Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 661 - Public Safety Department › Chapter 93 - Identification Cards for Former Peace Officers of the Iowa Department of Public Safety › Rule 661-93.4 - Annual Firearms Qualification-certification Card

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
(1) Qualified former law enforcement officers
			 with the department of public safety may participate in annual firearms
			 qualification offered by the department and, upon successful completion of the
			 annual firearms qualification, receive proof thereof from the department. A
			 card certifying successful completion of the annual qualification and
			 specifying the date of the qualification shall be issued by the firearms
			 instructor conducting the qualification on behalf of the department to each
			 qualified former law enforcement officer who has successfully completed the
			 qualification. A card certifying successful completion of the qualification
			 shall be issued by department personnel only to a qualified former law
			 enforcement officer with the department who successfully completes the annual
			 firearms qualification under the auspices of the department. Participation in
			 annual firearms qualification offered by the department is restricted to
			 qualified former law enforcement officers with the department who are residents
			 of the state of Iowa at the time of the qualification.
NOTE: Any qualified former law enforcement officer with the
				department may participate in annual firearms qualification offered by a
				certified firearms instructor other than under the auspices of the department.
				A card to certify proof of successful completion of annual firearms
				qualification may be issued only by the firearms instructor who conducts the
				qualification.
(2) Annual
			 firearms qualification shall be offered periodically and at various locations
			 in the state to qualified retired and former officers of the department who
			 reside in Iowa. All qualified former law enforcement officers with the
			 department who have provided a current active e-mail address to the department
			 shall be notified by e-mail when firearms qualification or firearms
			 familiarization training is being offered to current peace officer members of
			 the department of public safety. While the department will make a good-faith
			 effort to notify all qualified and former peace officer members of the
			 department who reside in Iowa of the availability of such training, it is the
			 responsibility of each qualified former peace officer member of the department
			 to inquire about such training if the qualified former peace officer wishes to
			 use the qualification or training to obtain the annual certification of
			 firearms qualification required under 18 U.S.C. § 926C.
(3) A qualified former law enforcement
			 officer with the department who resides in Iowa shall be offered the
			 opportunity to participate in annual firearms qualification at no cost to the
			 qualified former officer, except that any former officer of the department who
			 participates in annual firearms qualification offered under the auspices of the
			 department shall supply any firearm, ammunition, or equipment required to be
			 used in the qualification.
(4) A
			 qualified former law enforcement officer with the department residing in Iowa
			 who plans to participate in firearms qualification or firearms familiarization
			 training offered by the department should inquire via e-mail to the department
			 prior to the qualification or training as to what information and material the
			 qualified former peace officer is required to provide at the training, and the
			 department will provide notification of this information via return e-mail. An
			 application form for an annual firearms qualification shall be provided
			 electronically to the qualified former peace officer member as an attachment to
			 the e-mail. The qualified former peace officer member shall complete the
			 application form and submit it to the instructor prior to the start of the
			 qualification or training.
(5) An
			 instructor supervising annual qualification or training on behalf of the
			 department shall refuse to admit a former law enforcement officer with the
			 department to the qualification session or training if the former law
			 enforcement officer with the department is not a resident of the state of Iowa
			 at the time of qualification or the instructor knows that the former law
			 enforcement officer with the department does not meet the requirements for
			 possession of a firearm under state or federal law or is otherwise unable to
			 meet the requirements to be a qualified former law enforcement officer under
			 the provisions of 18 U.S.C. §926C. An instructor may refuse to admit any
			 qualified former law enforcement officer with the department to an annual
			 firearms qualification if, in the judgment of the instructor, participation in
			 the session by the qualified former law enforcement officer would be
			 unsafe.
(6) If the qualified former
			 law enforcement officer with the department satisfies the requirements for
			 annual firearms qualification, the instructor shall complete and issue to the
			 qualified former law enforcement officer an annual firearms qualification
			 certification card on a form provided by the department. If the former law
			 enforcement officer with the department fails to attain a qualifying score, the
			 instructor shall so notify the former law enforcement officer with the
			 department.