board within 45 days of receipt in order to insure that your local
unit will receive the reimbursement to which it is entitled. The Executive Director may grant a brief extension in an emergency,
3. The amount of reimbursement depends upon the number of peace officers and constables who are eligible in all local units
Reimbursement will not be made to more than one local unit for the continuing education of the same licensee.
4. Reimbursement funds are disbursed only to defray the costs of providing POST - approved continuing education. Any other claim is
unlawful and will result in denial of any reimbursement funds in future years It will also jeopardize the license of the chief law
enforcement officer, and it will be grounds for criminal prosecution of the responsible public official.
Pursuant to Laws of 1981, Ch. 341, § 1 and Minnesota Rules part 6700.1800, we hereby apply for reimbursement from the POST Board
to help defray the expenses that our local unit of government has incurred in providing continuing education for its peace officers and /or
constables during the past fiscal year (July 1 — June 30).
We affirm that:
0 1. We are seeking reimbursement for the continuing education of peace officers and /or constables who were employed by this local
unit for at least eight months of the 12 months of the past fiscal year;
2. The local unit has incurred the expense of making at least 16 hours of POST - approved continuing education available to each of
these peace officers and /or constables,'
3. This local unit has employed 19 peace officers and constables under the conditions stated above.
Attached is a roster of the peace officers and constables for whom reimbursement is requested.
4. This local unit has expended approximate / $ 2 d � 0 0 • in providing POST - approved
continuing education during the fiscal year. (This total includes salaries and travel expenses of the licensees attending courses) if
necessary, the unit can substantiate this affirmation by documents in its files
Please submit the appropriate amount of reimbursement to our local unit's treasurer. His /Her address is:
Treasurer
County /City/Town of
NOTARIZATION: SIGN TU
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
day of . , 19
STATE OF MINNESOTA
Hopkins, Minnesota
1010 -1st Street South
Hopkins, Minn. 55343
Chief Law Enforcement O 6 er
Notary Public Other Applicant Designated by
Resolution of Governing Body
White — State Finance Yellow — Applying Agency Pink— State Auditor Goldenrod — POST
PB- 07072 -02 (7/84) Applying agency should retain the yellow copy and forward all others to POST for distribution.
(612) 297 -2356