The Vermont Statutes Online

Title 20 : Internal Security and Public Safety

Chapter 151 : Vermont Criminal Justice Council

Subchapter 001 : GENERAL PROVISIONS

• § 2357. Powers and duties of the Executive Director

  The Executive Director of the Council, on behalf of the Council, shall have the following powers and duties, subject to the supervision of the Council and to be exercised only in accordance with rules adopted under this chapter:

  (1) to approve, on applications made in advance, criminal justice personnel training programs and their lesson plans and instructors, to issue certificates of approval to those programs, and to revoke those approvals or certificates;

  (2) to certify, as qualified, instructors at approved criminal justice personnel training schools and to issue appropriate certificates to those instructors;

  (3) to certify criminal justice personnel who have satisfactorily completed approved training programs and to issue appropriate certificates to them;

  (4) to cause studies and surveys to be made relating to the establishment, operation, and approval of criminal justice training schools;

  (5) to consult and cooperate with law enforcement officer criminal justice training schools:

  (A) to recommend a course of study in crime prevention for law enforcement students; and

  (B) for the development of advanced in-service training programs for law enforcement officers, which shall include a course of study on crime prevention;

  (6) to consult and cooperate with universities, colleges, and institutes for the development of specialized courses of study including a course of study on crime prevention, where appropriate;

  (7) to consult and cooperate with other departments and agencies of the State and federal government concerned with criminal justice personnel training;

  (8) [Repealed.]

  (9) to perform such other acts as may be necessary or appropriate to carry out his or her powers and duties as set forth in this chapter;

  (10) to report to the Council at each regular meeting of the Council and at such other times as may be required; and

  (11) to approve and accept pre-service and military students for any of the basic training courses set forth in section 2358 of this chapter. (Added 1967, No. 189, § 7, eff. April 17, 1967; amended 1969, No. 282 (Adj. Sess.), § 4; 1971, No. 120, § 46(b); 1973, No. 225 (Adj. Sess.), § 6; 1979, No. 57, § 5; 1993, No. 210 (Adj. Sess.), § 68; 2013, No. 141 (Adj. Sess.), § 4, eff. July 1, 2015.)