34 U.S.C. § 12558 — Service obligation
submitted 32 years ago by Pub. L. 103-322 to r/title-34-CRIME-CONTROL-AND-LAW-ENFORCEMENT · 288 words · no verdicts yet
After completing education, training, and the assigned police force’s requirements, a participant must serve four years in that force. The section applies the force’s rules and permits equivalent alternative service after certain discipline or layoffs.
(a) Swearing in. After satisfactorily completing education and the training program under section 12557, and meeting the assigned force’s requirements, a participant must be sworn in as a member of that force under the State plan and serve there for four years.
(b) Rights and responsibilities. The participant has the same rights and responsibilities as other members of the force and is subject to the same rules and regulations, including applicable labor agreements and State and local law.
(c) Discipline. If the force disciplines the participant in a way that would prevent four years of service and cause educational assistance to be denied, the Director may, for good cause, allow equivalent alternative law-enforcement service. If that service is satisfactorily completed, the repayment rule in section 12555(d)(1)(B)(iii) does not apply.
(d) Layoffs. If the force lays off the participant in a way that would prevent four years of service and cause educational assistance to be denied, the Director may allow equivalent alternative law-enforcement service. If it is satisfactorily completed, that repayment rule does not apply.
Upon satisfactory completion of the participant’s course of education and training program established in section 12557 of this title and meeting the requirements of the police force to which the participant is assigned, a participant shall be sworn in as a member of the police force to which the participant is assigned pursuant to the State Police Corps plan, and shall serve for 4 years as a member of that police force.
A participant shall have all of the rights and responsibilities of and shall be subject to all rules and regulations applicable to other members of the police force of which the participant is a member, including those contained in applicable agreements with labor organizations and those provided by State and local law.
If the police force of which the participant is a member subjects the participant to discipline such as would preclude the participant’s completing 4 years of service, and result in denial of educational assistance under section 12555 of this title, the Director may, upon a showing of good cause, permit the participant to complete the service obligation in an equivalent alternative law enforcement service and, if such service is satisfactorily completed, section 12555(d)(1)(B)(iii) of this title shall not apply.
If the police force of which the participant is a member lays off the participant such as would preclude the participant’s completing 4 years of service, and result in denial of educational assistance under section 12555 of this title, the Director may permit the participant to complete the service obligation in an equivalent alternative law enforcement service and, if such service is satisfactorily completed, section 12555(d)(1)(B)(iii) of this title shall not apply.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 103–322, title XX, § 200109, Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2055.)
- 1994Enacted · Pub. L. 103-322 · 108 Stat. 2055
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