Florida Administrative Code › 11 - DEPARTMENT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT › 11B - Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission › Chapter 11B-27 - CERTIFICATION AND EMPLOYMENT OR APPOINTMENT › Section 11B-27.00212 - Maintenance of Officer Certification

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
(1) Full-time,
				part-time, or auxiliary officers shall successfully complete 40 hours of
				continuing education or training every four years. The expiration date of an
				officer's mandatory retraining shall be June 30th of the fourth year following
				the officer's certification.
Example:
Original Officer Certification Date
November 21, 1997
Officer Four-year Anniversary Date
November 21, 2001
Officer Continuing Education or Training
							 Deadline
June 30, 2002
(2)
				Elected or appointed officials whose mandatory retraining dates have expired on
				or before the expiration date, pursuant to subsection (1) of this rule section,
				shall complete the mandatory retraining requirements within four years of the
				date the individual no longer serves as an elected or appointed
				official.
(3) Forty hours of
				continuing education is granted for three semester credit hours or four quarter
				credit hours of college course work upon successful completion of the course,
				and provided the credit hours are not used for the purpose of obtaining a
				degree, which would make the officer eligible for salary incentive
				payments.
(4) Continuing education
				or training pursuant to Section
				 943.135, F.S. Upon an officer's
				completion of the required continuing education or training the employing
				agency shall submit or electronically transmit to Commission staff through the
				Commission's ATMS, and maintain in file a completed Mandatory Retraining
				Report, form CJSTC-74, revised August 18, 2022, effective 8/2023, hereby
				incorporated by reference
https://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-15517
.
				Form CJSTC-74 can be obtained at the following FDLE Internet address:
http://www.fdle.state.fl.us/CJSTC/Publications/Forms.aspx
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				or by contacting Commission staff at (850)410-8615. Criminal justice agencies
				shall not update an officer's mandatory training unless an officer is employed
				by the agency or has met the requirement for employment pursuant to subsection
				 11B-27.002(1),
				F.A.C.
(5) Statutory mandated
				continuing training. The following training shall be included as a part of the
				officer's continuing training:
(a) Domestic
				Violence Training for Law Enforcement Officers pursuant to Section
				 943.1701, F.S. Certified law
				enforcement officers who elect to instruct domestic violence training may
				substitute completion or instruction of domestic violence training to satisfy
				the officer's continuing training requirement.
(b) Human Diversity Training pursuant to
				Section  943.1716, F.S. Certified
				officers who elect to instruct human diversity modules pursuant to Section
				 943.1716, F.S., may substitute
				completion or instruction of human diversity training to satisfy the officer's
				continuing training requirement.
(c) Juvenile Sexual Offender Investigation
				Training for Law Enforcement Officers pursuant to Section
				 943.17295, F.S. Certified law
				enforcement officers who elect to instruct the Juvenile Sexual Offender
				Investigation training may substitute completion or instruction of this
				training to satisfy the officer's continuing training requirement.
(d) Discriminatory Profiling and Professional
				Traffic Stops pursuant to Section
				 943.1758, F.S. Certified law
				enforcement officers who elect to instruct Discriminatory Profiling and
				Professional Traffic Stops may substitute completion or instruction of this
				training to satisfy the officer's continuing training requirement. Completion
				or instruction of this training shall satisfy all or a portion of an officer's
				continuing training requirement for human diversity training.
(e) Use of Electronic Databases pursuant to
				Section  943.17191, F.S. Certified law
				enforcement officers who elect to instruct Use of Electronic Databases training
				may substitute completion or instruction of this training to satisfy the
				officer's continuing training requirement.
(f) Officer Health and Wellness Principles
				pursuant to Section  943.1745(2),
				F.S., for law enforcement officers whose mandatory retraining cycle ends after
				July 1, 2023. Certified law enforcement officers who elect to instruct Officer
				Health and Wellness Principles training may substitute instruction for
				completion of this training to satisfy the officer's continuing training
				requirement.