SOURCE: IC 5-2-6-3; (10)HE1193.1.1. -->
SECTION 1. IC 5-2-6-3, AS AMENDED BY P.L.130-2009,
SECTION 1, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
JULY 1, 2010]: Sec. 3. The institute is established to do the following:
(1) Evaluate state and local programs associated with:
(A) the prevention, detection, and solution of criminal
offenses;
(B) law enforcement; and
(C) the administration of criminal and juvenile justice.
(2) Improve and coordinate all aspects of law enforcement,
juvenile justice, and criminal justice in this state.
(3) Stimulate criminal and juvenile justice research.
(4) Develop new methods for the prevention and reduction of
crime.
(5) Prepare applications for funds under the Omnibus Act and the
Juvenile Justice Act.
(6) Administer victim and witness assistance funds.
(7) Administer the traffic safety functions assigned to the institute
under IC 9-27-2.
(8) Compile and analyze information and disseminate the
information to persons who make criminal justice decisions in this
state.
(9) Serve as the criminal justice statistical analysis center for this
state.
(10) Identify grants and other funds that can be used by the
department of correction to carry out its responsibilities
concerning sex or violent offender registration under IC 11-8-8.
(11) Administer the application and approval process for
designating an area of a consolidated or second class city as a
public safety improvement area under IC 36-8-19.5.
(12) Develop and maintain a meth watch program to inform
retailers and the public about illicit methamphetamine production,
distribution, and use in Indiana.
(13) Establish, maintain, and operate, subject to specific
appropriation by the general assembly, a web site containing a list
of properties (as defined in IC 5-2-6-19(b)) that have been used
as the site of a methamphetamine laboratory.
(14) Develop and manage the gang crime witness protection
program established by section 21 of this chapter.
(15) Identify grants and other funds that can be used to fund the
gang crime witness protection program.
(16) After December 31, 2008, administer the licensing of:
(A) commercial driver training schools; and
(B) instructors at commercial driver training schools.
(17) Administer any sexual offense services.
(18) Administer domestic violence programs.
(19) Administer assistance to victims of human sexual trafficking
offenses as provided in IC 35-42-3.5-4.
(20) Administer the domestic violence prevention and treatment
fund under IC 5-2-6.7.
(21) Administer the family violence and victim assistance fund
under IC 5-2-6.8.
(22) Administer and provide staff support to the law
enforcement, school policing, and youth work group under
IC 5-2-6.9.
SOURCE: IC 5-2-6.9; (10)HE1193.1.2. -->
SECTION 2. IC 5-2-6.9 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE AS
A
NEW CHAPTER TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY
1, 2010]:
Chapter 6.9. Law Enforcement, School Policing, and Youth
Work Group
Sec. 1. (a) As used in this chapter, "institute" means the Indiana
criminal justice institute established by IC 5-2-6-3.
(b) As used in this chapter, "work group" means the law
enforcement, school policing, and youth work group established by
section 2 of this chapter.
Sec. 2. (a) The law enforcement, school policing, and youth work
group is established.
(b) The institute shall staff and administer the work group.
(c) The institute may adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to administer
the work group.
Sec. 3. (a) The work group consists of twenty-six (26) voting
members, including:
(1) the executive director of the Indiana criminal justice
institute or the executive director's designee;
(2) the executive director of the Indiana law enforcement
academy or the executive director's designee;
(3) the state superintendent of public instruction or the state
superintendent's designee;
(4) the executive director of the Indiana judicial center or the
executive director's designee;
(5) the executive director of the public defender council of
Indiana or the executive director's designee;
(6) the executive director of the prosecuting attorneys council
of Indiana or the executive director's designee;
(7) the executive director of the Indiana sheriff's association
or the executive director's designee;
(8) a judge having juvenile court jurisdiction, appointed by
the governor;
(9) a chief of police, police officer, or town marshal, appointed
by the attorney general;
(10) a pediatric physician, appointed by the chief justice of the
supreme court;
(11) a psychologist who treats adolescent children, appointed
by the speaker of the house of representatives;
(12) a law enforcement officer employed by a law enforcement
agency who routinely works in a school, appointed by the
minority leader of the house of representatives;
(13) an attorney licensed to practice law in Indiana who is a
member of the Indiana State Bar Association, appointed by
the president pro tempore of the senate;
(14) an individual who is less than nineteen (19) years of age,
appointed by the minority leader of the senate;
(15) a school teacher who is employed by a junior high school,
middle school, or high school, appointed by the governor;
(16) a school social worker, appointed by the attorney
general;
(17) a school attorney, appointed by the chief justice of the
supreme court;
(18) a school principal from an urban school district,
appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives;
(19) a school principal from a suburban or rural school
district, appointed by the minority leader of the house of
representatives;
(20) an individual who represents or is employed by a child
advocate organization, appointed by the president pro
tempore of the senate;
(21) a special education teacher, appointed by the minority
leader of the senate;
(22) a law school professor, appointed by the governor;
(23) a university or college professor who has studied or
specializes in school discipline and racial equity issues of
children, appointed by the attorney general;
(24) the director of a law enforcement training school or
academy other than the Indiana law enforcement academy,
appointed by the chief justice of the supreme court;
(25) a parent of a child who is enrolled in high school,
appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives; and
(26) a parent of a child who is enrolled in high school,
appointed by the president pro tempore of the senate.
(b) The work group also consists of four (4) members of the
general assembly who shall serve as nonvoting members of the
work group. The president pro tempore of the senate shall appoint
two (2) senators, who may not be members of the same political
party. The speaker of the house of representatives shall appoint
two (2) representatives, who may not be members of the same
political party.
(c) The individual appointed under subsection (a)(22)
shall serve
as the chairperson of the work group.
(d) The individuals appointing work group members under this
section should strive for a diverse group of appointees reflecting a
variety of ethnic groups and races and both men and women.
Sec. 4. The work group shall meet one (1) time per month at the
call of the chairperson.
Sec. 5. Fourteen (14) voting members of the work group
constitute a quorum. The work group is not prohibited from
conducting business as a result of a vacancy in the work group. In
the case of a vacancy, a new appointee shall serve for the
remainder of the unexpired term. A vacancy shall be filled from
the same group that was represented by the outgoing member.
Sec. 6. All appointments of the work group's members are
renewable.
Sec. 7. (a) A member of the work group who is not a state
employee is not entitled to a minimum salary per diem provided by
IC 4-10-11-2.1(b) and is not entitled to reimbursement for traveling
expenses.
(b) A member of the work group who is a state employee is
entitled to reimbursement for traveling expenses and other
expenses actually incurred in connection with the member's duties,
as provided in the state travel policies and procedures established
by the Indiana department of administration and approved by the
budget agency.
Sec. 8. (a) Before July 1 of each year, the work group shall
submit an annual report to the:
(1) legislative council;
(2) governor;
(3) department of education;
(4) Indiana law enforcement academy;
(5) commission on courts established by IC 33-23-10-1;
(6) education roundtable established by IC 20-19-4-2;
(7) chief justice of the supreme court; and
(8) board for the coordination of programs serving vulnerable
individuals established by IC 4-23-30.2-8.
(b) The report must include the findings and recommendations
of the board.
(c) The report submitted to the legislative council must be in an
electronic format under IC 5-14-6.
Sec. 9. The institute shall:
(1) provide staff support to the work group; and
(2) post the work group's:
(A) meeting minutes; and
(B) reports;
on the institute's web site.
Sec. 10. (a) The work group shall:
(1) recommend legislation to the general assembly;
(2) study and recommend training curricula to the Indiana
law enforcement academy concerning law enforcement officer
interactions with juveniles;
(3) study and recommend training curricula concerning law
enforcement, school policing, and juveniles, as described in
subsection (b), for:
(A) school resources officers;
(B) teachers;
(C) school administrators;
(D) school corporation police officers; and
(E) privately contracted security officers who work in
schools;
(4) study and make recommendations concerning methods by
which law enforcement agencies may improve interactions
with juveniles;
(5) study and recommend methods by which law enforcement
agencies and schools may collaborate on reducing juvenile
involvement in the juvenile justice system, including:
(A) when school administrators should be notified before
a student is arrested;
(B) what types of arrests should not occur on school
property;
(C) recommendations regarding school administrators and
law enforcement agencies reviewing school safety policies;
(D) policies concerning parental notification of student
arrests; and
(E) the use of alternatives to arrest;
(6) study and recommend pilot programs for school districts
and law enforcement agencies to reduce juvenile involvement
in the juvenile justice system based on best practices;
(7) study and recommend guidelines for school districts to
adopt to reduce juvenile involvement in the juvenile justice
system;
(8) study and recommend whether law enforcement agencies
should employ juvenile justice specialists to:
(A) train law enforcement officers on appropriate law
enforcement interactions with juveniles;
(B) collaborate with schools to reduce law enforcement
interactions with juveniles; and
(C) develop alternatives to arresting juveniles;
(9) study and recommend educational curricula to the
department of education for students regarding:
(A) the juvenile justice and criminal justice systems;
(B) the types of conduct that can lead to school discipline;
(C) the consequences of being arrested; and
(D) restorative justice principles;
(10) study and recommend training curricula for school
employees concerning:
(A) the juvenile justice system;
(B) alternatives to student suspension, expulsion, and
arrest;
(C) restorative justice; and
(D) the consequences of arresting a youth;
(11) study and recommend the use of school security guards
by school corporations and whether additional training is
recommended for school security guards to make arrests,
conduct searches, and carry firearms on school corporation
property;
(12) study the use of zero (0) tolerance policies by schools and
the impact that zero (0) tolerance policies have for youth
involvement in the juvenile justice system;
(13) study and recommend curriculum for the law
enforcement training academy to adopt regarding training
requirements for each person accepted for training at a law
enforcement training school or academy regarding:
(A) interacting with juveniles; and
(B) de-escalation techniques appropriate for youth;
(14) study and recommend whether law enforcement agencies
should provide continuing education to law enforcement
officers regarding:
(A) interacting with juveniles; and
(B) de-escalation techniques appropriate for youth; and
(15) study and recommend whether school security guards
should receive training before being allowed to carry a
firearm on school corporation property.
(b) The recommendations under subsection (a)(3) may include
recommendations for training concerning:
(1) adolescent development;
(2) adolescent psychology;
(3) children with disabilities and special needs;
(4) law enforcement interactions with youth in schools;
(5) relationship building;
(6) implications for asserting authority;
(7) cultural competency; and
(8) alternatives to referral, arrest, and detention.
(c) The work group shall make a recommendation regarding the
issue stated in subsection (a)(11) by August 1, 2011.
Sec. 11. The work group shall conduct its first meeting by
August 1, 2010.
Sec. 12. This chapter expires June 30, 2015.