North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 109 - Peace Officer Standards and Training Board › Article 109-02 - Peace Officer Standards › Chapter 109-02-01 - General Provisions › Section 109-02-01-01 - Definitions

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
The terms used throughout this article have the same meaning
				  as in the North Dakota Century Code except:
1. "Agency" means a criminal justice agency,
				or an agency of the state of North Dakota or one of its political subdivisions,
				authorized to employ licensed peace officers. For purposes of this title, an
				agency includes the North Dakota stockmen's association and a railroad that
				employs licensed peace officers.
2.
				"Basic full-time peace officer training course" means a board-certified
				entrance-level training course based on performance objectives essential for
				full-time licensed peace officers in the state of North Dakota.
3. "Basic part-time peace officer training
				course" means a board-certified entrance-level training course based on
				performance objectives essential for part-time licensed peace officers in the
				state of North Dakota.
4. "Basic
				reserve peace officer training course" means a board-certified entrance-level
				training course based on performance objectives essential for reserve licensed
				peace officers in the state of North Dakota.
5. "Certified instructor" means an instructor
				certified by the board to instruct law enforcement or basic correctional
				officer training courses.
6.
				"Certified shooting course" means a shooting course that meets the requirements
				of these rules.
7. "Certified
				training" means training approved by the board.
8. "College credits" means credits earned for
				studies satisfactorily completed through an accredited institution of higher
				learning in a program leading to an academic degree.
9. "Controlling agent" means the peace
				officer who is the main point of contact with the confidential informant for
				the controlled buy, controlled sale, or in-person surreptitious
				recording.
10. "Crime of violence"
				means any violation of law where a person purposely or knowingly causes or
				threatens to cause death or physical bodily injury to another person or
				persons.
11. "Criminal justice
				agency" means a unit of government of the state of North Dakota or one of its
				political subdivisions charged by law with criminal law enforcement
				duties.
12. "Duty equipment" means
				the equipment issued or approved by the officer's employing agency and normally
				carried by an officer in the performance of the officer's duties.
13. "Duty weapon" means the sidearm issued or
				approved by the officer's employing agency and normally carried by the officer
				in the performance of the officer's duties.
14. "Good standing" means an individual who
				holds a current license that is not issued on a temporary or restricted basis,
				is not encumbered or on probation, and is not suspended or revoked.
15. "Law enforcement training academy" means
				the law enforcement training center.
16. "License requirement" means any term or
				condition established by the board that must be met before the board may issue,
				renew, or reinstate an officer's license.
17. "Limited license" means a conditional
				license granted by the board to an individual who has been hired or appointed
				by an agency but who has not completed a basic full-time peace officer training
				course and has not successfully passed the licensing examination.
18. "Moral turpitude" means conduct that:
a. Involves dishonesty, falsification, or
				fraud;
b. Involves harm or injury
				directed to another individual or entity or another individual's or entity's
				property; or
c. Is in violation of
				North Dakota Century Code chapter 12.1-20, 12.1-27.1, or 12.1-27.2 or the
				equivalent laws of another state or the federal government.