501 CMR 8.06 - Education and Training Programs on the Use of Electronic Control Weapons by Authorized Officers

(1) Only training programs certified by the MPTC or the Colonel of the MSP may be approved by the Secretary of Public Safety and Security as meeting electronic control weapon training requirements. Those programs must contain, at a minimum, the following components:

(a) Not less than six hours of training;

(b) A review of the mechanics of an electronic control weapon;

(c) Illustration of the medical issues involved with the use of an electronic control weapon including, but not limited to, information regarding the effects of electronic control weapons on individuals with pre-existing medical and other conditions and information on and a demonstration regarding the removal of probes from an individual after an electronic control weapon has been discharged;

(d) Segments on weapon proficiency for trainees, including a demonstration on the accurate discharge of an electronic control weapon, practice discharge of an electronic control weapon by trainees, exercises wherein the trainee practices transitioning to and from an electronic control weapon, and scenario exercises involving electronic control weapons;

(e) A segment on the use of an electronic control weapon as a force option and an overview of the authorized agency's policies and the electronic control weapon's relation to other weapons, tools, and tactics within the authorized agency's use of force policy; and

(f) Testing to demonstrate knowledge of protocols, use, and effects of electronic control weapons.

(2) All authorized officers who have successfully completed the authorized training program pursuant to 501 CMR 8.06(1) must then complete an annual requalification training program of no less than four hours consisting of:

(a) A review of the authorized agency's use of force policy and other policies and procedures related to electronic control authorized weapons;

(b) Updates regarding the electronic control weapon;

(c) Testing to demonstrate knowledge of policies, protocols, use, and effects of electronic control weapons; and

(d) A demonstration of proficiency with the electronic control weapon.

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501 CMR 8.06

Amended by Mass Register Issue 1323, eff. 10/7/2016. Amended by Mass Register Issue 1486, eff. 1/6/2023.