Senate Engrossed House Bill

 

 

 

 

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-fourth Legislature

First Regular Session

2019

 

 

 

HOUSE BILL 2076

 

 

 

AN ACT

 

amending Laws 2018, chapter 312, section 5; relating to peace officer training equipment.

 

 

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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1.  Laws 2018, chapter 312, section 5 is amended to read:

Sec. 5.  Appropriations; peace officer training equipment; public safety and court automation expenses

A.  Notwithstanding section 41‑1731, subsection C, paragraph 3, Arizona Revised Statutes, as added by this act, monies in the peace officer training equipment fund established by section 41‑1731, Arizona Revised Statutes, as added by this act, are continuously appropriated until all of the following appropriations are made:

1.  The first $500,000 that is deposited in the peace officer training equipment fund established by section 41‑1731, Arizona Revised Statutes, as added by this act, is appropriated to the department of public safety for employee overtime pay.

2.  The next $2,300,000 is appropriated after the appropriation made in paragraph 1 of this section from the peace officer training equipment fund established by section 41‑1731, Arizona Revised Statutes, as added by this act, to the department of public safety to purchase all of the following:

(a)  Ten virtual firing ranges that:

(i)  Are ballistically accurate to a degree of .08 milliradian, as verified by the United States army.

(ii)  Take into account the exact weapon and round being fired.

(iii)  Emulate the real world as closely as possible, including ballistic fly‑out projectiles, weapon behavior, projectile size, environmental effects and impact results.

(iv)  Will work with the virtual firing range simulators that are used by this state before the effective date of this section January 1, 2019.

(v)  Are capable of generating unlimited custom high definition video scenarios, skill drills, targeting exercises and firearms training in any setting.

(b)  Three virtual training simulators, including one for the Tucson police department, one in Pinal county for the sheriff's office and one in Yuma county for the sheriff's office for the Glendale regional training academy.  The virtual training simulators must:

(i)  Have the ability to display, and for the trainee to engage with, characters and scenario content simultaneously across at least a three hundred degree screen environment.

(ii)  Have the ability to accurately replicate real-world ballistic characteristics of a projectile in flight.

(iii)  Be equipped with transducers to recreate sound vibrations.

(iv)  Include a stress component, including the use of a wireless device capable of delivering an adjustable electric impulse, during training engagements.

(c)  Software that is used with the virtual firing ranges and virtual training simulators.

3.  The next $203,000 is appropriated after the appropriation appropriations made in paragraphs 1 and 2 of this section from the peace officer training equipment fund established by section 41‑1731, Arizona Revised Statutes, as added by this act, to the department of public safety to maintain and service the seven existing virtual training simulators in this state.

4.  The next $50,000 is appropriated after the appropriations made in paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 of this section from the peace officer training equipment fund established by section 41‑1731, Arizona Revised Statutes, as added by this act, to the governor's office of highway safety to provide public service announcements that educate drivers in this state on how to act when subject to a peace officer's traffic stop.

5.  The next $20,000 is appropriated after the appropriations made in paragraphs 1, 2, 3 and 4 of this section from the peace officer training equipment fund established by section 41‑1731, Arizona Revised Statutes, as added by this act, to the supreme court to cover a onetime programming cost.

B.  Notwithstanding section 35‑342, Arizona Revised Statutes, the department of public safety may allow delivery of the virtual firing ranges, the virtual training simulators and the software for which monies are appropriated pursuant to subsection A, paragraph 2 of this section before sufficient monies are available from the peace officer training equipment fund and may pay for the equipment when monies are available from the fund without paying interest on the outstanding balance if the equipment vendor agrees to this arrangement.