Alabama Administrative Code › Title 650 - ALABAMA PEACE OFFICERS › Chapter 650-X-4 - CERTIFICATION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS › Section 650-X-4-.01 - Certification Training Requirements

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
(1) The trainee
			 must successfully complete the Commission approved basic training curriculum at
			 an approved academy.
(2) The
			 trainee must satisfactorily complete the law enforcement training course within
			 the time set forth in the statutory requirement of the
Code of Ala.
			 1975
, Title
			 36-21-46.
(3) In order to successfully complete the law
			 enforcement training course and be certified by the Commission, the trainee
			 must achieve the following:
(a) Pass with an
			 overall academic score average of not less than 70% on written exams,
(b) Pass the first aid exam with a score of
			 not less than 70% (Any re-test, if necessary, shall be administered within 72
			 hours.),
(c) Pass the legal issues
			 exam with a score of not less than 70% (Any re-test, if necessary, shall be
			 administered within 72 hours.),
(d)
			 Pass the physical agility/ability test (Any re-test, if necessary, shall be
			 administered within 48 to 72 hours.),
(e) Pass the Commission approved Firearms
			 Manipulation Skills Test before live fire firearms training. Any trainee who
			 fails to pass the Firearms Manipulation Skills Test will be dismissed from the
			 academy class.
(f) Pass the
			 Commission approved firearms training and qualify two (2) of three (3) attempts
			 on the firearms course. A minimum score of seventy (70) is required to pass
			 each attempt.
1. If a trainee does not pass
			 ANY of the three (3) qualification attempts, then the trainee is deemed to have
			 failed the Academy and is barred from employment and certification as a law
			 enforcement officer for two (2) years.
2. Any trainee who passes one (1) of the
			 three (3) attempts, but fails to pass twice, will be allowed, at the written
			 request of the employing Agency, to attend the next available academy to
			 re-take the Commission approved firearms training and qualification (provided
			 the trainee passes all other phases of the academy session and does not exceed
			 the statutory six (6) month (180 days) provisional appointment time). If the
			 trainee fails to pass firearms training at this point, the trainee is deemed to
			 have failed the Academy and is barred from employment and certification as a
			 law enforcement officer for two (2) years.
(g) Pass the Commission approved Defensive
			 Tactics Proficiency Test. Any trainee who fails to pass the Defensive Tactics
			 Proficiency Test will be dismissed from the academy class.
(h) Pass the Commission approved Law
			 Enforcement Emergency Vehicle Operation Training and meet the minimum passing
			 standards on one (1) of three (3) qualification attempts on the cumulative
			 driver skills course. This course is designed on a pass/fail format.
1. Any trainee who fails to meet the minimum
			 passing standards of the cumulative driver skills course on one (1) of the
			 three (3) attempts, will be allowed, at the written request of the employing
			 Agency, to attend the next available academy to re-take the Law Enforcement
			 Emergency Vehicle Operations Training course (provided the trainee passes all
			 other phases of the academy session and does not exceed the statutory six (6)
			 month (180 days) provisional appointment time). If the trainee fails to pass
			 driver training at this point, the trainee is deemed to have failed the Academy
			 and is barred from employment and certification as a law enforcement officer
			 for two (2) years.