943.175  Inservice and specialized training.--

(1)  Inservice training programs, consisting of courses established, implemented, and evaluated by an employing agency, are the responsibility of the employing agency. Specialized training programs, consisting of courses established, implemented, and evaluated by a criminal justice training school, are the responsibility of the criminal justice training school. Inservice and specialized training programs or courses need not be approved by the commission.

(2)  The commission shall, by rule, establish procedures and criteria whereby an employing agency or criminal justice training school seeking commission approval of a specialized training program or course must submit the program or course to the commission for evaluation. The procedures and criteria shall include, but are not limited to, a demonstration of job relevance and quality of instruction.

(3)  Inservice or specialized training courses or programs shall not be part of the programs or courses established by the commission pursuant to s. 943.17, nor shall they be used to qualify an officer for salary incentive payment provided under s. 943.22.