Approval Of Specialized Schools Certification

(1) The Commission shall determine whether a specialized school is eligible to provide a law enforcement officer with training appropriate to his/her rank and responsibilities. Only schools of a law enforcement related nature shall be considered for in-service credit toward meeting the forty (40) hour training requirement. Each school must submit the curriculum and proof of successful completion by the individual attendee. Two (2) weeks after an officer completes the school’s curriculum, the school shall submit the specialized substitution form along with a copy of any certificate awarded to the attendee and a copy of the schedule to the Commission. (2) If no test is administered at the conclusion of the course, the attending officer shall submit to his superior officer a detailed evaluation of the course. If satisfied that the training was valid and beneficial, the superior officer shall submit a statement to that effect, along with a copy of the report, to the Commission. In-service credit requests shall be reviewed as outlined in Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 1110-04-.05. (3) In some instances, the specialized training session may be combined with the regularly scheduled and Commission-approved forty (40) hour in-service training sessions. If this is done, the attending officer must also be tested on those hours attended in the departmental forty (40) hour course in order to obtain credit for the specialized subject hours. The local General Department Instructor will choose the questions applicable for the test for the specialized training hours. (4) Any officer moving to a specialized assignment involving the use of a specialized emergency conveyance shall receive sufficient training to meet the job requirements. Specialized emergency conveyance includes, but is not limited to, motorcycle, bicycle, or horse. IN-SERVICE TRAINING REQUIREMENTS CHAPTER 1110-04 (5) Any officer promoted into a leadership position shall, within six (6) months of promotion, receive training sufficient to meet the job requirements. The training shall include courses in leadership and team building, first line supervisor training, and mid-level management. (6) All newly appointed Police Chiefs shall, prior to or within six (6) months of appointment, complete a command level course of instruction for Police Chiefs at least thirty-two (32) hours in duration and approved by the Commission that includes command, management, and administration components specific to law enforcement. The hours of this course may count toward the required forty (40) hours of in-service training for the calendar year the course is completed. (7) All newly appointed drug interdiction or drug task force agents or officers shall, prior to or within six (6) months of appointment, complete training establishing minimum standards for drug interdiction agents approved by the Commission. The hours of this course of instruction may count toward the required forty (40) hours of in-service training for the calendar year the course is completed. The six (6) month time limit for training shall be counted cumulatively, not consecutively. (8) All full-time law enforcement officers who seize assets for purposes of forfeiture or apply for forfeiture warrants pursuant to the Tennessee Drug Control Act of 1989, as amended, on the portions of any highway designated and known as part of the national system of interstate and defense highways (“interstate”) shall complete a Commission-approved training for highway drug interdiction within six (6) months of appointment. The six (6) month requirement shall be counted cumulatively, not consecutively. The hours of this course may count toward the forty (40) hour in- service requirement for the year the course is completed. (9) All newly appointed drug interdiction or drug task force directors shall, prior to or within six (6) months of appointment, complete a thirty-two (32) hour command level course of instruction approved by the Commission. The six (6) month requirement shall be counted cumulatively, not consecutively. The hours of this course may count toward the required forty (40) hours of in-service training for the year the course is completed.