Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - LAW ENFORCEMENT AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE › Title 79 - LAW ENFORCEMENT - POLICE STANDARDS ADVISORY COUNCIL › Chapter 8 - TRAINING ACADEMY ADMISSION QUALIFICATIONS AND PROCEDURES › Section 79-8-005 - Basic Certification Training

Current through June 17, 2024
005.01 Minimum Qualifications For Basic and
				Reciprocity Certification Training. Prior to appointment or attending a
				Training Academy for certification training, an applicant shall meet the
				following qualifications:
005.01A The
				applicant is or will be a citizen of the United States prior to the completion
				of certification training;
005.01B
				The applicant will reach the age of twenty-one years prior to the completion of
				training;
005.01C The applicant has
				been fingerprinted and a search has been made of local, state, and national
				fingerprint files for disclosure of any criminal record and the results
				furnished to the Training Center;
005.01D The applicant has a valid motor
				vehicle operator's or chauffeur's license;
005.01E The applicant has vision correctable
				to 20/30 and has no evidence of an irreversible disease, which will affect the
				person's sight;
005.01F The
				applicant has been pardoned or has never been convicted by any state or the
				United States of a crime punishable by imprisonment in a penitentiary for a
				term of one year or more or by any foreign government of a crime which would be
				punishable by imprisonment for a term of one year or more if committed in
				Nebraska or has had a conviction for such an offense overturned or reversed by
				a court of competent jurisdiction;
005.01G The applicant possess good character
				as determined by a thorough background investigation;
005.01H The applicant (i) is a high school
				graduate or (ii) possess a general educational development certificate and
				(iii) is able to read, write, and understand the English language at the
				eleventh grade level;
005.01I The
				applicant has not been convicted of driving while intoxicated or under the
				influence in the two years immediately preceding admission; and
005.01J The applicant has been examined by a
				licensed physician one year or less prior to admission and has been certified
				by the physician to have met the physical requirements, as determined by the
				Council, necessary to fulfill the responsibilities of a law enforcement officer
				and successfully complete the requirements for training.
005.01K The applicant will not have worked as
				a law enforcement officer for the current law enforcement agency for more than
				one year including the time required for certification training, or has been
				granted a waiver based on extreme hardship by the Council.
005.01L The applicant has not received a
				punitive discharge from the United States Armed Forces. Punitive discharges are
				discharges classified as Dishonorable or Bad Conduct.
005.01M The applicant has not been denied
				certification status, had his/her certification revoked or currently suspended
				in this state or another jurisdiction.
005.01N The applicant has not been convicted
				of any crime involving the threat of or actual use of physical violence that
				would constitute a Class I misdemeanor in this state.
005.01O The applicant has not been convicted
				of any crime involving the threat of or actual sexual assault or
				abuse.
005.01P The applicant has
				not been convicted of any crime of physical violence or sexual abuse against a
				child or children.
005.01Q The
				applicant has not been adjudged or convicted of a crime of domestic violence as
				defined in the United States Code,
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				U.S.C. 922(g)(9), that would
				disqualify him/her from possessing a firearm.