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 .0700 - MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR JUSTICE OFFICER SCHOOLS AND TRAINING PROGRAMS OR COURSES OF INSTRUCTION › Section 10B .0703 - ADMINISTRATION OF DETENTION OFFICER CERTIFICATION COURSE

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
(a)
				  The executive officer or officers of the institution or agency sponsoring a
				  Detention Officer Certification Course shall have primary responsibility for
				  implementation of the rules in this Section and for administration of the
				  school.
(b) The executive officers
				  shall designate a compensated staff member who may apply to the Commission to
				  be the school director. No more than two school directors shall be designated
				  at each certified institution/agency to deliver a Detention Officer
				  Certification Course. The school director shall have administrative
				  responsibility for planning scheduling, presenting, coordinating, reporting,
				  and generally managing each sponsored detention officer certification course
				  and shall be readily available at all times during course delivery as specified
				  in 12
				  NCAC 10B .0704(b). The
				  School Director may designate a Qualified Assistant to assist in the
				  administration of the Detention Officer Certification Course, where the School
				  Director has provided justification for the need including overlapping or
				  simultaneous Commission-mandated courses, satellite delivery locations, or
				  responsibility for multiple courses. This person must be selected by the School
				  Director, who will forward identifying and contact information to the Division.
				  Division staff will conduct a course orientation with the designated person. In
				  order to retain the designation as a qualified assistant, the person must
				  attend the Annual School Directors' Conference.
(c) The executive officers of the institution
				  or agency sponsoring the Detention Officer Certification Course shall:
(1) acquire and allocate sufficient financial
				  resources to provide commission-certified instructors and to meet other
				  necessary program expenses;
(2)
				  provide adequate secretarial, clerical, and other supportive staff assistance
				  as required by the school director;
(3) provide or make available suitable
				  facilities, equipment, materials, and supplies for comprehensive and
				  qualitative course delivery, as required in the "Detention Officer
				  Certification Course Management Guide" and specifically including the
				  following:
(A) a comfortable, well-lighted
				  and ventilated classroom with a seating capacity sufficient to accommodate all
				  attending trainees;
(B)
				  audio-visual equipment and other instructional devices and aids necessary and
				  beneficial to the delivery of effective training;
(C) a library for trainees' use covering the
				  subject matter areas relevant to the training course, maintained in current
				  status and having sufficient copies for convenient trainee access;
				  and
(D) an area designated for
				  instruction of subject control techniques which enables the safe execution of
				  the basic detention officer subject control techniques topic area, with the
				  following specifications:
(i) 30 square feet
				  of floor space per student during the practical exercise portion of this topic
				  area and while testing trainees' proficiency in performing the required
				  maneuvers;
(ii) one instructor for
				  every 10 students during the practical exercise portion of this topic area and
				  while testing trainees' proficiency in performing the required
				  maneuvers;
(iii) restrooms and
				  drinking water within 100 yards of the training site; and
(iv) telephone or radio communication
				  immediately available on site.
(E) an area designated for use as a jail cell
				  for performing the practical exercises in the topic area entitled "Contraband
				  Searches". If a county jail cell is unavailable, a simulated jail cell is
				  acceptable provided it is built to the same specifications required by the
				  Department of Human Resources with regards to size;
(F) an area designated for fire emergencies
				  instruction which enables the safe execution of the lesson plan as follows:
(i) a well-ventilated, open area which allows
				  for the setting and putting out of a fire;
(ii) restrooms and drinking water within 100
				  yards of the training site; and
(iii) telephone or radio communication
				  immediately available on site.
(G) an area designated for physical fitness
				  for detention officer trainees to include:
(i)
				  an area for running, weight lifting and other exercises performed during the
				  physical fitness topic area which provides a minimum of 20 square feet per
				  trainee during the performance of the exercises required in the physical
				  fitness topic area;
(ii) restrooms
				  and drinking water within 100 yards of the training site;
(iii) telephone or radio communication
				  immediately available on site;
(iv)
				  shower facilities, if physical fitness is performed prior to classroom
				  training;
(v) one instructor for
				  every 10 students during the physical assessment portion of this block of
				  instruction; and
(vi) sufficient
				  instructors as needed to maintain visual contact with students while performing
				  any physical exercise.
(H) an area designated for instruction in
				  first aid and CPR techniques which provides a minimum of 20 square feet per
				  trainee during the practical exercise portion and testing for proficiency in
				  administering CPR. There must also be one instructor for every 10 students
				  during the practical exercise portion and proficiency testing in administering
				  CPR.