Minimum Requirements for a Basic Training Instructor

PURPOSE: This rule identifies the minimum requirements for a basic training instructor. (1) There shall be two (2) types of basic training instructor licenses: generalist licenses and specialist licenses. (2) To qualify for a generalist license, an instructor shall possess the following qualifications: (A) Sponsorship by a licensed basic training center; (B) Graduation from a Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST)-approved instructor development course; and (C) Either: 1. A four (4) year baccalaureate degree and five (5) or more years active commission as a full-time peace officer, federal law enforcement officer, or military law enforcement officer; 2. A two (2) year associate degree and eight (8) or more years active commission as a full-time peace officer, federal law enforcement officer, or military law enforcement officer; or 3. A high school diploma or its equivalent and ten (10) or more years active commission as a full-time peace officer, federal law enforcement officer, or military law enforcement officer. (3) To qualify for a specialist license, an instructor shall possess the following qualifications: (A) Sponsorship by a licensed basic training center; (B) Graduation from a POST-approved instructor development course; and (C) The instructor shall be a subject matter expert as to one (1) or more of the mandatory basic training objectives established pursuant to 11 CSR 75-14.030. Subject matter expertise shall be determined by the Director after consideration of the instructor’s academic education; previous teaching experience; practical experience; membership in professional associations; publications; letters of reference; recognition as an expert by courts of law; independent certifications of expertise, and other evidence of the instructor’s qualifications. (D) A valid, current third-party or secondary license shall be required to qualify as a specialist instructor for any objective related to the following: 1. Tactical Communications if utilizing Verbal Judo, graduate of a Verbal Judo Trainer Course. 2. Hazardous Materials, graduate of a POST recognized eight (8)-hour Hazardous Materials Training Course. 3. Accident Investigation, graduate of an Accident Investigation School or Accident Reconstruction School. 4. First Responder, graduate of a Certified First Responder Trainer Course, or a licensed Emergency Medical Technician (EMT), Emergency Medical Technician Paramedic (EMTP), Registered Nurse (RN), Medical Doctor (MD), or Doctor of Osteopathy (DO). 5. The core curricula areas under Defensive Tactics, with the exception of the subject area of Mechanics of Arrest and Control, graduate of a POST recognized Law Enforcement Defensive Tactics Instructor Course. 6. The core curricula areas under Firearms, graduate of a POST recognized Firearms Instructor School of at least forty (40) hours. 7. The core curricula areas under Driver Training, graduate of a POST recognized Drivers Training Instructor Course. 8. Memoranda, Introduction to Report Writing, and Report Writing Exercises, if an individual does not have at least a four (4)- year college degree, they must be a graduate of a POST recognized Report Writing Instructor Course. AUTHORITY: sections 590.060 and 590.190, RSMo Supp. 2007.* Original rule filed May 1, 2002, effective Oct. 30, 2002. Amended: Filed Oct. 31, 2002, effective April 30, 2003. Amended: Filed April 25, 2003, effective Oct. 30, 2003. Amended: Filed July 1, 2008, effective Dec. 30, 2008. *Original authority: 590.060, RSMo 2001 and 590.190, RSMo 2001, amended 2007.