Chapter 626 — Peace Officers

299C.03 Superintendent; Rules This section gives the superintendent of the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) the power to make rules and run the … 299C.04 This section has been repealed or relocated. 299C.05 Crime Data Collection This section requires the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) to collect and keep records about crimes in Minnesota, … 299C.06 Division Powers and Duties; Cooperation This section requires sheriffs and chiefs of police to send the BCA the fingerprints and descriptions of every person … 299C.07 Restoration or Disposal of Stolen Property This section requires the BCA to keep a complete file of fingerprints and records received from law enforcement across … 299C.08 Oath of Superintendent and Employees This section allows the BCA to exchange fingerprints and criminal records with other states and federal agencies, like … 299C.09 System for Identifying Criminals; Record, Index This section requires counties to pay for the cost of taking and sending fingerprints and descriptions of arrested … 299C.10 Identification Data Required This section requires peace officers to tell the BCA the final outcome of every criminal case they reported. If a case … 299C.11 Identification Data Furnished to Bureau This section requires county attorneys, city attorneys, and courts to report the outcome of criminal cases to the BCA. … 299C.12 Record Kept by Peace Officer; Report This section allows the BCA to give copies of fingerprints and records to any law enforcement officer who asks for them, … 299C.13 Information Furnished to Peace Officer This section requires state prisons, jails, and reform schools to give the BCA information about inmates, including … 299C.14 Information on Released Prisoner This section requires the wardens of state prisons to notify the BCA before releasing any inmate, giving the BCA at … 299C.15 Cooperation; Criminal Identification Organizations This section makes it a misdemeanor for any police officer, sheriff, or other official to refuse or neglect to carry out … 299C.16 Information Broadcast to Peace Officers This section says that sections 299C.03 through 299C.21 should be interpreted broadly to accomplish their purpose. If … 299C.17 Report by Court Administrator This section requires sheriffs and police chiefs to report to the BCA whenever a person is found dead under suspicious … 299C.18 Bureau Operations Report This section allows the BCA superintendent to request the help of any county attorney to assist in BCA investigations. … 299C.19 This section gives BCA employees the same legal protections as county employees when it comes to lawsuits. If a BCA … 299C.20 This section has been repealed or relocated. 299C.21 Penalty on Local Officer Refusing Information This section allows the BCA superintendent to provide handwriting analysis and other document examination services to … 299C.30 This section has been repealed or relocated. 299C.31 This section has been repealed or relocated. 299C.32 This section has been repealed or relocated. 299C.33 This section has been repealed or relocated. 299C.34 This section has been repealed or relocated. 299C.35 Bureau to Broadcast Criminal Information This section has been repealed or relocated. 299C.36 This section has been repealed or relocated. 299C.37 Police Communication Equipment; Use, Sale This section has been repealed or relocated. 299C.38 Priority of Police Communications; Misdemeanor This section has been repealed or relocated. 299C.45 This section creates the Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) Board, which oversees police officer licensing in … 299C.46 Criminal Justice Data Communications Network This section describes the duties and powers of the POST Board, including setting standards for peace officer training, … 299C.47 This section allows the POST Board to accept grants, gifts, and donations to fund its work in setting standards and … 299C.48 Connection by Authorized Agency; Fee, Appropriation This section has been repealed or relocated. 626.001 This section has been repealed or relocated. 626.01 This section has been repealed or relocated. 626.02 This section has been repealed or relocated. 626.03 This section has been repealed or relocated. 626.04 Property; Seizure, Keeping, and Disposal This section explains what happens to property that police seize. Officers must give seized property to the court, which … 626.05 Definitions This section defines key terms used in criminal procedure laws, including who counts as a 'peace officer,' what a … 626.06 Jurisdiction to Issue This section says that any peace officer may serve a search warrant anywhere in the state. A search warrant can be … 626.07 Grounds for Issuance This section lists the things that can be seized with a search warrant, including stolen property, weapons used in … 626.08 Probable Cause This section describes who can ask for a search warrant. A county attorney, assistant county attorney, city attorney, or … 626.085 Search Warrant Required for Electronic Communication Information This section allows a judge to issue a search warrant based on sworn testimony given over the telephone or by other … 626.09 Examination of Parties Making Request This section describes the requirements for a valid search warrant. The warrant must be in writing, signed by a judge, … 626.10 Affidavit; Content This section says that a search warrant must be carried out within ten days of being issued. If it is not served within … 626.11 Issuance of Warrant This section sets rules for when a search warrant can be served. Generally, search warrants should be served during the … 626.12 Applicants; Names on Warrant This section requires officers serving a search warrant to knock and announce their identity and purpose before … 626.13 Service; Persons Making This section requires the officer who carries out a search warrant to make a written inventory of all property taken … 626.14 Time and Manner of Service; No-knock Search Warrants This section requires the officer to return the search warrant and inventory to the court after the search is completed. … 626.15 Execution and Return of Warrant; Time This section says that liquor, gambling devices, and other items that are illegal to possess can be destroyed or … 626.16 Delivery of Copy of Warrant and Receipt This section makes it illegal for anyone to knowingly resist or interfere with a peace officer who is serving a search … 626.17 Return and Inventory This section allows a judge to hold a hearing to determine who is the rightful owner of property seized under a search … 626.18 Search Warrants Relating to Electronic Communication Services and Remote Computing Services This section allows a judge to issue a warrant to search for a person who is being unlawfully held or restrained. If the … 626.19 Use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles This section covers the use of tracking devices by law enforcement. A judge can authorize police to use tracking devices … 626.21 Return of Property and Suppression of Evidence This section has been repealed or relocated. 626.22 Maliciously Procuring Search Warrant; Misconduct in Use This section covers electronic surveillance (wiretapping) by law enforcement. It sets strict rules for when police can … 626.223 Odor of Cannabis; Search Prohibited This section says that police electronic surveillance rules do not prevent the use of pen registers (devices that record … 626.311 This section has been repealed or relocated. 626.312 This section has been repealed or relocated. 626.313 This section has been repealed or relocated. 626.314 This section has been repealed or relocated. 626.315 This section has been repealed or relocated. 626.316 This section has been repealed or relocated. 626.317 This section has been repealed or relocated. 626.318 This section has been repealed or relocated. 626.319 This section has been repealed or relocated. 626.32 This section has been repealed or relocated. 626.33 This section has been repealed or relocated. Its content was moved to section 299C.03. 626.34 This section has been repealed or relocated. Its content was moved to section 299C.04. 626.35 This section has been repealed or relocated. Its content was moved to section 299C.05. 626.36 This section has been repealed or relocated. Its content was moved to section 299C.06. 626.365 This section has been repealed or relocated. Its content was moved to section 299C.07. 626.37 This section has been repealed or relocated. Its content was moved to section 299C.08. 626.38 This section has been repealed or relocated. Its content was moved to section 299C.09. 626.39 This section has been repealed or relocated. Its content was moved to section 299C.10. 626.40 This section has been repealed or relocated. Its content was moved to section 299C.11. 626.41 This section has been repealed or relocated. Its content was moved to section 299C.12. 626.42 This section has been repealed or relocated. Its content was moved to section 299C.13. 626.43 This section has been repealed or relocated. Its content was moved to section 299C.14. 626.44 This section has been repealed or relocated. 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Its content was moved to section 299C.20. 626.51 This section has been repealed or relocated. Its content was moved to section 299C.21. 626.52 Suspicious Wounds; Reporting by Health Professionals This section requires doctors, nurses, and other health professionals to report gunshot wounds, bullet wounds, and other … 626.53 Report by Telephone and Letter This section explains how health professionals must make wound reports -- first by phone or in person, then followed up … 626.54 Application of Sections 626.52 to 626.55 This section says that a nurse who works for a doctor or hospital does not need to make a separate wound report if their … 626.55 Penalty This section makes it a gross misdemeanor for anyone to violate the wound reporting requirements in sections 626.52 to … 626.553 Gunshot Wounds; Peace Officers, Discharging Firearms; Investigations; Reports This section requires sheriffs and police chiefs to investigate gunshot wounds reported to them. If the wound was from a … 626.5531 Reporting of Crimes Motivated by Bias This section requires police officers to report any crime that appears to be motivated by bias based on the victim's … 626.5532 Pursuit of Fleeing Suspects by Peace Officers This section requires police departments to report to the commissioner of public safety whenever an officer chases a … 626.5533 Reporting Potential Welfare Fraud This section requires police officers to report arrests where the person had more than one welfare electronic benefit … 626.5534 Use of Force Reporting; Independent Investigations Required This section requires law enforcement agencies to report every incident where an officer uses force that causes serious … 626.5535 Carjacking; Reporting Required This section requires law enforcement agencies to report carjacking statistics to the commissioner of public safety each … 626.5536 Law Enforcement Required to Register for Etrace System and Trace and Report on Recovered or Confiscated Firearms This section requires every law enforcement agency in Minnesota to register for the federal eTrace system and report all … 626.554 This section has been repealed or relocated. 626.555 This section has been repealed or relocated. 626.5551 This section has been repealed or relocated. 626.5552 This section has been repealed or relocated. 626.556 This section has been repealed or relocated. All subdivisions were repealed in 2020 and the child protection reporting … 626.5561 This section has been repealed or relocated. 626.5562 This section has been repealed or relocated. 626.5563 This section has been repealed or relocated. 626.5565 This section has been repealed or relocated. 626.557 Reporting of Maltreatment of Vulnerable Adults This law requires certain people — called mandated reporters — to report suspected abuse, neglect, or financial … 626.5571 Multidisciplinary Adult Protection Team This section allows counties to create teams of professionals -- including social workers, prosecutors, sheriffs, and … 626.5572 Definitions This section defines key terms used in the vulnerable adult protection laws, including what counts as 'abuse,' … 626.5573 Negligence Actions This section requires facilities that serve vulnerable adults to check the background of employees and volunteers using … 626.558 This section requires the county welfare agency to investigate reports of maltreatment of vulnerable adults and to work … 626.559 This section provides protections for vulnerable adults who have been found to be maltreated, including emergency … 626.5591 This section authorizes the commissioner of human services to collect data about vulnerable adult maltreatment reports … 626.5592 This section requires county welfare agencies to create plans for preventing maltreatment of vulnerable adults. The … 626.5593 This section requires the commissioner of human services to maintain a central registry of people who have been found to … 626.56 This section defines terms used in the domestic abuse laws, including what counts as 'domestic abuse' and who is a … 626.561 This section requires police officers who respond to a domestic abuse call to help victims. Officers must tell victims … 626.562 This section requires peace officers to make an arrest when they have probable cause to believe a person has committed … 626.563 This section requires law enforcement agencies to keep records of all domestic abuse calls and report data to the … 626.57 This section requires peace officers to write a report about every domestic abuse incident they respond to, even if no … 626.58 This section authorizes peace officers to take a person into custody without a warrant if the officer has probable cause … 626.59 This section allows a victim of domestic abuse to call police and request that officers go with the victim to the home … 626.60 This section has been repealed or relocated. 626.61 This section requires the Department of Public Safety to provide training for peace officers on how to handle domestic … 626.62 This section makes it a misdemeanor for a person to give a false name, date of birth, or other false information to a … 626.63 This section has been repealed or relocated. 626.64 This section allows local governments to create civilian review boards to review citizen complaints about police officer … 626.65 Uniform Act on Fresh Pursuit; Reciprocal This section has been repealed or relocated. 626.66 Arrest; Hearing This section has been repealed or relocated. 626.67 Construction of Section 626.65 This section has been repealed or relocated. 626.68 State Includes District of Columbia This section has been repealed or relocated. 626.69 Fresh Pursuit This section has been repealed or relocated. 626.70 Citation; Uniform Act on Fresh Pursuit This section has been repealed or relocated. 626.71 Fresh Pursuit in Nonfelony Situations This section has been repealed or relocated. 626.72 Peace Officers; Transportation for Law Enforcement Purposes This section has been repealed or relocated. 626.74 Compensation for Damage Caused by Peace Officers in Performing Law Enforcement Duties This section has been repealed or relocated. 626.76 Rules and Regulations; Aiding Other Officers; Exchange Programs This section says that any person who is not a peace officer but who performs a citizen's arrest must immediately turn … 626.77 Peace Officers From Adjoining States; Federal Law Enforcement Officers This section allows a peace officer to arrest without a warrant any person the officer finds committing a crime, or when … 626.80 This section has been repealed or relocated. Its content was moved to section 299C.45. 626.81 This section has been repealed or relocated. Its content was moved to section 299C.46. 626.82 This section has been repealed or relocated. Its content was moved to section 299C.47. 626.83 This section has been repealed or relocated. Its content was moved to section 299C.48. 626.84 Definitions and Scope This section defines key terms used in the peace officer licensing laws, including who qualifies as a 'peace officer,' … 626.841 Board; Members This section states the purpose of the peace officer licensing laws: to establish a Board of Peace Officer Standards and … 626.842 Terms; Meetings; Compensation; Removal; Vacancies This section creates the Board of Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST Board) and describes its membership. The … 626.843 Rules, Standards; Executive Director This section requires the Board of Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST Board) to adopt rules governing peace … 626.8431 Automatic License Revocation This section establishes the complaint process for the POST Board. Anyone can file a complaint about a peace officer's … 626.8432 Revocation; Suspension; Denial This section gives the POST Board the power to investigate complaints, issue subpoenas, and hold hearings. It also … 626.8433 Eyewitness Identification Policies Required This section requires the POST Board to maintain a database of officer discipline records and complaint outcomes. … 626.8434 Warrior-style Training Prohibited This section requires law enforcement agencies to conduct thorough background checks before hiring peace officers. … 626.8435 Public Safety Advisory Council This section requires the POST Board to develop standards for psychological screening of peace officer candidates. Every … 626.8436 Hate or Extremist Groups This section prohibits a law enforcement agency from hiring a peace officer who has been convicted of certain crimes. … 626.8437 Training in Excited Delirium and Similar Terms Prohibited This section sets rules about reciprocity -- how peace officers from other states can become licensed in Minnesota. … 626.844 This section gives the POST Board the power to adopt rules about peace officer education programs, minimum fitness … 626.8441 This section requires peace officers to complete continuing education each year to keep their license. Officers must … 626.8442 Policies on Sexual Assaults This section requires certain peace officer training to cover specific topics, including recognizing and responding to … 626.8443 Opiate Antagonists; Training; Carrying; Use This section requires peace officer education programs to include training on identifying and responding to elder abuse, … 626.845 Powers and Duties This section describes the professional peace officer education (PPOE) program requirements. Anyone who wants to become … 626.8451 Training in Identifying and Responding to Certain Crimes This section sets the requirements for peace officer licensing exams. All candidates must pass a licensing exam … 626.8452 Deadly Force and Firearms Use; Policies and Instruction Required This section requires every law enforcement agency in Minnesota to have a written policy on use of force, including … 626.8453 Qualified Federal Law Enforcement Officers; Special State and Federal Task Forces; Peace Officer Authority This section requires the POST Board to include training on recognizing and responding to persons who may be suicidal. … 626.8454 Manual and Policy for Investigating Cases Involving Children Who Are Missing and Endangered This section requires the POST Board to develop training on officer wellness and resilience. The training helps officers … 626.8455 Training in Community Policing This section requires peace officers to receive training on the safe handling and transportation of persons in custody, … 626.8456 Training in Fire Scene Response and Arson Awareness This section requires the POST Board to include training on responding to persons experiencing a mental health crisis in … 626.8457 Professional Conduct of Peace Officers This section requires peace officer training to include instruction on recognizing and responding to the needs of crime … 626.8458 Vehicle Pursuits; Policies and Instruction Required This section requires the POST Board to develop training on interacting with persons who have limited English … 626.8459 Post Board; Compliance Reviews Required This section requires the POST Board to develop training on recognizing and responding to bias-motivated crimes (hate … 626.846 Attendance, Forfeiture of Position This section describes the peace officer licensing process. Officers must apply to the POST Board, meet all education … 626.8461 Part-time Peace Officers; Policy This section requires community crime prevention programs to be coordinated with local law enforcement agencies. It … 626.8462 This section allows peace officers to participate in community-oriented policing programs. It encourages officers to … 626.8463 Part-time Peace Officers This section requires law enforcement agencies to develop policies for interacting with people who have mental illness … 626.8464 This section requires law enforcement agencies to report data on traffic stops, including the race and ethnicity of the … 626.8465 Part-time Officers; Limitations This section requires peace officers to activate body cameras during certain interactions with the public, including … 626.8466 Reserve Officers This section sets rules for how law enforcement agencies store, access, and release body camera data. Recordings are … 626.8467 This section requires the POST Board to include training on body camera use and policies in peace officer continuing … 626.8468 Part-time Peace Officers; Continued Employment This section requires peace officers to receive training in recognizing and responding to human trafficking situations. … 626.8469 Training in Crisis Response, Conflict Management, and Cultural Diversity This section requires peace officers to be trained on the appropriate use of force during crowd control situations and … 626.847 Compulsory Program; Exemptions This section says that the peace officer licensing requirements apply to all officers, including those who were … 626.8471 Avoiding Racial Profiling; Policies and Learning Objectives Required This section requires every law enforcement agency in Minnesota to have a written policy against racial profiling. The … 626.8472 Automated License Plate Reader Policy This section requires peace officers to be trained in responding to people with autism spectrum disorder. Officers must … 626.8473 Portable Recording Systems Adoption; Written Policy Required This section requires peace officers to receive training on recognizing and responding to domestic violence situations, … 626.8474 Autism Training This section requires the POST Board to include training on conflict resolution and mediation techniques in peace … 626.8475 Duty to Intercede and Report This section requires peace officers to be trained on responding to sexual assault cases. The training must cover … 626.8476 Confidential Informants; Required Policy and Training This section requires the POST Board to include training on recognizing the signs of drug and alcohol impairment in … 626.8477 Mental Health and Health Records; Written Policy Required This section requires peace officers to receive training on dealing with juveniles, including understanding adolescent … 626.8478 Wellness Training This section requires peace officers to receive training on identifying and responding to cases involving missing and … 626.848 Training Courses, Locations This section sets minimum education requirements for peace officers. To be eligible for licensing, a person must have … 626.8481 Extreme Risk Protection Order; Development of Model Procedures This section requires the POST Board to develop and maintain a list of certified peace officer education programs. … 626.8482 School Resource Officers; Duties; Training; Model Policy This section sets standards for part-time peace officers. Part-time officers must meet certain training requirements and … 626.849 This section sets rules for reserve officers (volunteer police officers). Reserve officers must complete a training … 626.85 Instructors; Donations This section requires county boards to pay expenses related to the training and continuing education of peace officers … 626.851 Eligibility of Officers This section creates a police officer Memorial Day and requires the governor to proclaim a day to honor peace officers … 626.8515 Certain Baccalaureate Degree Holders Eligible to Take Licensing Examination This section requires law enforcement agencies to adopt policies on the use of deadly force that comply with the POST … 626.8516 Intensive Comprehensive Peace Officer Education Training Program This section requires law enforcement agencies to keep records of all use-of-force incidents and report them to the POST … 626.8517 Eligibility for Reciprocity Examination Based on Relevant Military Experience This section prohibits 'warrior-style' training for peace officers. Law enforcement agencies cannot provide or fund … 626.852 Tuition; Salary and Expenses This section requires the state to provide death benefits and survivor benefits to the families of peace officers who … 626.853 This section establishes tuition reimbursement benefits for the spouses and children of peace officers who are killed or … 626.854 This section requires law enforcement agencies to pay for counseling services for peace officers who are involved in … 626.855 This section requires the POST Board to develop and maintain a model policy on peer support and mental health programs … 626.8555 Peace Officer Education Programs This section provides confidentiality protections for peer support counseling communications between peace officers. … 626.856 School of Law Enforcement This section requires law enforcement agencies to have policies for supporting officers returning to duty after a … 626.857 This section protects peace officers from retaliation for seeking mental health services or reporting concerns about … 626.86 This section authorizes peace officers to carry firearms and use reasonable force in the performance of their duties, … 626.861 This section allows the POST Board to issue emergency suspensions of a peace officer's license when the officer poses an … 626.862 Powers of Law Enforcement Officers This section allows peace officers whose licenses have been suspended or revoked by the POST Board to appeal the … 626.863 Unauthorized Practice This section makes it illegal for any person to serve as a peace officer in Minnesota without a valid license from the … 626.87 Law Enforcement Background Investigations This section authorizes off-duty peace officers to take law enforcement action in certain situations, such as when they … 626.88 Uniforms; Peace Officers, Security Guards; Color This section allows the POST Board to enter agreements with other states for the mutual recognition of peace officer … 626.89 Peace Officer Discipline Procedures Act This section sets procedures for internal investigations of peace officers, often called the 'Peace Officers Bill of … 626.891 Cooperation With Postsecondary Institutions This section provides additional protections for peace officers during administrative investigations, including the … 626.892 Peace Officer Grievance Arbitration Selection Procedure This section establishes the arbitration process for peace officers who are disciplined or terminated by their employer. … 626.90 Law Enforcement Authority; Mille Lacs Band of Chippewa This section allows law enforcement agencies to hire community service officers (CSOs) who are not licensed peace … 626.91 Law Enforcement Authority; Lower Sioux Indian Community Peace Officers This section establishes the Law Enforcement Memorial Association and authorizes the creation and maintenance of a … 626.92 Enforcement Authority; Fond Du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa This section allows the governor to award a Medal of Valor to peace officers who display exceptional courage in the line … 626.93 Law Enforcement Authority; Tribal Peace Officers This section requires law enforcement agencies to cooperate with each other and share resources during emergencies and … 626.94 Conservation Law Enforcement Authority This section authorizes the creation of law enforcement task forces -- teams of officers from multiple agencies who work … 626.951 This section establishes the Emergency Telephone Service (911) system in Minnesota. It requires all telephone service … 626.9513 This section creates the 911 Emergency Telecommunications Fund and sets the fee that telephone subscribers pay each … 626.9514 Toll-free Telephone Number This section sets rules for enhanced 911 (E-911) service, which automatically shows dispatchers the caller's location … 626.9517 Grant Program for Installation of Video Cameras in Police Vehicles This section requires 911 call centers to be able to receive text messages so that people who cannot speak or are in … 626.96 Blue Alert System This section authorizes the creation and operation of drug task forces and other specialized law enforcement units to …