North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 12 - JUSTICE › Chapter 09 - CRIMINAL JUSTICE EDUCATION AND TRAINING STANDARDS › Subchapter C - ADMINISTRATION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE EDUCATION AND TRAINING STANDARDS › Section .0300 - CERTIFICATION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE OFFICERS › Section 09C .0304 - GENERAL CERTIFICATION

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
(a) The Commission
				  shall grant an officer general certification if evidence is received by the
				  Standards Division that an officer has successfully completed the training
				  requirements of
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				  09B .0400 within the officer's probationary
				  period and that the officer has met all other requirements for general
				  certification. General certification shall not be granted if the officer's
				  department head submits a written request to the Director of the Standards
				  Division to withhold general certification from the officer.
(b) The Commission shall honor a valid
				  general certification issued to a deputy sheriff by the North Carolina
				  Sheriffs' Education and Training Standards Commission for the purpose of
				  lateral transfer, as provided for in
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				  09C .0306, to a law enforcement agency under
				  the jurisdiction of G.S. 17C if evidence is received by the Standards Division
				  that the officer has successfully completed the training requirements as
				  mandated by the Sheriffs' Commission within the officer's probationary period
				  and the officer has successfully completed the training requirements of
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				  09B .0205 in addition to complying with all
				  other commission requirements for general certification.
(c) For local confinement personnel in
				  service prior to June 1, 1986, the Commission shall grant General Certification
				  to all local confinement personnel officially appointed and in local
				  confinement facility service or county confinement facility service with any
				  political subdivision of the state on May 31, 1986. Such personnel shall be
				  exempt from the provisions of Rules .0301, .0302 and .0303 of this Section and
				  from basic training requirements applicable to those certified as probationary
				  officers. Any personnel wishing to take advantage of the privilege granted by
				  this Paragraph shall apply on or before August 31, 1986 and all General
				  Certification granted after that date shall be as prescribed in Subchapter 09C,
				  Section .0300.
(d) For local
				  confinement personnel of juvenile detention homes, either state or local, in
				  service prior to January 1, 1990, the Commission shall grant General
				  Certification to all local confinement personnel officially appointed and in
				  juvenile detention homes with any political subdivision of the state on
				  December 31, 1989. Such personnel shall be exempt from the provisions of Rules
				  .0301, .0302 and .0303 of this Section and from basic training requirements
				  applicable to those certified as probationary officers. Any personnel wishing
				  to take advantage of the privilege granted by this Paragraph shall apply on or
				  before March 31, 1990 and all General Certifications granted after that date
				  shall be as prescribed in Subchapter 09C, Section .0300.
(e) General certification is continuous from
				  the date of issuance, so long as:
(1) The
				  certified officer remains continuously employed or appointed as a criminal
				  justice officer in good standing with an agency and the certification has not
				  been terminated for cause; or
(2)
				  The certified officer, having separated in good standing from a criminal
				  justice agency, is re-appointed or re-employed as a criminal justice officer
				  within one year, and the certification has not been terminated for cause;
				  and
(3) The certified officer meets
				  the in-service training requirements as prescribed in
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				  09E during each full calendar year of
				  certification.