Arizona Administrative Code › Title 13 - PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 4 - ARIZONA PEACE OFFICER STANDARDS AND TRAINING BOARD › Article 2 - CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS › Section R13-4-206 - Field Training and Continuing Training Including Firearms Qualification

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 28, July 12, 2024
A. Field training
				requirement. Before graduating from the academy or within two months after
				graduation, a cadet or state correctional officer shall participate in and
				successfully complete a Board-approved field training program.
B. Continuing
				training requirement.
1. A state correctional
				officer shall receive eight hours of Board-approved continuing training each
				calendar year beginning January 1 following the date the officer received
				certified status.
2. In addition to
				the training required under subsection (B)(1), a state correctional officer
				authorized to carry a firearm shall qualify each calendar year after
				appointment beginning January 1 following the date the officer received
				certified status. The firearms qualification training shall meet the standards
				specified under subsection (F) and shall not be used to satisfy the
				requirements of
				R13-4-206(C).
C. Continuing training requirements may be fulfilled
				by:
1. Advanced training programs,
				or
2. Specialized training
				programs.
D. Advanced
				training programs. The Department shall develop, design, implement, maintain,
				evaluate, and revise advanced training programs that include courses enhancing
				a correctional officer's knowledge, skills, or abilities for the job that the
				correctional officer performs. The courses within an advanced training program
				shall include advanced or remedial training in any topic listed in
				R13-4-205(C).
E. Specialized training programs. The Department shall
				develop, design, implement, maintain, evaluate, and revise specialized training
				programs that address a particular need of the Department and target a select
				group of officers. The courses within a specialized training program shall
				include topics different from those in the basic corrections training program
				or any advanced training programs.
F. Firearms qualification required. A correctional
				officer authorized to carry a firearm shall qualify to continue to be
				authorized to carry a firearm each calendar year beginning the year following
				the receipt of certified status by completing a Board-prescribed firearms
				qualification course using a service handgun, service shotgun, and service
				ammunition, and a Board-prescribed target identification and judgment course.
1. Firearms qualification course standards.
a. A firearms qualification course is:
i. A course prescribed under
				R13-4-205(C);
				or
ii. A course determined by the
				Board to measure firearms competency at least as accurately as the course
				prescribed under
				R13-4-205(C).
b. All firearms qualification
				courses shall include:
i. A timed accuracy
				component;
ii. A type and style of
				target that is equal to, or more difficult than, the targets used under
				R13-4-205(C);
				and
iii. Success criteria that are
				equal to, or more difficult than, the success criteria used under
				R13-4-205(C).