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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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