HB 683

As Introduced
136th General Assembly
   Regular Session  H. B. No. 683
       2025-2026
  Representatives Odioso, Dovilla
  To amend sections 109.71, 109.77, 121.483, and  1
  2935.01 of the Revised Code to add the Inspector  2
  General and a deputy Inspector General to the  3
  definition of "peace officer" while either  4
  official is engaged in the scope of the  5
  official's duties.  6
 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
     Section 1. That sections 109.71, 109.77, 121.483, and  7
2935.01 of the Revised Code be amended to read as follows:  8
     Sec. 109.71. There is hereby created in the office of the  9
attorney general the Ohio peace officer training commission. The  10
commission shall consist of ten members appointed by the  11
governor with the advice and consent of the senate and selected  12
as follows: one member representing the public; one member who  13
represents a fraternal organization representing law enforcement  14
officers; two members who are incumbent sheriffs; two members  15
who are incumbent chiefs of police; one member from the bureau  16
of criminal identification and investigation; one member from  17
the state highway patrol; one member who is the special agent in  18
charge of a field office of the federal bureau of investigation  19
in this state; and one member from the department of education  20
and workforce, trade and industrial education services, law  21
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enforcement training.  22
       This section does not confer any arrest authority or any  23
ability or authority to detain a person, write or issue any  24
citation, or provide any disposition alternative, as granted  25
under Chapter 2935. of the Revised Code.  26
       The commission is exempt from the requirements of sections  27
101.82 to 101.87 of the Revised Code.  28
       As used in sections 109.71 to 109.801 of the Revised Code:  29
       (A) "Peace officer" means:  30
       (1) A deputy sheriff, marshal, deputy marshal, member of  31
the organized police department of a township or municipal  32
corporation, member of a township police district or joint  33
police district police force, member of a police force employed  34
by a metropolitan housing authority under division (D) of  35
section 3735.31 of the Revised Code, or township constable, who  36
is commissioned and employed as a peace officer by a political  37
subdivision of this state or by a metropolitan housing  38
authority, and whose primary duties are to preserve the peace,  39
to protect life and property, and to enforce the laws of this  40
state, ordinances of a municipal corporation, resolutions of a  41
township, or regulations of a board of county commissioners or  42
board of township trustees, or any of those laws, ordinances,  43
resolutions, or regulations;  44
       (2) A police officer who is employed by a railroad company  45
and appointed and commissioned by the secretary of state  46
pursuant to sections 4973.17 to 4973.22 of the Revised Code;  47
       (3) Employees of the department of taxation engaged in the  48
enforcement of Chapter 5743. of the Revised Code and designated  49
by the tax commissioner for peace officer training for purposes  50
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of the delegation of investigation powers under section 5743.45  51
of the Revised Code;  52
       (4) An undercover drug agent;  53
       (5) Enforcement agents of the department of public safety  54
whom the director of public safety designates under section  55
5502.14 of the Revised Code;  56
       (6) An employee of the department of natural resources who  57
is a natural resources law enforcement staff officer designated  58
pursuant to section 1501.013, a natural resources officer  59
appointed pursuant to section 1501.24, a forest-fire  60
investigator appointed pursuant to section 1503.09, or a  61
wildlife officer designated pursuant to section 1531.13 of the  62
Revised Code;  63
       (7) An employee of a park district who is designated  64
pursuant to section 511.232 or 1545.13 of the Revised Code;  65
       (8) An employee of a conservancy district who is  66
designated pursuant to section 6101.75 of the Revised Code;  67
       (9) A police officer who is employed by a hospital that  68
employs and maintains its own proprietary police department or  69
security department, and who is appointed and commissioned by  70
the secretary of state pursuant to sections 4973.17 to 4973.22  71
of the Revised Code;  72
       (10) Veterans' homes police officers designated under  73
section 5907.02 of the Revised Code;  74
       (11) A police officer who is employed by a qualified  75
nonprofit corporation police department pursuant to section  76
1702.80 of the Revised Code;  77
       (12) A state university law enforcement officer appointed  78
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under section 3345.04 of the Revised Code or a person serving as  79
a state university law enforcement officer on a permanent basis  80
on June 19, 1978, who has been awarded a certificate by the  81
executive director of the Ohio peace officer training commission  82
attesting to the person's satisfactory completion of an approved  83
state, county, municipal, or department of natural resources  84
peace officer basic training program;  85
       (13) A special police officer employed by the department  86
of mental health and addiction services behavioral health  87
pursuant to section 5119.08 of the Revised Code or the  88
department of developmental disabilities pursuant to section  89
5123.13 of the Revised Code;  90
       (14) A member of a campus police department appointed  91
under section 1713.50 of the Revised Code;  92
       (15) A member of a police force employed by a regional  93
transit authority under division (Y) of section 306.35 of the  94
Revised Code;  95
       (16) Investigators appointed by the auditor of state  96
pursuant to section 117.091 of the Revised Code and engaged in  97
the enforcement of Chapter 117. of the Revised Code;  98
       (17) A special police officer designated by the  99
superintendent of the state highway patrol pursuant to section  100
5503.09 of the Revised Code or a person who was serving as a  101
special police officer pursuant to that section on a permanent  102
basis on October 21, 1997, and who has been awarded a  103
certificate by the executive director of the Ohio peace officer  104
training commission attesting to the person's satisfactory  105
completion of an approved state, county, municipal, or  106
department of natural resources peace officer basic training  107
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program;  108
       (18) A special police officer employed by a port authority  109
under section 4582.04 or 4582.28 of the Revised Code or a person  110
serving as a special police officer employed by a port authority  111
on a permanent basis on May 17, 2000, who has been awarded a  112
certificate by the executive director of the Ohio peace officer  113
training commission attesting to the person's satisfactory  114
completion of an approved state, county, municipal, or  115
department of natural resources peace officer basic training  116
program;  117
       (19) A special police officer employed by a municipal  118
corporation who has been awarded a certificate by the executive  119
director of the Ohio peace officer training commission for  120
satisfactory completion of an approved peace officer basic  121
training program and who is employed on a permanent basis on or  122
after March 19, 2003, at a municipal airport, or other municipal  123
air navigation facility, that has scheduled operations, as  124
defined in section 119.3 of Title 14 of the Code of Federal  125
Regulations, 14 C.F.R. 119.3, as amended, and that is required  126
to be under a security program and is governed by aviation  127
security rules of the transportation security administration of  128
the United States department of transportation as provided in  129
Parts 1542. and 1544. of Title 49 of the Code of Federal  130
Regulations, as amended;  131
       (20) A police officer who is employed by an owner or  132
operator of an amusement park that has an average yearly  133
attendance in excess of six hundred thousand guests and that  134
employs and maintains its own proprietary police department or  135
security department, and who is appointed and commissioned by a  136
judge of the appropriate municipal court or county court  137
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pursuant to section 4973.17 of the Revised Code;  138
       (21) A police officer who is employed by a bank, savings  139
and loan association, savings bank, credit union, or association  140
of banks, savings and loan associations, savings banks, or  141
credit unions, who has been appointed and commissioned by the  142
secretary of state pursuant to sections 4973.17 to 4973.22 of  143
the Revised Code, and who has been awarded a certificate by the  144
executive director of the Ohio peace officer training commission  145
attesting to the person's satisfactory completion of a state,  146
county, municipal, or department of natural resources peace  147
officer basic training program;  148
       (22) An investigator, as defined in section 109.541 of the  149
Revised Code, of the bureau of criminal identification and  150
investigation who is commissioned by the superintendent of the  151
bureau as a special agent for the purpose of assisting law  152
enforcement officers or providing emergency assistance to peace  153
officers pursuant to authority granted under that section;  154
       (23) A state fire marshal law enforcement officer  155
appointed under section 3737.22 of the Revised Code or a person  156
serving as a state fire marshal law enforcement officer on a  157
permanent basis on or after July 1, 1982, who has been awarded a  158
certificate by the executive director of the Ohio peace officer  159
training commission attesting to the person's satisfactory  160
completion of an approved state, county, municipal, or  161
department of natural resources peace officer basic training  162
program;  163
       (24) A gaming agent employed under section 3772.03 of the  164
Revised Code;  165
       (25) An employee of the state board of pharmacy designated  166
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by the executive director of the board pursuant to section  167
4729.04 of the Revised Code to investigate violations of  168
Chapters 2925., 3715., 3719., 3796., 4729., and 4752. of the  169
Revised Code and rules adopted thereunder;  170
       (26) The inspector general or a deputy inspector general  171
appointed pursuant to section 121.48 of the Revised Code who has  172
been awarded a certificate by the executive director of the Ohio  173
peace officer training commission attesting to the person's  174
satisfactory completion of an approved state, county, municipal,  175
or department of natural resources peace officer basic training  176
program, while the inspector general or deputy inspector general  177
is engaged in the scope of the inspector general's or deputy  178
inspector general's duties under sections 121.42 to 121.52 of  179
the Revised Code.  180
       (B) "Undercover drug agent" has the same meaning as in  181
division (B)(2) of section 109.79 of the Revised Code.  182
       (C) "Crisis intervention training" means training in the  183
use of interpersonal and communication skills to most  184
effectively and sensitively interview victims of rape.  185
       (D) "Missing children" has the same meaning as in section  186
2901.30 of the Revised Code.  187
       (E) "Tactical medical professional" means an EMT, EMT-  188
basic, AEMT, EMT-I, paramedic, nurse, or physician who is  189
trained and certified in a nationally recognized tactical  190
medical training program that is equivalent to "tactical combat  191
casualty care" (TCCC) and "tactical emergency medical support"  192
(TEMS) and who functions in the tactical or austere environment  193
while attached to a law enforcement agency of either this state  194
or a political subdivision of this state.  195
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       (F) "EMT-basic," "EMT-I," and "paramedic" have the same  196
meanings as in section 4765.01 of the Revised Code and "EMT" and  197
"AEMT" have the same meanings as in section 4765.011 of the  198
Revised Code.  199
       (G) "Nurse" means any of the following:  200
       (1) Any person who is licensed to practice nursing as a  201
registered nurse by the board of nursing;  202
       (2) Any certified nurse practitioner, clinical nurse  203
specialist, certified registered nurse anesthetist, or certified  204
nurse-midwife who holds a certificate of authority issued by the  205
board of nursing under Chapter 4723. of the Revised Code;  206
       (3) Any person who is licensed to practice nursing as a  207
licensed practical nurse by the board of nursing pursuant to  208
Chapter 4723. of the Revised Code.  209
       (H) "Physician" means a person who is licensed pursuant to  210
Chapter 4731. of the Revised Code to practice medicine and  211
surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery.  212
       (I) "County correctional officer" has the same meaning as  213
in section 341.41 of the Revised Code.  214
       (J)(1) "Fire investigator" means an employee of a fire  215
department charged with investigating fires and explosions who  216
has been authorized, in accordance with sections 737.27 and  217
3737.24 of the Revised Code, to perform the duties of  218
investigating the origin and cause of fires and explosions using  219
the scientific method to investigate elements of the event  220
including the circumstances, actions, persons, means, and  221
motives that resulted in the fire or explosion or the report of  222
a fire or explosion within this state.  223
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       (2) "Fire investigator" does not include a person who is  224
acting as a fire investigator on behalf of an insurance company  225
or any other privately owned or operated enterprise.  226
       (K) "Fire department" means a fire department of the state  227
or an instrumentality of the state or of a municipal  228
corporation, township, joint fire district, or other political  229
subdivision.  230
       (L) "At-risk youth" means an individual who is all of the  231
following:  232
       (1) Under twenty-one years of age;  233
       (2) One of the following:  234
       (a) At risk of becoming an abused, neglected, or dependent  235
child, delinquent or unruly child, or juvenile traffic offender;  236
       (b) An abused, neglected, or dependent child, delinquent  237
or unruly child, or juvenile traffic offender.  238
       (3) Residing in a state correctional institution, a  239
department of youth services institution, or a residential  240
facility.  241
       (M) "Residential facility" has the same meaning as in  242
section 2151.46 of the Revised Code.  243
       Sec. 109.77. (A) As used in this section:  244
       (1) "Felony" has the same meaning as in section 109.511 of  245
the Revised Code.  246
       (2) "Companion animal" has the same meaning as in section  247
959.131 of the Revised Code.  248
       (B)(1) Notwithstanding any general, special, or local law  249
or charter to the contrary, and except as otherwise provided in  250
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this section, no person shall receive an original appointment on  251
a permanent basis as any of the following unless the person  252
previously has been awarded a certificate by the executive  253
director of the Ohio peace officer training commission attesting  254
to the person's satisfactory completion of an approved state,  255
county, municipal, or department of natural resources peace  256
officer basic training program:  257
       (a) A peace officer of any county, township, municipal  258
corporation, regional transit authority, or metropolitan housing  259
authority;  260
       (b) A natural resources law enforcement staff officer,  261
forest-fire investigator, wildlife officer, or natural resources  262
officer of the department of natural resources;  263
       (c) An employee of a park district under section 511.232  264
or 1545.13 of the Revised Code;  265
       (d) An employee of a conservancy district who is  266
designated pursuant to section 6101.75 of the Revised Code;  267
       (e) A state university law enforcement officer;  268
       (f) A special police officer employed by the department of  269
mental health and addiction services behavioral health pursuant  270
to section 5119.08 of the Revised Code or the department of  271
developmental disabilities pursuant to section 5123.13 of the  272
Revised Code;  273
       (g) An enforcement agent of the department of public  274
safety whom the director of public safety designates under  275
section 5502.14 of the Revised Code;  276
       (h) A special police officer employed by a port authority  277
under section 4582.04 or 4582.28 of the Revised Code;  278
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       (i) A special police officer employed by a municipal  279
corporation at a municipal airport, or other municipal air  280
navigation facility, that has scheduled operations, as defined  281
in section 119.3 of Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations,  282
14 C.F.R. 119.3, as amended, and that is required to be under a  283
security program and is governed by aviation security rules of  284
the transportation security administration of the United States  285
department of transportation as provided in Parts 1542. and  286
1544. of Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations, as  287
amended;  288
       (j) A gaming agent employed under section 3772.03 of the  289
Revised Code;  290
       (k) The inspector general or a deputy inspector general  291
appointed pursuant to section 121.48 of the Revised Code.  292
       (2) Every person who is appointed on a temporary basis or  293
for a probationary term or on other than a permanent basis as  294
any of the following shall forfeit the appointed position unless  295
the person previously has completed satisfactorily or, within  296
the time prescribed by rules adopted by the attorney general  297
pursuant to section 109.74 of the Revised Code, satisfactorily  298
completes a state, county, municipal, or department of natural  299
resources peace officer basic training program for temporary or  300
probationary officers and is awarded a certificate by the  301
director attesting to the satisfactory completion of the  302
program:  303
       (a) A peace officer of any county, township, municipal  304
corporation, regional transit authority, or metropolitan housing  305
authority;  306
       (b) A natural resources law enforcement staff officer,  307
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park officer, forest officer, preserve officer, wildlife  308
officer, or state watercraft officer of the department of  309
natural resources;  310
       (c) An employee of a park district under section 511.232  311
or 1545.13 of the Revised Code;  312
       (d) An employee of a conservancy district who is  313
designated pursuant to section 6101.75 of the Revised Code;  314
       (e) A special police officer employed by the department of  315
mental health and addiction services behavioral health pursuant  316
to section 5119.08 of the Revised Code or the department of  317
developmental disabilities pursuant to section 5123.13 of the  318
Revised Code;  319
       (f) An enforcement agent of the department of public  320
safety whom the director of public safety designates under  321
section 5502.14 of the Revised Code;  322
       (g) A special police officer employed by a port authority  323
under section 4582.04 or 4582.28 of the Revised Code;  324
       (h) A special police officer employed by a municipal  325
corporation at a municipal airport, or other municipal air  326
navigation facility, that has scheduled operations, as defined  327
in section 119.3 of Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations,  328
14 C.F.R. 119.3, as amended, and that is required to be under a  329
security program and is governed by aviation security rules of  330
the transportation security administration of the United States  331
department of transportation as provided in Parts 1542. and  332
1544. of Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations, as  333
amended.  334
       (3) For purposes of division (B) of this section, a state,  335
county, municipal, or department of natural resources peace  336
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officer basic training program, regardless of whether the  337
program is to be completed by peace officers appointed on a  338
permanent or temporary, probationary, or other nonpermanent  339
basis, shall include training in the handling of the offense of  340
domestic violence, other types of domestic violence-related  341
offenses and incidents, protection orders and consent agreements  342
issued or approved under section 2919.26 or 3113.31 of the  343
Revised Code, crisis intervention training, and training on  344
companion animal encounters and companion animal behavior. The  345
requirement to complete training in the handling of the offense  346
of domestic violence, other types of domestic violence-related  347
offenses and incidents, and protection orders and consent  348
agreements issued or approved under section 2919.26 or 3113.31  349
of the Revised Code does not apply to any person serving as a  350
peace officer on March 27, 1979, and the requirement to complete  351
training in crisis intervention does not apply to any person  352
serving as a peace officer on April 4, 1985. Any person who is  353
serving as a peace officer on April 4, 1985, who terminates that  354
employment after that date, and who subsequently is hired as a  355
peace officer by the same or another law enforcement agency  356
shall complete training in crisis intervention as prescribed by  357
rules adopted by the attorney general pursuant to section  358
109.742 of the Revised Code. No peace officer shall have  359
employment as a peace officer terminated and then be reinstated  360
with intent to circumvent this section.  361
       (4) Division (B) of this section does not apply to any  362
person serving on a permanent basis on March 28, 1985, as a park  363
officer, forest officer, preserve officer, wildlife officer, or  364
state watercraft officer of the department of natural resources  365
or as an employee of a park district under section 511.232 or  366
1545.13 of the Revised Code, to any person serving on a  367
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permanent basis on March 6, 1986, as an employee of a  368
conservancy district designated pursuant to section 6101.75 of  369
the Revised Code, to any person serving on a permanent basis on  370
January 10, 1991, as a preserve officer of the department of  371
natural resources, to any person employed on a permanent basis  372
on July 2, 1992, as a special police officer by the department  373
of mental health and addiction services behavioral health  374
pursuant to section 5119.08 of the Revised Code or by the  375
department of developmental disabilities pursuant to section  376
5123.13 of the Revised Code, to any person serving on a  377
permanent basis on May 17, 2000, as a special police officer  378
employed by a port authority under section 4582.04 or 4582.28 of  379
the Revised Code, to any person serving on a permanent basis on  380
March 19, 2003, as a special police officer employed by a  381
municipal corporation at a municipal airport or other municipal  382
air navigation facility described in division (A)(19) of section  383
109.71 of the Revised Code, to any person serving on a permanent  384
basis on June 19, 1978, as a state university law enforcement  385
officer pursuant to section 3345.04 of the Revised Code and who,  386
immediately prior to June 19, 1978, was serving as a special  387
police officer designated under authority of that section, or to  388
any person serving on a permanent basis on September 20, 1984,  389
as a liquor control investigator, known after June 30, 1999, as  390
an enforcement agent of the department of public safety, engaged  391
in the enforcement of Chapters 4301. and 4303. of the Revised  392
Code.  393
        (5) Division (B) of this section does not apply to any  394
person who is appointed as a regional transit authority police  395
officer pursuant to division (Y) of section 306.35 of the  396
Revised Code if, on or before July 1, 1996, the person has  397
completed satisfactorily an approved state, county, municipal,  398
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or department of natural resources peace officer basic training  399
program and has been awarded a certificate by the executive  400
director of the Ohio peace officer training commission attesting  401
to the person's satisfactory completion of such an approved  402
program and if, on July 1, 1996, the person is performing peace  403
officer functions for a regional transit authority.  404
       (C) No person, after September 20, 1984, shall receive an  405
original appointment on a permanent basis as a veterans' home  406
police officer designated under section 5907.02 of the Revised  407
Code unless the person previously has been awarded a certificate  408
by the executive director of the Ohio peace officer training  409
commission attesting to the person's satisfactory completion of  410
an approved police officer basic training program. Every person  411
who is appointed on a temporary basis or for a probationary term  412
or on other than a permanent basis as a veterans' home police  413
officer designated under section 5907.02 of the Revised Code  414
shall forfeit that position unless the person previously has  415
completed satisfactorily or, within one year from the time of  416
appointment, satisfactorily completes an approved police officer  417
basic training program.  418
       (D) No bailiff or deputy bailiff of a court of record of  419
this state and no criminal investigator who is employed by the  420
state public defender shall carry a firearm, as defined in  421
section 2923.11 of the Revised Code, while on duty unless the  422
bailiff, deputy bailiff, or criminal investigator has done or  423
received one of the following:  424
       (1) Has been awarded a certificate by the executive  425
director of the Ohio peace officer training commission, which  426
certificate attests to satisfactory completion of an approved  427
state, county, or municipal basic training program for bailiffs  428
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and deputy bailiffs of courts of record and for criminal  429
investigators employed by the state public defender that has  430
been recommended by the Ohio peace officer training commission;  431
       (2) Has successfully completed a firearms training program  432
approved by the Ohio peace officer training commission prior to  433
employment as a bailiff, deputy bailiff, or criminal  434
investigator;  435
       (3) Prior to June 6, 1986, was authorized to carry a  436
firearm by the court that employed the bailiff or deputy bailiff  437
or, in the case of a criminal investigator, by the state public  438
defender and has received training in the use of firearms that  439
the Ohio peace officer training commission determines is  440
equivalent to the training that otherwise is required by  441
division (D) of this section.  442
       (E)(1) Before a person seeking a certificate completes an  443
approved peace officer basic training program, the executive  444
director of the Ohio peace officer training commission shall  445
request the person to disclose, and the person shall disclose,  446
any previous criminal conviction of or plea of guilty of that  447
person to a felony.  448
       (2) Before a person seeking a certificate completes an  449
approved peace officer basic training program, the executive  450
director shall request a criminal history records check on the  451
person. The executive director shall submit the person's  452
fingerprints to the bureau of criminal identification and  453
investigation, which shall submit the fingerprints to the  454
federal bureau of investigation for a national criminal history  455
records check.  456
       Upon receipt of the executive director's request, the  457
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bureau of criminal identification and investigation and the  458
federal bureau of investigation shall conduct a criminal history  459
records check on the person and, upon completion of the check,  460
shall provide a copy of the criminal history records check to  461
the executive director. The executive director shall not award  462
any certificate prescribed in this section unless the executive  463
director has received a copy of the criminal history records  464
check on the person to whom the certificate is to be awarded.  465
       (3) The executive director of the commission shall not  466
award a certificate prescribed in this section to a person who  467
has been convicted of or has pleaded guilty to a felony or who  468
fails to disclose any previous criminal conviction of or plea of  469
guilty to a felony as required under division (E)(1) of this  470
section.  471
       (4) The executive director of the commission shall revoke  472
the certificate awarded to a person as prescribed in this  473
section, and that person shall forfeit all of the benefits  474
derived from being certified as a peace officer under this  475
section, if the person, before completion of an approved peace  476
officer basic training program, failed to disclose any previous  477
criminal conviction of or plea of guilty to a felony as required  478
under division (E)(1) of this section.  479
       (F)(1) Regardless of whether the person has been awarded  480
the certificate or has been classified as a peace officer prior  481
to, on, or after October 16, 1996, the executive director of the  482
Ohio peace officer training commission shall revoke any  483
certificate that has been awarded to a person as prescribed in  484
this section if the person does either of the following:  485
       (a) Pleads guilty to a felony committed on or after  486
January 1, 1997;  487
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       (b) Pleads guilty to a misdemeanor committed on or after  488
January 1, 1997, pursuant to a negotiated plea agreement as  489
provided in division (D) of section 2929.43 of the Revised Code  490
in which the person agrees to surrender the certificate awarded  491
to the person under this section.  492
       (2) The executive director of the commission shall suspend  493
any certificate that has been awarded to a person as prescribed  494
in this section if the person is convicted, after trial, of a  495
felony committed on or after January 1, 1997. The executive  496
director shall suspend the certificate pursuant to division (F)  497
(2) of this section pending the outcome of an appeal by the  498
person from that conviction to the highest court to which the  499
appeal is taken or until the expiration of the period in which  500
an appeal is required to be filed. If the person files an appeal  501
that results in that person's acquittal of the felony or  502
conviction of a misdemeanor, or in the dismissal of the felony  503
charge against that person, the executive director shall  504
reinstate the certificate awarded to the person under this  505
section. If the person files an appeal from that person's  506
conviction of the felony and the conviction is upheld by the  507
highest court to which the appeal is taken or if the person does  508
not file a timely appeal, the executive director shall revoke  509
the certificate awarded to the person under this section.  510
       (G)(1) If a person is awarded a certificate under this  511
section and the certificate is revoked pursuant to division (E)  512
(4) or (F) of this section, the person shall not be eligible to  513
receive, at any time, a certificate attesting to the person's  514
satisfactory completion of a peace officer basic training  515
program.  516
       (2) The revocation or suspension of a certificate under  517
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division (E)(4) or (F) of this section shall be in accordance  518
with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code.  519
       (H)(1) A person who was employed as a peace officer of a  520
county, township, or municipal corporation of the state on  521
January 1, 1966, and who has completed at least sixteen years of  522
full-time active service as such a peace officer, or equivalent  523
service as determined by the executive director of the Ohio  524
peace officer training commission, may receive an original  525
appointment on a permanent basis and serve as a peace officer of  526
a county, township, or municipal corporation, or as a state  527
university law enforcement officer, without complying with the  528
requirements of division (B) of this section.  529
       (2) Any person who held an appointment as a state highway  530
trooper on January 1, 1966, may receive an original appointment  531
on a permanent basis and serve as a peace officer of a county,  532
township, or municipal corporation, or as a state university law  533
enforcement officer, without complying with the requirements of  534
division (B) of this section.  535
       (I) No person who is appointed as a peace officer of a  536
county, township, or municipal corporation on or after April 9,  537
1985, shall serve as a peace officer of that county, township,  538
or municipal corporation unless the person has received training  539
in the handling of missing children and child abuse and neglect  540
cases from an approved state, county, township, or municipal  541
police officer basic training program or receives the training  542
within the time prescribed by rules adopted by the attorney  543
general pursuant to section 109.741 of the Revised Code.  544
       (J) No part of any approved state, county, or municipal  545
basic training program for bailiffs and deputy bailiffs of  546
courts of record and no part of any approved state, county, or  547
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municipal basic training program for criminal investigators  548
employed by the state public defender shall be used as credit  549
toward the completion by a peace officer of any part of the  550
approved state, county, or municipal peace officer basic  551
training program that the peace officer is required by this  552
section to complete satisfactorily.  553
       (K) This section does not apply to any member of the  554
police department of a municipal corporation in an adjoining  555
state serving in this state under a contract pursuant to section  556
737.04 of the Revised Code.  557
       (L) The executive director of the commission shall issue a  558
certificate of completion of a training program required under  559
this section in accordance with Chapter 4796. of the Revised  560
Code to an individual if either of the following applies:  561
       (1) The individual holds a certificate of completion of  562
such a program in another state.  563
       (2) The individual has satisfactory work experience, a  564
government certification, or a private certification as  565
described in that chapter in the same profession, occupation, or  566
occupational activity as the profession, occupation, or  567
occupational activity for which the certificate is required in  568
this state in a state that does not require completion of such a  569
training program.  570
       (M)(1) Except as provided in division (M)(2) of this  571
section, no certificate awarded by the executive director of the  572
Ohio peace officer training commission attesting to a person's  573
satisfactory completion of an approved state, county, municipal,  574
or department of natural resources peace officer basic training  575
program shall be deemed insufficient for an appointment to a  576
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position listed in division (B)(1) of this section because of a  577
lapse in the person's service as a peace officer.  578
       (2) The Ohio peace officer training commission shall  579
require a re-appointed peace officer to complete refresher  580
training of the following duration prior to performing the  581
functions of a peace officer, if the peace officer, having  582
previously been awarded a certificate by the executive director  583
of the commission attesting to the person's satisfactory  584
completion of an approved state, county, municipal, or  585
department of natural resources peace officer basic training  586
program or pursuant to Chapter 4796. of the Revised Code, for at  587
least one year prior to an appointment, was not employed as a  588
peace officer:  589
       (a) If the period of lapse was at least one year, but less  590
than four years, up to forty hours;  591
       (b) If the period of lapse was four years or longer,  592
eighty hours.  593
       Sec. 121.483. A The inspector general or a deputy  594
inspector general appointed under section 121.48 of the Revised  595
Code, who has been awarded a certificate by the executive  596
director of the Ohio peace officer training commission attesting  597
to the person's satisfactory completion of an approved state,  598
county, or municipal, or department of natural resources peace  599
officer basic training program, shall, during the term of the  600
deputy inspector general's appointment, be considered a peace  601
officer for the purpose of maintaining a current and valid basic  602
training certificate pursuant to rules adopted under section  603
109.74 of the Revised Code under section 109.77 of the Revised  604
Code has the same arrest authority as a peace officer. The  605
inspector general or a deputy inspector general may exercise  606
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this arrest authority only while the inspector general or a  607
deputy inspector general is engaged in the scope of the  608
inspector general's or deputy inspector general's duties under  609
sections 121.42 to 121.52 of the Revised Code.  610
       Sec. 2935.01. As used in this chapter:  611
       (A) "Magistrate" has the same meaning as in section  612
2931.01 of the Revised Code.  613
       (B) "Peace officer" includes, except as provided in  614
section 2935.081 of the Revised Code, a sheriff; deputy sheriff;  615
marshal; deputy marshal; member of the organized police  616
department of any municipal corporation, including a member of  617
the organized police department of a municipal corporation in an  618
adjoining state serving in Ohio under a contract pursuant to  619
section 737.04 of the Revised Code; member of a police force  620
employed by a metropolitan housing authority under division (D)  621
of section 3735.31 of the Revised Code; member of a police force  622
employed by a regional transit authority under division (Y) of  623
section 306.35 of the Revised Code; state university law  624
enforcement officer appointed under section 3345.04 of the  625
Revised Code; enforcement agent of the department of public  626
safety designated under section 5502.14 of the Revised Code;  627
employee of the department of taxation to whom investigation  628
powers have been delegated under section 5743.45 of the Revised  629
Code; employee of the department of natural resources who is a  630
natural resources law enforcement staff officer designated  631
pursuant to section 1501.013 of the Revised Code, a forest-fire  632
investigator appointed pursuant to section 1503.09 of the  633
Revised Code, a natural resources officer appointed pursuant to  634
section 1501.24 of the Revised Code, or a wildlife officer  635
designated pursuant to section 1531.13 of the Revised Code;  636
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individual designated to perform law enforcement duties under  637
section 511.232, 1545.13, or 6101.75 of the Revised Code;  638
veterans' home police officer appointed under section 5907.02 of  639
the Revised Code; special police officer employed by a port  640
authority under section 4582.04 or 4582.28 of the Revised Code;  641
police constable of any township; police officer of a township  642
or joint police district; a special police officer employed by a  643
municipal corporation at a municipal airport, or other municipal  644
air navigation facility, that has scheduled operations, as  645
defined in section 119.3 of Title 14 of the Code of Federal  646
Regulations, 14 C.F.R. 119.3, as amended, and that is required  647
to be under a security program and is governed by aviation  648
security rules of the transportation security administration of  649
the United States department of transportation as provided in  650
Parts 1542. and 1544. of Title 49 of the Code of Federal  651
Regulations, as amended; the house of representatives sergeant  652
at arms if the house of representatives sergeant at arms has  653
arrest authority pursuant to division (E)(1) of section 101.311  654
of the Revised Code; an assistant house of representatives  655
sergeant at arms; the senate sergeant at arms; an assistant  656
senate sergeant at arms; officer or employee of the bureau of  657
criminal identification and investigation established pursuant  658
to section 109.51 of the Revised Code who has been awarded a  659
certificate by the executive director of the Ohio peace officer  660
training commission attesting to the officer's or employee's  661
satisfactory completion of an approved state, county, municipal,  662
or department of natural resources peace officer basic training  663
program and who is providing assistance upon request to a law  664
enforcement officer or emergency assistance to a peace officer  665
pursuant to section 109.54 or 109.541 of the Revised Code; a  666
state fire marshal law enforcement officer described in division  667
(A)(23) of section 109.71 of the Revised Code; a gaming agent,  668
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as defined in section 3772.01 of the Revised Code; the inspector  669
general or a deputy inspector general appointed pursuant to  670
section 121.48 of the Revised Code while the inspector general  671
or a deputy inspector general is engaged in the scope of the  672
inspector general's or deputy inspector general's duties under  673
sections 121.42 to 121.52 of the Revised Code; and, for the  674
purpose of arrests within those areas, for the purposes of  675
Chapter 5503. of the Revised Code, and the filing of and service  676
of process relating to those offenses witnessed or investigated  677
by them, the superintendent and troopers of the state highway  678
patrol.  679
        (C) "Prosecutor" includes the county prosecuting attorney  680
and any assistant prosecutor designated to assist the county  681
prosecuting attorney, and, in the case of courts inferior to  682
courts of common pleas, includes the village solicitor, city  683
director of law, or similar chief legal officer of a municipal  684
corporation, any such officer's assistants, or any attorney  685
designated by the prosecuting attorney of the county to appear  686
for the prosecution of a given case.  687
        (D) "Offense," except where the context specifically  688
indicates otherwise, includes felonies, misdemeanors, and  689
violations of ordinances of municipal corporations and other  690
public bodies authorized by law to adopt penal regulations.  691
        (E) "Tier one offense" means a violation of section  692
2903.01, 2903.02, 2903.03, 2903.04, 2903.06, 2903.11, 2903.12,  693
2903.21, 2903.211, 2905.01, 2905.02, 2905.32, 2907.02, 2907.03,  694
2907.04, 2907.05, 2907.321, 2907.322, 2907.323, 2909.02,  695
2909.03, 2909.24, 2911.01, 2911.02, 2911.11, 2919.25, 2921.34,  696
2923.161, 2950.04, 2950.041, 2950.05, or 2950.06 of the Revised  697
Code.  698
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       Section 2. That existing sections 109.71, 109.77, 121.483,  699
and 2935.01 of the Revised Code are hereby repealed.  700