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TRANSPORT OPERATIONS (PASSENGER TRANSPORT) ACT 1994 - SECT 111L

Requirements for course of training

111L Requirements for course of training

(1) This section states the requirements for the course of training for qualification for appointment as a transit officer.
(2) The course of training must—
(a) be developed by the chief executive and approved by the commissioner of the police service; and
(b) provide for training in all the functions and powers of an transit officer under part 4A , and include guidelines about the following—
(i) the use of force generally;
(ii) deciding what force is reasonably necessary for particular circumstances and particular persons;
(iii) how to de-escalate a situation;
(iv) deciding whether using handcuffs is the only practicable way to detain a person and, if so, appropriate ways of using handcuffs;
(v) dealing with children, persons with impaired capacity, and other vulnerable persons;
(vi) appropriate ways of transporting detained persons to police officers;
(vii) appropriate ways of frisk searching a person; and
(c) be comparable to training undertaken by persons seeking to be engaged, or engaged, by the police service.
(3) Subsection (2) (b) does not limit the matters that may be provided for in the course of training.



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