Arkansas Administrative Code › Agency 132 - Commission of Law Enforcement Standards and Training › Rule 132.00.15-013 - Regulation 1005 Minimum Standards for Training (Full-Time and Part-Time I Officers)

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 6, June, 2024
(1)
Basic Police Training Course
(a)
		  Each Full-time Law Enforcement Officer, and each Part-time I Law Enforcement
		  Officer must satisfactorily complete the Basic Police Training Course as
		  prescribed in Specification S-9, within the time period established in
		  Regulation 1003(4).
(b) Any
		  Full-time or Part-time I Law Enforcement Officer who has previously met the
		  minimum training requirements, and has been separated from law enforcement for
		  more than seven (7) years, but less than ten (10) years may, at the request of
		  a sponsoring agency, prior to employment by the sponsoring agency, be allowed
		  to take a comprehensive written examination prepared, administered, scheduled
		  and graded by ALETA/CLEST. If the law enforcement applicant successfully passes
		  the comprehensive written exam, he or she may forego attending the full Basic
		  Police Training Course provided he or she attends the 40-hour Refresher Course
		  currently offered, as well as meets the other selection requirements, prior to
		  being eligible for certification.
(i) The
		  examination will be administered at the ALETA Campus located in East Carnden,
		  Arkansas, at a time and date scheduled by the Commission and will consist of
		  questions taken from the current edition of
Arkansas Criminal and
		  Traffic Law Manual,
published by Lexis Nexis, and
CLEST Rules
		  and Regulations Manual,
published by CLEST.
(ii) Law enforcement applicants who desire to
		  take the comprehensive written exam must have completed a state or federal law
		  enforcement academy consisting of at least the current number of required hours
		  to complete the ALETA basic training, subject to Regulation 1008.
(iii) An applicant who fails to pass the
		  two-hundred and fifty (250) question examination with a minimum score of 70%
		  after two attempts is required to complete the basic training course in order
		  to be eligible for certification.
(iv) Anyone who has been separated from law
		  enforcement for over ten (10) years is required to attend a new Basic Law
		  Enforcement Course without exception.
(c) Appointment or employment as an
		  Auxiliary, Part-time II, or Specialized Police Officer during the less than ten
		  (10) year period of separation will not exclude the Full-time or Part-time I
		  Law Enforcement Officer from complying with the requirements of
		  (1)(b).
(d) Part-time II Law
		  Enforcement Officers, Specialized, and Auxiliary Law Enforcement Officers will
		  be required to satisfactorily complete not less than 110 hours of Commission
		  approved Law Enforcement Training including Firearms Qualification Course
		  equivalent to the Firearms Qualification requirements for a full time
		  Enforcement Officer. Separation from law enforcement for three (3) years will
		  result in the Auxiliary, Specialized and the Part-time II Law Enforcement
		  Officer being required to attend a new 110 hour training course.
(e) Any Full-time or Part-time I Law
		  Enforcement Officer who fails to satisfactorily complete the Basic Police
		  Training Course within the time period allowed by regulation 1003(4), or who
		  once enrolled in the Course, fails the course or is expelled from the course,
		  will not be eligible for training nor certification for twenty-four (24) months
		  following the date of failure or expulsion from the training course or the date
		  of expiration of the probationary period. In the event a Full-time or Part-time
		  I Law Enforcement Officer fails the course or is expelled from the course, said
		  officer shall not be eligible to serve, be employed, or otherwise function as a
		  law enforcement officer in this State from that date until the expiration of
		  twenty-four months following the date of failure or expulsion from the training
		  course. If an officer properly appeals his failure or expulsion, said officer
		  may retain his eligibility to serve as a law enforcement officer until such
		  time as the Commission has ruled upon said appeal or expiration of the time
		  period allowed by Regulation 1002(i), whichever occurs first.
(f) If an officer fails to satisfactorily
		  complete the required training in a total of twelve (12) months from the
		  original date of employment or appointment, he shall not be eligible to be
		  retained as a law enforcement officer in this State. Reappointment or
		  reemployment as a law enforcement officer will be considered only after the
		  person has been separated from law enforcement for at least twenty-four (24)
		  months. Upon reappointment or reemployment, an officer would be eligible to
		  begin a new probationary period. Should the officer fail to meet the minimum
		  training requirement for a second time, he or she will not be eligible for
		  certification as a Full-time, Part-time, Auxiliary or in any other law
		  enforcement officer position.