12 NCAC 09G .0416. CORRECTIONS SPECIALIZED INSTRUCTOR TRAINING ‑ CONTROLS, RESTRAINTS, AND DEFENSIVE TECHNIQUES

(a)  The instructor training course requirement for corrections specialized controls, restraints, and defensive techniques (CRDT) instructor certification shall consist of at least 80 hours of instruction presented during a period of not more than two consecutive weeks.

(b)  Each corrections specialized controls, restraints, and defensive techniques instructor training course shall be designed to provide the trainee with the skills and knowledge to perform the function of a corrections controls, restraints, and defensive techniques instructor in the "Basic Training ‑ Correctional Officer" course, "Basic Training ‑ Probation/Parole Officer" course, and in-service training courses for correctional officers and probation/parole officers.

(c)  Each corrections specialized controls, restraints, and defensive techniques instructor training course shall include the following topical areas:

(1)           Introduction to Controls, Restraints, and Defensive Techniques;

(2)           Physical Fitness/Warm-up and Stretching;

(3)           Response to Injury;

(4)           Basic Controls and Techniques;

(5)           Advanced Controls and Techniques;

(6)           Restraint Applications; and

(7)           CRDT Program Student Evaluations and Testing.

(d)  The Commission-certified school that is certified to offer the "Corrections Specialized Instructor Training/Controls, Restraints, and Defensive Techniques" course is the Office of Staff Development and Training of the North Carolina Department of Public Safety.

 

History Note:        Authority G.S. 17C-6;

Temporary Adoption Eff. January 1, 2001;

Eff. August 1, 2002;

Amended Eff. May 1, 2014; November 1, 2005; August 1, 2004.