J. MILLARD TAWES, Governor                      565

(d)   The Commission is vested with the following authority,
responsibility and duty:

(1)   To prescribe standards for the approval and continuation of
approval of recruit and in-service schools at which police training
courses required by this Act shall be conducted, including but not
limited to present existing State, regional, county, and municipal
police training schools;

(2)  To approve and issue certificates of approval to such police
training schools, to inspect such schools from time to time, and to
revoke for cause any approval or certificate issued to such school;

(3)   To prescribe the curriculum, the minimum courses of study,
attendance requirements, eligibility to attend, equipment and facil-
ities, and standards of operation for such police training schools;

(4) To prescribe minimum qualifications for instructors at such
schools and to certify, as qualified, instructors for approved police
training schools and to issue appropriate certificates to such in-
structors;

(5)  To certify police officers who have satisfactorily completed
training programs and to issue appropriate certificates to such police
officers;

(6)  To appoint an executive secretary, to serve at its pleasure,
who shall perform general administrative functions, and to fix his
compensation;

(7)   To employ such other persons as may be necessary to carry
out the provisions of this Act, upon approval of the director of the
budget and the Legislature;

(8)  To make such rules and regulations as may be reasonably
necessary or appropriate to accomplish the purposes and objectives
of this Act;

(9)   To make a continuous study of police recruit and in-service
training methods and procedures and to consult with and accept the
cooperation of any recognized Federal, State, or municipal law en-
forcement agency or educational institution;

(10)   To consult and cooperate with universities, colleges and in-
stitutions in the State for the development of specialized courses of
study for police officers in police science and police administration;

(11)  To consult and cooperate with other departments and agen-
cies of the State concerned with police training;

(12)  To perform such other acts as may be necessary or appro-
priate to carry out its functions and duties as set forth in this Act.

(e)  A probationary appointment as a police officer may be made
for a total period not exceeding one (1) year for the purpose of
enabling a person seeking permanent appointment to take a police
training course as prescribed in this Act. No person shall be per-
mitted to attend a police training school unless he holds such pro-
bationary appointment, except in the discretion of the Commission,
and such appointee shall be entitled to leave of absence with pay
during the period of the police training program.