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34 USC § 12558 - Service obligation 

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identifier: "/us/usc/t34/s12558"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "34 USC § 12558 - Service obligation"
title_number: 34
title_name: "CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT"
section_number: "12558"
section_name: "Service obligation"
chapter_number: 121
chapter_name: "VIOLENT CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT"
subchapter_number: "VII"
subchapter_name: "POLICE CORPS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS TRAINING AND EDUCATION"
part_number: "A"
part_name: "Police Corps"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 103–322, title XX, § 200109, Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2055.)"
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# § 12558. Service obligation

**(a)** **Swearing in** section 12557 of this title

Upon satisfactory completion of the participant’s course of education and training program established in  and meeting the requirements of the police force to which the participant is assigned, a participant shall be sworn in as a member of the police force to which the participant is assigned pursuant to the State Police Corps plan, and shall serve for 4 years as a member of that police force.

**(b)** **Rights and responsibilities** A participant shall have all of the rights and responsibilities of and shall be subject to all rules and regulations applicable to other members of the police force of which the participant is a member, including those contained in applicable agreements with labor organizations and those provided by State and local law.

**(c)** **Discipline** section 12555 of this titlesection 12555(d)(1)(B)(iii) of this title

If the police force of which the participant is a member subjects the participant to discipline such as would preclude the participant’s completing 4 years of service, and result in denial of educational assistance under , the Director may, upon a showing of good cause, permit the participant to complete the service obligation in an equivalent alternative law enforcement service and, if such service is satisfactorily completed,  shall not apply.

**(d)** **Layoffs** section 12555 of this titlesection 12555(d)(1)(B)(iii) of this title

If the police force of which the participant is a member lays off the participant such as would preclude the participant’s completing 4 years of service, and result in denial of educational assistance under , the Director may permit the participant to complete the service obligation in an equivalent alternative law enforcement service and, if such service is satisfactorily completed,  shall not apply.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 103–322, title XX, § 200109, Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2055.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was formerly classified to , The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.