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title: Title 35, Chapter 8. Employment and Training of Peace Officers
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date: 2025
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heading: EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING OF PEACE OFFICERS
title_heading: LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND AGENCIES
section_count: 35
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# Title 35, Chapter 8. Employment and Training of Peace Officers

Title 35. Law Enforcement Officers and Agencies

35 sections. Each line is `citation, catchline, status, URL`; the text of every section, in order, is at https://georgiacommons.org/code/35-8.md?full=1 (capped, with a pointer to continue).

- 35-8-1, Short title, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/35-8-1.md
- 35-8-2, Definitions, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/35-8-2.md
- 35-8-3, Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training Council; membership; organization; administrative assignment to department, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/35-8-3.md
- 35-8-4, Officers of council; quorum; minutes of meetings and records; reports to Governor and General Assembly, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/35-8-4.md
- 35-8-5, Compensation of members of council, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/35-8-5.md
- 35-8-6, Appointment of executive director of council; contracts for services; personnel; investigators; subpoenas; funding; gifts, grants, or donations, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/35-8-6.md
- 35-8-7, Powers and duties of council generally, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/35-8-7.md
- 35-8-7.1, Refusal to grant certificate; discipline of officer; grounds; restoration of certificate; emergency suspension of certification; inclusion on a Giglio list; notice of investigation; retention of records, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/35-8-7.1.md
- 35-8-7.2, Administrative procedure; hearings; review, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/35-8-7.2.md
- 35-8-7.3, Civil suits by peace officers, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/35-8-7.3.md
- 35-8-7.4, Bias motivated intimidation of first responders; prosecution and penalty, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/35-8-7.4.md
- 35-8-8, Requirements for appointment or certification of persons as peace officers and preemployment attendance at basic training course; form for candidates for sheriff, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/35-8-8.md
- 35-8-8.1, Employment related information; provision of notice, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/35-8-8.1.md
- 35-8-9, Completion of basic training course required; acceptance of other instruction; effect of failure to complete basic training requirements; limitation, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/35-8-9.md
- 35-8-10, Applicability and effect of certification requirements generally; requirements as to exempt persons, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/35-8-10.md
- 35-8-11, Basic course to be completed at schools certified by council, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/35-8-11.md
- 35-8-12, Certification to use speed detection devices; withdrawal or suspension of certificate, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/35-8-12.md
- 35-8-13, Training and certification of police chaplains, reserved (no version in force today), https://georgiacommons.org/code/35-8-13.md
- 35-8-13.1, Training and certification of municipal probation officers, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/35-8-13.1.md
- 35-8-14, Notice to law enforcement officer of placement on Giglo list; investigation; impact, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/35-8-14.md
- 35-8-15, Preparation and maintenance of employment records by law enforcement units and council; release of records, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/35-8-15.md
- 35-8-16, Effect of standards and training requirements provided in chapter; adoption of additional requirements by law enforcement units, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/35-8-16.md
- 35-8-17, Effect of peace officer’s failure to comply with chapter generally; civil actions against noncomplying peace officers and law enforcement units, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/35-8-17.md
- 35-8-18, Applicability of chapter to emergency peace officers, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/35-8-18.md
- 35-8-19, Appointment of citizen of adjoining state as peace officer, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/35-8-19.md
- 35-8-20, Training requirements for police chiefs, department heads, and wardens; effect of failure to fulfill training requirement; waivers, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/35-8-20.md
- 35-8-20.1, Training requirements for newly appointed police chiefs and department heads; effect of failure to fulfill training requirement; waiver, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/35-8-20.1.md
- 35-8-21, Training requirements for peace officers; effect of failure to fulfill training requirement; waiver; exemption for retired peace officers; confirmation of training, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/35-8-21.md
- 35-8-21.1, Use of retired peace and correctional officers in emergency or disaster; training; immunities; compensation; power of arrest, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/35-8-21.1.md
- 35-8-22, Reimbursement of training expenses by subsequent employer of peace officer; collection procedure; required documentation, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/35-8-22.md
- 35-8-23, Basic training course for communications officers; certification requirements; duties of council; rules and regulations, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/35-8-23.md
- 35-8-24, Training requirements for jail officers and juvenile correctional officers; exemptions, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/35-8-24.md
- 35-8-25, Training and certification of bomb technicians, explosive ordnance disposal technicians, and animal handlers; intergovernmental assistance agreements, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/35-8-25.md
- 35-8-26, TASER and electronic control weapons; requirements for use; establishment of policies; training, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/35-8-26.md
- 35-8-27, Training requirements for school resource officers, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/35-8-27.md