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 .0600 - MINIMUM STANDARDS OF TRAINING FOR DETENTION OFFICERS › Section 10B .0603 - EVALUATION FOR TRAINING WAIVER

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
(a) Applicants
				  for detention officer certification with prior detention or correctional
				  officer experience who have been employed and certified as a detention or
				  correctional officer may seek a training waiver evaluation pursuant to this
				  Section.
(b) The Division shall use
				  the following to evaluate a detention officer's training and experience to
				  grant a training waiver:
(1) Persons who
				  separated from a detention officer position during the probationary period
				  after completion of a commission-certified Detention Officer Certification
				  Course and who have been separated from a detention officer position for more
				  than one year shall complete a subsequent commission-certified Detention
				  Officer Certification Course in its entirety and pass the State Comprehensive
				  Examination within the 12 month probationary period as set forth in Rule
				  .0602(a) of this Section.
(2)
				  Persons who separated from a detention officer position during their
				  probationary period after completion of a commission-certified Detention
				  Officer Certification Course and who have been separated from a detention
				  officer position for one year or less shall serve the remainder of the initial
				  probationary period in accordance with
				  G.S.
				  17E-7(b), but need not
				  complete an additional training program.
(3) Persons who separated from a detention
				  officer position during the probationary period without completion of a
				  commission-certified Detention Officer Certification Course, or whose
				  certification was suspended pursuant to Rule .0204(b)(1) of this Subchapter and
				  who have remained separated or suspended for over one year shall complete a
				  commission-certified Detention Officer Certification Course in its entirety and
				  pass the State Comprehensive Examination, and shall be allowed a 12 month
				  probationary period as prescribed in Rule .0602(a) of this Section.
(4) Persons holding General Justice Officer
				  Certification as a detention officer pursuant to Rule .0404 of this Subchapter
				  who completed a commission-certified Detention Officer Certification Course and
				  who separated from a detention officer position for more than one year shall
				  complete a subsequent commission-certified Detention Officer Certification
				  Course in its entirety and pass the State Comprehensive Examination within the
				  12 month probationary period as prescribed in Rule .0602(a) of this
				  Section.
(5) Persons holding
				  Grandfather Detention Officer Certification pursuant to
				  G.S.
				  17E-7(a), who separate from
				  a detention officer position and remain separated from a detention officer
				  position for more than one year shall complete a commission-certified Detention
				  Officer Certification Course in its entirety and pass the State Comprehensive
				  Examination within the 12 month probationary period as prescribed in Rule
				  .0602(a) of this Section.
(6)
				  Persons transferring to a sheriff's office from another law enforcement agency
				  who hold a detention officer certification issued by the North Carolina
				  Criminal Justice Education and Training Standards Commission are subject to
				  evaluation of their prior training and experience on an individual basis. The
				  Division shall review the training received against the training required by
				  Rule .0601 of this Section and determine whether that training is comparable to
				  the requirements set out in Rule .0601 based upon topics covered and determine
				  what additional training, if any, is required under Rule
				  .0601.