Minimum Training Standards for School Protection Officers

PURPOSE: This rule details the minimum training standards for School Protection Officers. (1) Applicants seeking to be designated a School Protection Officer, pursuant to section 590.205, RSMo, must— (A) Successfully complete a one hundred twelve (112) hour School Protection Officer Training Program; or (B) Successfully graduate from a Missouri basic training center licensed pursuant to 11 CSR 75-14.010, having completed a minimum of six hundred (600) hours of basic law enforcement training certified pursuant to 11 CSR 75-14.040; or (C) Have been issued a Class A peace officer license under the Veteran Peace Officer Police Scale pursuant to 11 CSR 75-13.060. (2) Applicants who have had their peace officer license revoked are not eligible to be designated a School Protection Officer. (3) The one hundred twelve (112) hours of instruction for School Protection Officers is derived, in part, from the mandatory learning objectives for the six hundred (600) hour basic training curriculum outlined in 11 CSR 75-14.030, and shall cover the following subject areas: (A) 303 - Justification - Use of Force - 8 hours (B) 809 - Emergency Response/Building Searches - 9 hours (C) 812 - Survival Mentality - 4 hours (D) 1502 - Handcuffing and Restraint Devices - 4 hours (E) 1506 - Weapons Retention and Disarming - 8 hours (F) 1507 - Ground Fighting Techniques - 8 hours (G) 1601 - Fundamentals of Marksmanship - 2 hours (H) 1602 - Shooting Stance/Loading/Dry Fire - 4 hours (I) 1603 - Skill Development - Handgun - 22 hours (J) 1604 - Handgun Qualification - 4 hours (K) 1608 - Stress Combat Courses - 8 hours (L) 1610 - Shooting Decisions - 6 hours (M) Basic First Aid/CPR - 8 hours (N) Combat First Aid - 4 hours (O) Practical Application Scenarios - 13 hours (4) To be eligible for graduation from the School Protection Officer Training Program, trainees shall— (A) Be tested for mastery of each subject area. A written or practical examination may test more than one (1) subject area simultaneously. 1. A trainee who achieves less than seventy percent (70%) on any written examination may, at the discretion of the training center director or Continuing Law Enforcement Education provider, retake the examination one (1) time. 2. Mastery of firearms shall be tested by practical examination and scored on a numerical scale from zero (0) to one hundred (100). Supplemental written examinations are permitted, but the overall firearms score required for graduation pursuant to paragraph (4)(C)4. of this rule shall be based solely upon the practical examinations. The final grade of the firearms practical examination may, at the discretion of the training center director or Continuing Law Enforcement Education provider, be recorded as a pass or fail. 3. Mastery of any training subject areas requiring a trainee to perform a demonstrative skill, including Practical Application Scenarios, shall be tested by practical examination and may be graded on a numerical scale from zero (0) to one hundred (100) or on a pass/fail basis. A. A trainee who achieves a failing score on an objective graded pass/fail basis may, at the discretion of the training center director or Continuing Law Enforcement Education provider, reattempt the objective one (1) time. B. A trainee who achieves less than seventy percent (70%) on the firearms practical examination may, at the discretion of the training center director or Continuing Law Enforcement Education provider, retake the practical examination one (1) time. The highest score that may be awarded on a retake examination is seventy percent (70%). C. The determination to grade an objective pass/fail shall be made before the start of the training course. (B) Attend at least ninety-five percent (95%) of the total contact hours of the mandatory basic training curriculum and make up any missed hours in a manner that ensures that the trainee develops a thorough understanding of the mandatory learning objectives that were missed. (C) Achieve— 1. A score of no less than seventy percent (70%) on each written exam; 2. A final, overall score of no less than seventy percent (70%) for all written exams; 3. A passing score on each objective graded pass or fail; and 4. An overall firearms score of no less than seventy percent (70%). AUTHORITY: section 590.205, RSMo Supp. 2013.* Emergency rule filed Aug. 23, 2013, effective Sept. 2, 2013, expired Feb. 28, 2014. Original rule filed Aug. 23, 2013, effective Feb. 28, 2014. *Original authority: 590.205, RSMo 2013.