North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 12 - JUSTICE › Chapter 09 - CRIMINAL JUSTICE EDUCATION AND TRAINING STANDARDS › Subchapter E - IN-SERVICE TRAINING PROGRAMS › Section .0100 - LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER'S IN-SERVICE TRAINING PROGRAM › Section 09E .0106 - ANNUAL IN-SERVICE FIREARMS QUALIFICATION SPECIFICATIONS

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
(a) All certified law enforcement officers
				  shall qualify for both day and night use with their individual and
				  department-approved service handguns at least once each calendar year. For the
				  purpose of this specification, service handgun shall include any semi-automatic
				  pistol or revolver. In addition to the requirements specified in Rule .0105 of
				  this Subchapter, the course of fire shall not be less stringent than the "Basic
				  Training Law Enforcement Officers" course requirements for firearms
				  qualification.
(b) If an officer's
				  duty handgun is replaced the officer shall qualify both day and night with the
				  new handgun within 15 days of issuance.
(c) All certified law enforcement officers
				  who are issued or authorized to use a shotgun, rifle, or automatic weapon shall
				  qualify with each weapon respectively for both day and night use at least once
				  each calendar year.
(d) The
				  qualifications required by Paragraphs (a) through (c) of this Rule shall be
				  completed with duty equipment and duty ammunition or ballistic-equivalent
				  ammunition, including lead-free ammunition that meets the same point of aim,
				  point of impact, and felt recoil of the duty ammunition for all
				  weapons.
(e) All certified law
				  enforcement officers who are authorized to carry off-duty handguns shall
				  qualify with each such handgun consistent with the specifications outlined in
				  Rules .0105(1) and .0106(a) and (h) of this Section.
(f) To satisfy the training requirements for
				  all in-service firearms qualifications, an officer shall attain at least 70
				  percent accuracy with each weapon.
(g) The qualifications required by Paragraphs
				  (a) and (c) of this Rule shall be achieved at least once in a single day in no
				  more than three attempts in a single day for each course of fire and for each
				  weapon for which qualification is required. Individuals not qualifying in a
				  single day for each course of fire or for a certain weapon for which
				  qualification is required shall be deemed as having failed and Rule .0103(4)
				  and (5) of this Section shall apply.
(h) The In-Service Firearms Qualification
				  Manual as published by the North Carolina Justice Academy shall be applied as a
				  guide for conducting the annual in-service firearms qualification. Copies of
				  this publication may be inspected at the office of the agency:
Criminal Justice Standards Division
North Carolina Department of Justice
1700 Tryon Park Drive
Raleigh, North Carolina 27610
and may be viewed and downloaded at no cost from the
					 Academy's website at the following address:
http://www.jus.state.nc.us/NCJA
Authority
					 G.S.
					 17C-6;
					 17C-10;
Eff. July 1,
					 1989;
Amended Eff. January 1, 2019; April 1, 2018; January 1, 2006;
					 January 1, 2005; November 1, 1998; March 1, 1992;
Pursuant to
					 G.S.
					 150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without
					 substantive public interest Eff. May 25,
					 2019.