Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 31 - Public Safety › Part 301 - Board on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Training Professional Certification Policy and Procedures › Chapter 9 - Certification Based on Equivalency of Training and Refresher Training › Rule 31-301-9.3 - Procedure

Current through June 25, 2024
1. All procedures applicable to certification
				for newly employed officers must be followed in seeking certification based on
				equivalency and refresher course training. In addition to the forms required
				for the certification process, the employer shall provide documentation of law
				enforcement training (copies of certificates, etc.). The board staff will
				authenticate all documents submitted to the board from other jurisdictions. The
				employer shall be prepared to submit the curriculum for training completed in
				another jurisdiction. The staff will request curriculums as needed for the
				Board files. Once an officer has been deemed eligible to attend the refresher
				course, the department head will be notified by the Board. The training packet
				must then be completed and submitted to the assigned academy.
A. The students will be evaluated by the
				administration of written examinations. Any student who fails to achieve a
				final academic average of at least seventy percent (70%) will not graduate. Any
				student who becomes mathematically eliminated during training will be
				academically dismissed. Any student who fails will be eligible for
				re-admittance only to the academy where training was given.
B. Any student who does not achieve a score
				of at least seventy-five percent (75%) on the firearms portion of training will
				not graduate from the course. The skill areas of defensive driving, and
				mechanics of arrest require scores of eighty percent (80%) to graduate. An
				entry physical fitness test will be administered upon reporting for training
				and will determine whether a student can remain in the program. This test is an
				eligibility requirement. A passing score of fifty (50%) must be achieved. Those
				students who fail the examination must leave the academy. They may, however,
				resubmit their application to attend a future training class. The test is
				comprised of three components: agility run, push-ups, and a 1½ mile
				run.
C. Students shall be afforded
				excused absences for not more than five percent (5%) of the scheduled training.
				Students enrolled as a refresher student in a basic course may be given not
				more than two scheduled opportunities to complete a required class. Students
				who miss more than the five percent (5%) or fail to attend a scheduled class
				two times, shall be dismissed.
D.
				Every training academy shall promulgate a set of written rules and regulations
				governing the conduct of students who are at the academy for refresher
				training. A copy of the approved rules shall be made available to the student
				at the beginning of training. Student misconduct may result in a dismissal.
				Prior to dismissal for disciplinary reasons, students will be afforded the
				opportunity to have a hearing before an impartial review board. The review
				board will make a recommendation to the academy director whose decision is then
				final. Students may be re-admitted only to the same academy. The academy
				director will weigh the circumstances and decide whether to re-admit the
				student. The director's decision may be appealed to the Board by the student's
				agency head.