Florida Administrative Code › 11 - DEPARTMENT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT › 11B - Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission › Chapter 11B-35 - TRAINING PROGRAMS › Section 11B-35.009 - Exemption from Basic Recruit Training

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
(1) Definitions. For
				the purpose of this rule section, the following definitions shall apply:
(a) "Employing agency" means any agency
				authorized by law to employ or appoint officers pursuant to Section
				 943.10(4),
				F.S.
(b) "Comparable basic recruit
				training program in another state or for the federal government," means any
				successfully completed sworn officer training course or courses, irrespective
				of the completion date, which when viewed together include all the primary
				training topics pursuant to subsection (3) of this rule section, for the
				discipline in which the applicant is seeking an exemption, pursuant to Section
				 943.131(2),
				F.S. Commission-approved Basic Recruit Training Courses may be substituted for
				courses not included in basic level training.
(c) "Another state" means one or more of the
				United States or its territories, or any combination thereof, with the
				exception of the State of Florida.
(d) "Federal Government" means any agency of
				the United States government that employs or appoints sworn officers, a Native
				American Indian tribe or band that employs or appoints sworn officers, or any
				branch or entity of the United States Armed Forces or any combination
				thereof.
(e) "Full time" means any
				employed or appointed status in which a normal work week consists of forty or
				more on-duty hours, exclusive of overtime, holidays, regular days off, leave,
				or other authorized or ordered absence from work.
(f) "Sworn officer" means an individual whose
				work experience, as required in this rule section, meets the definition of a
				law enforcement, correctional, and correctional probation officer pursuant to
				Sections  943.10(1)-(3),
				F.S.
(g) "At least one year" means
				a time period of twelve months sworn experience that shall have occurred at no
				more than two criminal justice agencies over a period not to exceed eighteen
				months as a full-time sworn officer in a specified discipline, excluding
				periods during which an individual was enrolled in or attending basic recruit
				training.
(h) "Inactive Florida
				Officer" means an individual who has met the certification and employment
				requirements of Section
				 943.13, F.S., and has not been
				employed as an officer in the discipline for which the individual was a Florida
				certified officer for a period of four to eight years.
(i) "Special Operations Forces" means those
				active and reserve component forces of the military services designated by the
				Secretary of Defense and specifically organized, trained, and equipped to
				conduct and support special operations. The term includes, but is not limited
				to, service members of the United States Army Special Forces and the United
				States Army 75th Ranger Regiment; the United States Navy SEALs and Special
				Warfare Combatant-Craft Crewmen; the United States Air Force Combat Control;
				Pararescue, and Tactical Air Control Party specialists; the United States
				Marine Corps Critical Skills Operators; and any other component of the United
				States Special Operations Command approved by the Commission.