Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 259 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY STANDARDS AND TRAINING › Division 8 - CRIMINAL JUSTICE EMPLOYMENT, TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION › Section 259-008-0100 - Miscellaneous Activities of the Board or Department

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) The Board or Department may make or
			 encourage studies of any aspect of corrections, parole and probation,
			 telecommunications, regulatory specialist, emergency medical dispatch, fire, or
			 police administration, including the stimulation of research by public and
			 private agencies which shall be designed to improve the Criminal Justice
			 System.
(2) The Board or Department
			 may cooperate and consult with counties, municipalities, agencies of this
			 State, other governmental agencies, and with universities, colleges, community
			 colleges, and other institutions concerning the development of criminal justice
			 training schools and programs or courses of instruction.
(3) The Board or Department may cooperate and
			 consult with official bodies or individuals charged by law with the
			 responsibility for corrections, parole and probation, regulatory specialist,
			 telecommunications, emergency medical dispatch, fire or police selection and
			 training standards in other states.
(4) The Board or Department may periodically
			 publish or recommend that other governmental agencies publish curricula,
			 manuals, lesson plans, brochures, newsletters, and other materials to aid
			 departments in achieving the objectives of the Act.
(5) The Department may direct, operate, or
			 sponsor training schools and set reasonable rules and regulations for the
			 operation and use by trainees.
(6)
			 Recognition of Career Service. The Department may provide a recognition of
			 service award for a certified public safety officer who has separated from
			 their employing agency. The recognition of service award recognizes the public
			 safety officer for their years of service to the state of Oregon as a
			 certifiable public safety officer.
(a) The
			 following requirements must be met in order for a public safety officer to be
			 eligible for a recognition of service award:
(A) The employing agency must notify the
			 Department of the public safety officer's separation from certifiable
			 employment in accordance with OAR 259-008-0020.
(B) The employing agency must submit a
			 request for a recognition of service award through a Department approved
			 submission process. The request must be submitted by the certified public
			 safety officer's last employing agency within one year following the public
			 safety officer's separation from certifiable employment.
(C) The public safety officer must have
			 completed a minimum of 20 years of employment in a certifiable position as a
			 public safety officer in Oregon, or if the public safety officer sustained a
			 permanent disability that prevents them from returning to their certifiable
			 position, must have completed a minimum of five years of certifiable employment
			 as a full-time public safety officer in Oregon. Years of certifiable employment
			 are calculated using the parameters for certifiable experience and employment
			 outlined in OAR 259-008-0060  and must be met before or on the effective date of
			 the separation.