The real issue is WHY the legislature passed the mandatory training requirement. In response to a tragic incident? Maybe. To prevent it from happening again? Maybe. Because of their concern for the safety of autistic citizens? Maybe? There are various reasons given by the legislature for taking their extraordinary act of mandating such a specific LE training curriculum, all of them high sounding.
But there are training providers who will benefit greatly from this legislation. An investigation into those private and public training providers, and their support of key legislators who supported the legislation should be undertaken.
Question: Was the law passed to address a very real, pressing law enforcement training deficiency, or was it passed to line the pockets of training providers?

What’s your alternative proposal then, Mr Curious?

Let me remind everyone, one instance does not make everyone in the law enforcement field incompetent. One officer made a wrong decision. I agree, this is feel good legislation, period. Its putting a bandage on an open wound. Let’s get the right solution with the right response with the right people. Or are we, and our state legislators, looking for an easy escape goat to say they’ve done something. Go back to your drawing board. This is not the answer. Our men and women wearing the badge have enough already on their plate.

I would think that 10-20hrs or so of de-escalation training and department policies that mandate calling in on-duty, dedicated mental health personnel when mental health impairment is suspected would work far better for protecting the public.

It would make sense for these counselors to be part of EMS. Since medical care and transport are not anticipated, costs can be minimized and further agitation prevented, by these mental health units arriving in unmarked or lightly marked cars and Wearing plain clothes or informal medical uniforms.

The point is to calm the people down so they think more rationally.

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/florida-cop-charged-manslaughter-shooting-autistic-man-s-unarmed-therapist-n745716

Attempting to shoot an autistic dude holding a toy truck. Sounds like good training to me. Along with actual target practice as well, as this cop shot the wrong guy. Clusterf***ks like this are what prompt training.