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La. Rev. Stat. § 40:2405 (2026)

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§2405. Peace officer training requirements; reimbursement by peace officer

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Cited in 23 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1987–2023 · leading case: Thibodeaux v. Hernandez, 702 So. 2d 1157 (La. Ct. App. 1997).

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Thibodeaux v. Hernandez, 702 So. 2d 1157 (La. Ct. App. 1997). · cites it 2× “R.S. 40:2405. While I agree that, without the chief of police's recommendation, they do not have the power, I note that the Louisiana Council on Peace Officer Standards and Training has the power to seek an injunction prohibiting Mr.”

Colwell v. State, Off. of Atty. Gen., 506 So. 2d 941 (La. Ct. App. 1987). · cites it 2× “R.S. 40:2405. However, a close examination of this statute reveals that section 2405 merely sets forth a training program as a prerequisite for the receipt of supplemental compensation by any person who begins employment as a peace officer subsequent to January 1, 1986.”

Thomas v. Louisiana Dep't of Pub. Saf. & Corr., 887 So. 2d 509 (La. Ct. App. 2004). · cites it 16× “who devotes his full working time to law enforcement, and for those hired after March 31, 1986, who have completed and passed a council-certified training program as provided in R.S. 40:2405, shall be paid by the state extra compensation in the amount of three hundred dollars…”

Persilver v. Louisiana Dep't of Transp., 592 So. 2d 1344 (La. Ct. App. 1991). “R.S. 40:2405(A). Duty to Take Persilver Home Our research has not revealed any jurisprudence or statute (and none has been cited to us) which would impose a duty upon a police officer to bring an intoxicated bar patron home.”

Richard v. Bd. of Super. of La. State Univ., 960 So. 2d 953 (La. Ct. App. 2007). “R.S. 40:2405(A)(1), peace officers hired after 1986 "must successfully complete a certified training program" or else "be prohibited from exercising the authority of a peace officer.”

Mayo v. Mun. Police Bd. of Review, 745 So. 2d 188 (La. Ct. App. 1999). “which employs one or more police officers who devotes his full working time to law enforcement and for those hired after March 31, 1986, who have completed and passed a council certified training program as provided in R.S. 40:2405, shall be paid by the state extra compensation…”

Braud v. Painter, 730 F. Supp. 1 (M.D. La. 1990). “R.S. 40:2405 requires that every local deputy or municipal police officer complete a basic law enforcement training course conducted by an accredited training center.”

Charles A. Jackson v. State of Louisiana, Charles C. Foti, Jr., Individually & in His Off. Capacity as Crim. Sheriff of the Par. of Orleans, 980 F.2d 1009 (5th Cir. 1993). “The judgment is REVERSED and judgment is now RENDERED dismissing the claims against Sheriff Foti and Deputy Callahan.”

State v. Mayberry, 680 So. 2d 722 (La. Ct. App. 1996). “(3) Making, altering, possession, or use of a false document or document containing false statements which purports to be a training program certificate or in-service training certificate or other documentation issued by the Council on Peace Officer Standards and Training,…”

State Civil Serv. Comm'n v. Dep't of Pub. Saf. Dir., 873 So. 2d 636 (La. 2004). “To be eligible for the extra compensation, each such law enforcement officer shall have completed one year of service, and any such law enforcement officer hired after March 31, 1986, shall also have completed and passed a council-certified training program, as provided in R.S.…”

Carter v. Town of Benton, 827 F. Supp. 2d 700 (W.D. La. 2010). “R.S. 40:2405(A). In accordance with Section 2405, the Benton Police Department requires each new police officer to become Police Officer Standard Training (“POST”) certified within one year.”

Weber v. Whitfield, 511 So. 2d 831 (La. Ct. App. 1987). · cites it 2× “R.S. 40:2405. 2 The statutes then in effect mandated that any person beginning employment as a peace officer subsequent to January 1, 1983 must successfully complete a certified training program and pass an examination approved by the Council on peace officer standards and…”

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— La. Rev. Stat. § 40:2405(0) — 1 case

Thomas v. Louisiana Dep't of Pub. Saf. & Corr., 887 So. 2d 509 (La. Ct. App. 2004). “who devotes his full working time to law enforcement, and for those hired after March 31, 1986, who have completed and passed a council-certified training program as provided in R.S. 40:2405, shall be paid by the state extra compensation in the amount of three hundred dollars…”

— La. Rev. Stat. § 40:2405(2) — 1 case

Opinion No. (La. Att'y Gen. 2007).

— La. Rev. Stat. § 40:2405(8) — 1 case

— La. Rev. Stat. § 40:2405(A) — 5 cases

Thibodeaux v. Hernandez, 702 So. 2d 1157 (La. Ct. App. 1997). “R.S. 40:2405. While I agree that, without the chief of police's recommendation, they do not have the power, I note that the Louisiana Council on Peace Officer Standards and Training has the power to seek an injunction prohibiting Mr.”

Colwell v. State, Off. of Atty. Gen., 506 So. 2d 941 (La. Ct. App. 1987). “R.S. 40:2405. However, a close examination of this statute reveals that section 2405 merely sets forth a training program as a prerequisite for the receipt of supplemental compensation by any person who begins employment as a peace officer subsequent to January 1, 1986.”

— La. Rev. Stat. § 40:2405(A)(1) — 1 case

— La. Rev. Stat. § 40:2405(B) — 1 case

— La. Rev. Stat. § 40:2405(C) — 1 case

— La. Rev. Stat. § 40:2405(J) — 1 case

State of Louisiana v. Ryan Chapman Writ Granted; Judgment Reversed; Remanded. (La. Ct. App. 2023).

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