# Title 109 — Peace Officer Standards and Training Board

## Article 109-01 — General Administration

## Chapter 109-01-01 — Organization of the Board

### § 109-01-01-01. History and function.

1. In 1981 the legislative assembly established a peace officer standards and training board
under the law enforcement standards training and statistics division of the office of attorney
general. In 2003 the legislative assembly repealed the statutory provisions relating to the law
enforcement standards training and statistics division and established separate statutory
authority for the board.
2. The function of the peace officer standards and training board is to prescribe criteria for
certification of peace officer training, instructors, and schools, to certify curriculum, schools,
and officers that have met the training certification criteria, to establish curriculum for peace
officer training, to prescribe minimum standards for sidearm training and licensing for peace
officers, to issue peace officer licenses to persons who meet board-prescribed peace officer
standards, training, and licensing requirements, and to take adverse license action for
violations of state and federal laws and the rules of the board.
History: Effective October 1, 2004; amended effective April 1, 2014.
General Authority: NDCC 12-63-04(2)(d)
Law Implemented: NDCC 12-63-04
### § 109-01-01-02. Board membership.

1. The peace officer standards and training board consists of nine members, including the
director of the law enforcement training center, six peace officers, one county government
representative, and one city government representative.
2. With the exception of the director of the law enforcement training center, all members of the
peace officer standards and training board must be appointed by the attorney general and
serve staggered two-year terms.
3. Peace officers appointed by the attorney general may serve no more than three consecutive
terms.
4. The attorney general shall appoint the chairman of the board.
5. The office of attorney general shall provide support staff to the board, including an employee
to serve as the secretary to the board and as an ex officio nonvoting member of the board.
History: Effective October 1, 2004; amended effective April 1, 2022.
General Authority: NDCC 12-63-04(2)(d)
Law Implemented: NDCC 12-63-01.1

### § 109-01-01-03. Board meetings.

The board meets quarterly and when called at the direction of the board chairman.
History: Effective October 1, 2004.
General Authority: NDCC 12-63-04(2)(d)
Law Implemented: NDCC 12-63-04
### § 109-01-01-04. Inquiries.

1. All inquiries regarding the peace officer standards and training board may be addressed to the
secretary of the board. All requests for hearings and for participating in rulemaking may be
addressed to the secretary of the board, unless specific public notice provides otherwise.
2. Correspondence is to be addressed to the board as follows:
Secretary
Peace Officer Standards and Training Board
1720 Burlington Drive
Bismarck, ND 58504
or
P.O. Box 1054
Bismarck, ND 58502-1054
History: Effective October 1, 2004; amended effective April 1, 2022.
General Authority: NDCC 12-63-04(2)(d)
Law Implemented: NDCC 12-63-04
