North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 12 - JUSTICE › Chapter 10 - SHERIFFS' EDUCATION AND TRAINING STANDARDS COMMISSION › Subchapter B - N.C. SHERIFFS' EDUCATION AND TRAINING STANDARDS COMMISSION › Section .2100 - DEPUTY SHERIFF' AND DETENTION OFFICERS' FIREARMS IN SERVICE TRAINING REQUALIFICATION PROGRAM › Section 10B .2104 - IN SERVICE FIREARMS REQUALIFICATION SPECIFICATIONS

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
(a) All
				  deputy sheriffs and detention officers who are authorized by the sheriff to
				  carry a handgun shall qualify a minimum of once each year with their individual
				  and department-approved service handgun. The course of fire shall not be less
				  stringent than the "Basic Law Enforcement Training Course" requirements for
				  firearms qualification.
(b) All
				  deputy sheriffs and detention officers who are issued, or otherwise authorized
				  by the sheriff to carry a shotgun, rifle, or automatic weapon shall qualify
				  with each weapon respectively a minimum of once each year. The course of fire
				  shall not be less stringent than those set out in the "In Service Firearms
				  Qualification Manual" as published by the North Carolina Justice
				  Academy.
(c) Qualifications
				  conducted pursuant to Paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Rule shall be completed
				  with duty equipment and duty ammunition or ballistic equivalent ammunition to
				  include lead free ammunition that meets the same point of aim, point of impact,
				  and felt recoil of the duty ammunition, for all weapons.
(d) All deputy sheriffs and detention
				  officers who are authorized by the sheriff to carry off duty handguns shall
				  qualify with their off duty handgun a minimum of once each year pursuant to
				  12 NCAC
				  10B .2103 and
				  10B .2104(a) and (b) with each
				  handgun the officer carries off duty using ammunition approved by the
				  sheriff.
(e) All deputy sheriffs
				  and detention officers who are issued or have access to any weapons not stated
				  in this Rule must qualify with these weapons once each year using ammunition
				  approved by the sheriff.
(f) In
				  cases where reduced-sized targets are used to simulate actual distances, a
				  modified course of fire may be used.
(g) To satisfy the training requirements for
				  all in-service firearms requalifications, a deputy sheriff or detention officer
				  shall attain a minimum qualification score of 70 percent accuracy with each
				  weapon once in three attempts with no more than three attempts on each course
				  of fire per day.
(h) The
				  "In-Service Firearms Qualification Manual" as published by the North Carolina
				  Justice Academy is hereby incorporated by reference, and shall automatically
				  include any later amendments or editions of the referenced materials to apply
				  as a minimum guide for conducting the annual in-service firearms qualification.
				  Copies of the publication may be obtained from the North Carolina Justice
				  Academy, Post Office Drawer 99, Salemburg, North Carolina 28385. There is no
				  cost per manual at the time of adoption of this Rule.
Authority
					 G.S.
					 17E-4;
					 17E-7;
Eff. January
					 1, 1989;
Amended Eff. January 1, 1994; January 1, 1993; January 1,
					 1992; January 1, 1991;
Temporary Amendment Eff. March 1,
					 1998;
Amended Eff. January 1, 2011; January 1, 2006; August 1,
					 2002; August 1, 1998;
Pursuant to
					 G.S.
					 150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without
					 substantive public interest Eff. March 6,
					 2018.