Procedure

Procedure 1. All procedures applicable to certification for newly employed officers must be followed in seeking certification based on equivalency and refresher course training. In addition to the forms required for the certification process, the employer shall provide documentation of law enforcement training (copies of certificates, etc.). The board staff will authenticate all documents submitted to the board from other jurisdictions. The employer shall be prepared to submit the curriculum for training completed in another jurisdiction. The staff will request curriculums as needed for the Board files. Once an officer has been deemed eligible to attend the refresher course, the department head will be notified by the Board. The training packet must then be completed and submitted to the assigned academy. A. The students will be evaluated by the administration of written examinations. Any student who fails to achieve a final academic average of at least seventy percent (70%) will not graduate. Any student who becomes mathematically eliminated during training will be academically dismissed. Any student who fails will be eligible for re-admittance only to the academy where training was given. B. Any student who does not achieve a score of at least seventy-five percent (75%) on the firearms portion of training will not graduate from the course. The skill areas of defensive driving, and mechanics of arrest require scores of eighty percent (80%) to graduate. An entry physical fitness test will be administered upon reporting for training and will determine whether a student can remain in the program. This test is an eligibility requirement. A passing score of fifty (50%) must be achieved. Those students who fail the examination must leave the academy. They may, however, resubmit their application to attend a future training class. The test is comprised of three components: agility run, push-ups, and a 1½ mile run. C. Students shall be afforded excused absences for not more than five percent (5%) of the scheduled training. Students enrolled as a refresher student in a basic course may be given not more than two scheduled opportunities to complete a required class. Students who miss more than the five percent (5%) or fail to attend a scheduled class two times, shall be dismissed. D. Every training academy shall promulgate a set of written rules and regulations governing the conduct of students who are at the academy for refresher training. A copy of the approved rules shall be made available to the student at the beginning of training. Student misconduct may result in a dismissal. Prior to dismissal for disciplinary reasons, students will be afforded the opportunity to have a hearing before an impartial review board. The review board will make a recommendation to the academy director whose decision is then final. Students may be re-admitted only to the same academy. The academy director will weigh the circumstances and decide whether to re-admit the student. The director's decision may be appealed to the Board by the student's agency head. History - adopted - 10/1984; rev - 10/1991, 07/1993, 01/1996, 07/1997/1998/2000/2004, 11/2007, 09/2010, 07/2013, 09/2014, 09/2015, 03/2017, 11/2017, 01/2018, 05/2018, 05/2019 and 08/2020