§ 42-28-25. State and municipal police training school established. (a) Within the Rhode Island state police there is hereby created and established a state and municipal police training school.

(b) The superintendent of the state police shall have supervision of the state and municipal police training academy and shall establish standards for admission and a course of training. The superintendent shall report to the governor and general assembly a plan for a state and municipal police training academy on or before December 31, 1993. The superintendent shall, in consultation with the Police Chiefs' Association and the chairperson of the Rhode Island commission on standards and training make all necessary rules and regulations relative to the admission, education, physical standards and personal character of the trainees and such other rules and regulations as shall not be inconsistent with law.

(c) Applicants to the state and municipal police training academy shall pay an application fee in the amount of fifty dollars ($50.00); provided, however, the superintendent may waive such application fee if payment thereof would be a hardship to the applicant.

(d) Trainees shall pay to the division an amount equal to the actual cost of meals consumed at the state police and municipal police training academy and the actual cost of such training uniforms which remain the personal property of the trainees.

(e) All fees and payments received by the division pursuant to this section shall be deposited as general revenues.

History of Section. (G.L. 1938, ch. 8, § 21; P.L. 1955, ch. 3459, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 42-28-25; P.L. 1993, ch. 138, art. 44, § 3; P.L. 1995, ch. 370, art. 40, § 134; P.L. 2002, ch. 65, art. 13, § 27; P.L. 2007, ch. 340, § 27.)