12 NCAC 09B .0401. TIME REQUIREMENT FOR COMPLETION OF TRAINING

(a)  Each criminal justice officer, with the exception of law enforcement officers, holding probationary certification shall complete, with passing scores, a Commission-accredited basic training course that includes training in the skills and knowledge necessary to perform the duties of his or her office.  The officer shall complete the course within one year from the date of his original appointment, as determined by the date of the probationary certification.

(b)  Each law enforcement officer, except wildlife enforcement officers, shall have completed with passing scores the accredited basic training course as prescribed in Rule .0205 of this Subchapter prior to obtaining probationary certification.

(c)  Each wildlife enforcement officer shall have satisfactorily completed in its entirety the Basic Training ‑‑ Wildlife Enforcement Officers' course stipulated in 12 NCAC 09B .0228(b) prior to obtaining probationary certification.

(c)  If a trainee completes the basic training course prior to being employed as a law enforcement officer, the trainee shall be duly appointed and sworn as a law enforcement officer within one year of successfully passing the comprehensive written exam as specified in Rule .0406 of this Section for that basic training course to be recognized under these Rules.

(e)  If local confinement supervisory and administrative personnel complete basic training prior to being employed by a facility in a supervisory and administrative position that requires certification, the personnel shall be duly appointed to a local confinement facility supervisory and administrative position within one year of the completion of training for the basic training course specified in 12 NCAC 09B .0205.  This one year period shall begin with the date the applicant achieves a passing score on the comprehensive written exam, as specified in Rule .0411 of this Section.

 

History Note:        Authority G.S. 17C‑2; 17C‑6; 17C‑10;

Eff. January 1, 1981;

Amended Eff. January 1, 2015; January 1, 1995; March 1, 1992; July 1, 1989; June 1, 1986.