Substantial Risk Order Training Program; Department of Criminal Justice Services to establish.

Substantial risk orders; training program.Directs the Department of Criminal Justice Services to establisha Substantial Risk Order Training Program for the purposes of traininglaw-enforcement agencies, judiciary staff, and other public institutionsthroughout the Commonwealth to use and implement the substantialrisk order law. The bill states that the programming shall providetraining regarding proper procedures to follow, the circumstancesunder which the law can be used, the benefits to public safety fromproper use of the law, and the harm that may ensue from the law notbeing used when lawfully available. The Program shall also includeefforts to educate the public on and increase awareness of the substantialrisk order law. Under the bill, $2 million of funds allocated tothe Commonwealth pursuant to the federal Byrne State Crisis InterventionProgram shall be used for Program purposes.