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Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 259 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY STANDARDS AND TRAINING › Division 8 - CRIMINAL JUSTICE EMPLOYMENT, TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION › Section 259-008-0020 - Personnel Actions, DPSST Numbers and Use of Legal Name

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(1) Employers of public safety professionals
			 must report personnel actions to the Department. The following personnel
			 actions must be reported through a Department-approved submission process
			 within 10 business days of an employment or utilization status change:
(a) The hire or appointment of a public
			 safety professional to one or more public safety disciplines;
(b) Any separation from employment or
			 utilization as a public safety professional;
(c) The promotion or demotion of any public
			 safety professional;
(d) The start
			 of a leave from a certifiable position that exceeds 90 days or a return from a
			 leave that exceeds 90 days;
(e)
			 When a parole and probation officer becomes an armed parole and probation
			 officer; or
(f) Any of the
			 following status changes impacting a multi-disciplined officer:
(A) The addition of a discipline and the
			 designation of a primary discipline;
(B) A change in the designation of a primary
			 discipline; or
(C) When
			 multi-discipline employment ends in one or more of the certifiable disciplines
			 and the public safety officer continues certifiable employment in at least one
			 discipline.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 259 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY STANDARDS AND TRAINING › Division 8 - CRIMINAL JUSTICE EMPLOYMENT, TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION › Section 259-008-0025 - Minimum Standards for Training

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(1) Basic Training.
(a) The prescribed basic training course and
			 field training manual must be completed by all corrections officers no later
			 than 12 months from the date of employment in a certifiable position.
(b) The prescribed basic training course and
			 field training manual must be completed by all police officers, parole and
			 probation officers, telecommunicators, emergency medical dispatchers and
			 regulatory specialists no later than 18 months from the date of employment in a
			 certifiable position.
(c)
			 Corrections and police officers who have not completed the prescribed basic
			 course must begin training within 90 days of their initial date of employment
			 as a law enforcement officer.
(d)
			 All prescribed field training will be conducted under the supervision of the
			 employing agency. The employing agency must provide proof of completion prior
			 to the award of basic certification.
(e) Regulatory specialists employed by OLCC
			 prior to July 1, 2015 who have previously completed OLCC basic training may be
			 exempted from completion of the basic regulatory specialist course.
(f) Law enforcement officers employed in a
			 limited duration, administrative position, as described in OAR 259-008-0078,
			 are exempted from these minimum training requirements.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 259 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY STANDARDS AND TRAINING › Division 8 - CRIMINAL JUSTICE EMPLOYMENT, TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION › Section 259-008-0030 - Repealed

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Stat. Auth.: ORS
				  181.644,
				  181.651,
				  181.653 &
				  181.665
Stats. Implemented: ORS
				  181.644,
				  181.651,
				  181.653 &
				  181.665
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 259 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY STANDARDS AND TRAINING › Division 8 - CRIMINAL JUSTICE EMPLOYMENT, TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION › Section 259-008-0035 - Repealed

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Stat. Auth.: ORS
				  181.660
Stats. Implemented: ORS
				  181.660
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 259 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY STANDARDS AND TRAINING › Division 8 - CRIMINAL JUSTICE EMPLOYMENT, TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION › Section 259-008-0040 - Period of Service

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(1) No person
			 may be employed as a police officer, parole and probation officer,
			 telecommunicator, emergency medical dispatcher, or regulatory specialist for
			 more than 18 months unless that officer, telecommunicator, emergency medical
			 dispatcher or regulatory specialist has been certified under the provisions of
			 ORS 181A.355 to
			 181A.420 and the certification
			 has neither lapsed nor been revoked.
(2) No person may be employed as a
			 corrections officer for more than one year unless that officer has been
			 certified under the provisions of ORS
			 181A.355 to
			 181A.420 and the certification
			 has neither lapsed nor been revoked.
(3) For purposes of this rule, the Department
			 will count all periods of full-time employment identified in subsection (1) and
			 (2) in the aggregate if:
(a) An individual
			 was reclassified from a certifiable position to a non-certifiable position for
			 a period of less than six months; and
(b) The individual is then returned to a
			 certifiable position in the same discipline, while employed with the same
			 employer.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 259 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY STANDARDS AND TRAINING › Division 8 - CRIMINAL JUSTICE EMPLOYMENT, TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION › Section 259-008-0045 - Education Credits

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(1) Credit for
			 preservice or in-service college education will not be accepted in lieu of the
			 Basic Course described in OAR 259-008-0025.
(2) Education credits or college degrees
			 submitted to the Department for inclusion on a public safety professional's
			 official record must have been earned from one of the following recognized
			 sources:
(a) A degree-granting community
			 college, college or university accredited by a recognized national or regional
			 accrediting body;
(b) A community
			 college, college or university whose coursework or degree has been accepted for
			 credit by a degree granting community college, college or university accredited
			 by a recognized national or regional accrediting body;
(c) A degree-granting college or university
			 recognized by the Oregon Office of Degree Authorization under the provisions of
			 ORS 348.604; or
(d) The American Council on Education's
			 credit recommendation on the Joint Services Transcript (JST) used by the Army,
			 Marine Corps, Navy, and Coast Guard.
(e) For purposes of this rule, a recognized
			 national or regional accrediting body is one recognized by the U.S. Department
			 of Education, or the Council on Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA), or its
			 predecessor.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 259 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY STANDARDS AND TRAINING › Division 8 - CRIMINAL JUSTICE EMPLOYMENT, TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION › Section 259-008-0055

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Stat. Auth.: ORS
				  181.640 & ORS
				  181.765
Stats. Implemented: ORS
				  181.640 & ORS
				  181.765
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 259 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY STANDARDS AND TRAINING › Division 8 - CRIMINAL JUSTICE EMPLOYMENT, TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION › Section 259-008-0060 - Public Safety Officer Certification

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(1) Basic, Intermediate, and Advanced
			 Certificates are awarded by the Department to law enforcement officers and
			 telecommunicators meeting prescribed standards of training, education, and
			 experience. Emergency medical dispatchers may be awarded basic certification
			 only.
(2) Supervisory, Management,
			 and Executive Certificates are awarded to law enforcement officers and
			 telecommunicators meeting the prescribed standards in this rule and the ranks
			 established by the employing law enforcement units, or public or private safety
			 agencies.
(3) Basic certification
			 is mandatory and must be acquired by all police officers, parole and probation
			 officers, telecommunicators, emergency medical dispatchers, and regulatory
			 specialists within 18 months of employment, and by all corrections officers
			 within 12 months of employment, unless an extension is granted by the
			 Department.
(4) To be eligible for
			 the award of a certificate, law enforcement officers must:
(a) Be full-time employees as defined in OAR
			 259-008-0005  or part-time parole and probation officers, as defined in OAR
			 259-008-0005;
(b) Meet the
			 prescribed minimum employment standards in OAR 259-008-0010;
(c) Subscribe to and swear or affirm to abide
			 by the Board-approved Criminal Justice Code of Ethics; and
(d) Have valid certifications in adult and
			 child cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and First Aid.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 259 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY STANDARDS AND TRAINING › Division 8 - CRIMINAL JUSTICE EMPLOYMENT, TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION › Section 259-008-0064 - Maintenance of Certification for Telecommunicators and Emergency Medical Dispatchers

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(1) It is
			 the responsibility of the Board to set the minimum standards for the
			 maintenance of certification for currently employed and certified
			 telecommunicators and emergency medical dispatchers (EMD).
(a) While it is the responsibility of the
			 Department to uphold those standards, each agency may determine what training
			 will be provided to meet the standards.
(b) The Board recommends that agencies
			 provide training time and training opportunities to enable telecommunicators
			 and EMD to meet the standards.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 259 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY STANDARDS AND TRAINING › Division 8 - CRIMINAL JUSTICE EMPLOYMENT, TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION › Section 259-008-0065 - Maintenance of Law Enforcement Officer Certification

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(1) It is the
			 responsibility of the Board to set the standards for law enforcement officer
			 training and the maintenance of certification for currently employed and
			 certified law enforcement officers.
(a) While
			 it is the responsibility of the Department to uphold those standards, each
			 agency may determine what training will be provided to meet the
			 standards.
(b) The Board recommends
			 that agencies provide training time and training opportunities to enable law
			 enforcement officers to meet the standards.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 259 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY STANDARDS AND TRAINING › Division 8 - CRIMINAL JUSTICE EMPLOYMENT, TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION › Section 259-008-0066

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Forms referenced are available from the
				  agency.
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS
				  181A.410  & ORS
				  181A.530
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS
				  181A.410,
				  ORS
				  181A.530  & ORS
				  181A.640
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 259 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY STANDARDS AND TRAINING › Division 8 - CRIMINAL JUSTICE EMPLOYMENT, TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION › Section 259-008-0067 - Lapse and Expiration of Public Safety Professional Certifications

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(1) Law enforcement
			 officer certifications lapse after a law enforcement officer has been separated
			 from their certifiable position for a consecutive period greater than three
			 months.
(2) Telecommunicator and
			 emergency medical dispatcher (EMD) certifications lapse after a
			 telecommunicator or EMD has been separated from their certifiable position for
			 a consecutive period greater than 12 months.
(3) Public safety professional certifications
			 do not lapse when the public safety professional is on leave from their
			 employing agency.
(4) Public safety
			 professional certifications expire after a public safety professional has been
			 separated from their certifiable position for a consecutive period greater than
			 five years, except when the Department has opened a professional standards
			 case. The Department will stay the expiration of a public safety professional's
			 certifications when the expiration would occur while the public safety
			 professional is under review for a moral fitness violation as defined in OAR
			 259-008-0300.
(5) In order for the
			 Department to reactivate a lapsed certification or issue a new certification
			 following the expiration of public safety certifications, the public safety
			 professional must meet the discipline specific minimum employment, training and
			 certification requirements outlined in OAR chapter 259 division 008 and reapply
			 for certification as required by OAR 259-008-0060.
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS
				  181A.410
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS
				  181A.500,
				  ORS
				  181A.520,
				  ORS
				  181A.530  & ORS
				  181A.550
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 259 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY STANDARDS AND TRAINING › Division 8 - CRIMINAL JUSTICE EMPLOYMENT, TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION › Section 259-008-0070 - Renumbered

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Statutory/Other Authority: ORS
				  181A.410  & ORS
				  183.341
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS
				  181A.410,
				  ORS
				  181A.630,
				  ORS
				  181A.640,
				  ORS
				  181A.650  & ORS
				  183.341
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 259 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY STANDARDS AND TRAINING › Division 8 - CRIMINAL JUSTICE EMPLOYMENT, TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION › Section 259-008-0075 - Determinations of Eligibility to be a Candidate for Election to the Office of Sheriff

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(1) Persons
			 seeking an eligibility determination to be a candidate for election to the
			 office of sheriff must:
(a) File a nominating
			 petition or declaration of candidacy with the county clerk or county official
			 in charge of elections prior to submitting an application for an eligibility
			 determination to the Department; and
(b) Submit a completed application form,
			 including any necessary supporting documentation, to the Department through a
			 Department-approved submission process.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 259 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY STANDARDS AND TRAINING › Division 8 - CRIMINAL JUSTICE EMPLOYMENT, TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION › Section 259-008-0076 - Eligibility Requirements for Police Chief

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(1) In addition to the minimum standards for
			 employment and training as a law enforcement officer as described in OAR
			 259-008-0010  and 259-008-0025, a person accepting employment as a Police Chief
			 must:
(a) Be currently certified as a police
			 officer by the Department; or
(b)
			 If the person is not currently certified as a police officer by the Department,
			 the person accepting employment as Police Chief must obtain certification no
			 later than 18 months after accepting such employment.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 259 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY STANDARDS AND TRAINING › Division 8 - CRIMINAL JUSTICE EMPLOYMENT, TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION › Section 259-008-0078 - Eligibility Requirements for Limited Duration, Administrative Positions

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(1) To be employed
			 in a limited duration, administrative position, a person must:
(a) Have been certified as a public safety
			 officer in Oregon;
(b) Have
			 honorably retired or left a certifiable position in good standing;
(c) Have 20 or more years of public safety
			 experience;
(d) Have and maintain
			 current certifications in adult and child cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)
			 and First Aid;
(e) Have been
			 employed as a full-time middle manager, assistant department head or department
			 head for a minimum of three years immediately prior to honorably retiring or
			 leaving a certifiable position; and
(f) Have satisfactorily completed Middle
			 Management or Supervisory training.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 259 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY STANDARDS AND TRAINING › Division 8 - CRIMINAL JUSTICE EMPLOYMENT, TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION › Section 259-008-0080 - Instructors for Mandated Training

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(1) Definitions.
			 For the purposes of this rule:
(a)
			 "Instructor" means an individual, including volunteer or loaned personnel, who
			 is employed or utilized by DPSST or the Department of Corrections for the
			 instruction of any portion of a Board-approved curriculum for a mandated
			 training course, including the following:
(A)
			 The DPSST basic police, corrections, parole and probation, regulatory
			 specialist, telecommunications or emergency medical dispatcher courses,
			 excluding field training;
(B) The
			 Department of Corrections basic corrections course, excluding field
			 training;
(C) The career officer
			 development courses, excluding field training;
(D) A DPSST instructor development course;
			 or
(E) The DPSST supervision
			 leadership academy or organizational leadership management course.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 259 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY STANDARDS AND TRAINING › Division 8 - CRIMINAL JUSTICE EMPLOYMENT, TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION › Section 259-008-0085 - Minimum Standards for Mandated Courses

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(1) Basic Police
			 Course and Field Training.
(a) The curriculum
			 for the Basic Police Course is based on the course breakdown approved by the
			 Board on October 27, 2022.
(b) The
			 Basic Police Course will consist of sufficient training hours to satisfy all
			 Board-approved instructional goals (approximately 640 hours). Training will
			 include, at a minimum:
(A) Training on law,
			 theory, policies and practices related to pursuit driving;
(B) Vehicle pursuit exercises;
(C) Twenty-four hours of training in the
			 recognition of mental illnesses as described in ORS
			 181A.440(2). At
			 least one hour of mental health training will be dedicated to the appropriate
			 use of the mental health database maintained by the Department of State Police
			 within the Law Enforcement Data System;
(D) The investigation and reporting of cases
			 of missing children and adults;
(E)
			 The investigation, identification and reporting of crimes motivated by
			 prejudice based on perceived race, color, religion, national origin, sexual
			 orientation, gender, gender identity, marital status, political affiliation or
			 beliefs, membership or activity in or on behalf of a labor organization or
			 against a labor organization, physical or mental disability, age, economic or
			 social status or citizenship of the victim;
(F) Investigation, identification and
			 reporting of crimes constituting abuse, as defined in ORS
			 419B.005, or domestic
			 violence;
(G) The requirements of
			 the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations, including situations in which
			 officers are required to inform a person of the person's rights under the
			 convention; and
(H) At least three
			 hours of training in airway and circulatory anatomy and
			 physiology.
(c) Field
			 training requires successful completion of the 2019 Police Officer Field
			 Training Manual or DPSST-approved equivalent manual.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 259 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY STANDARDS AND TRAINING › Division 8 - CRIMINAL JUSTICE EMPLOYMENT, TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION › Section 259-008-0090 - Training Records

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(1) The
			 Department maintains a DPSST training record for each currently employed Oregon
			 public safety professional in order to document training that the public safety
			 professional completed to meet the minimum requirements for certification and
			 the minimum training requirements to maintain certification.
(2) The Department will add training hours to
			 a public safety professional's DPSST training record for training completed
			 while employed as a public safety professional.
(3) Training must be submitted on a course
			 attendance roster through a Department approved submission process.
(4) Any course attendance roster received by
			 the Department that is incomplete will not be accepted.
(5) For the purpose of this rule, training is
			 defined as an event that develops, refreshes, augments, or enhances knowledge,
			 skills and abilities to perform the job effectively.
(6) Training hours are reflected as "passed"
			 or "completed" on the public safety professional's DPSST training
			 record.
(7) Instructor hours that
			 are reported when the public safety professional is the instructor for the
			 training content are reflected on the public safety professional's DPSST
			 training record as "instructed" and are not applied toward training hour
			 requirements for the purpose of obtaining certification.
Forms referenced are available from the
				  agency.
Stat. Auth.: ORS
				  181A.410
Stats. Implemented: ORS
				  181A.410
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 259 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY STANDARDS AND TRAINING › Division 8 - CRIMINAL JUSTICE EMPLOYMENT, TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION › Section 259-008-0110 - Prohibited Use of Force Training

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(1) "Prohibited use of force training" means
			 the training of law enforcement officers or reserve officers to use physical
			 force that impedes the normal breathing or circulation of the blood of another
			 person by applying pressure on the throat or neck of the other person, except
			 as a defensive maneuver.
(2)
			 Training of a law enforcement officer or reserve officer that includes
			 prevention or self-defense of physical force used against a law enforcement
			 officer or reserve officer does not constitute prohibited use of force
			 training.
(3) Board-approved
			 mandated course curriculums and field training manuals must not include
			 prohibited use of force training.
(4) The Department will not approve a field
			 training manual that includes prohibited use of force training as a
			 DPSST-equivalent field training manual.
(5) The Department will not instruct,
			 deliver, host, or otherwise sponsor any event that includes prohibited use of
			 force training.
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS
				  181A.410  & Chapter 3, Oregon Laws 2020 (First Special Session)
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS
				  181A.410  & Chapter 3, Oregon Laws 2020 (First Special
				  Session)
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 259 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY STANDARDS AND TRAINING › Division 8 - CRIMINAL JUSTICE EMPLOYMENT, TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION › Section 259-008-0200 - Civil Penalties

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(1) For
			 purposes of this rule, "agency" means a law enforcement unit or public or
			 private safety agency as defined in OAR 259-008-0005.
(2) The Department may impose a civil penalty
			 on any agency for any violation of ORS
			 181A.490,
			 181A.520,
			 181A.530 or
			 181A.560. All civil penalties
			 will be imposed in the manner provided by 183.745.
(3) The amount of any civil penalty imposed
			 under subsection (1) of this section may not exceed $1,500 for any single
			 violation.
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS
				  181A.655 & ORS
				  183.745
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS
				  181A.655 & ORS
				  183.745
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 259 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY STANDARDS AND TRAINING › Division 8 - CRIMINAL JUSTICE EMPLOYMENT, TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION › Section 259-008-0220 - Sanctions, Generally

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(1)
			 Information collected by the Department may be used as a basis for any sanction
			 imposed.
(2) The Department's use
			 of any one sanction does not preclude the imposition of any other sanction(s)
			 for the same violation.
(3) If the
			 Department believes there is substantial evidence that a violation has occurred
			 or is occurring, the Department may seek such remedial relief as may be
			 appropriate, including voluntary compliance or notice as provided in
			 259-008-0250.
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS
				  181A.655 & ORS
				  183.745
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS
				  181A.655 & ORS
				  183.745
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 259 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY STANDARDS AND TRAINING › Division 8 - CRIMINAL JUSTICE EMPLOYMENT, TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION › Section 259-008-0250 - Notice of Civil Penalty

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(1)
			 Considerations. In determining the amount of a civil penalty the Department
			 will consider:
(a) Any prior violation of
			 statute or rule by the agency;
(b)
			 The financial benefits, if any, realized by the agency as a result of the
			 violation, such as costs avoided as a result of not having attended required
			 training;
(c) The gravity of the
			 violation; and
(d) The agency's
			 history of correcting violations and preventing recurrence of
			 violations.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 259 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY STANDARDS AND TRAINING › Division 8 - CRIMINAL JUSTICE EMPLOYMENT, TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION › Section 259-008-0290 - Denial of Public Safety Professional Certifications for Pre-employment Criminal Dispositions

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(1) The
			 Board has established moral fitness standards that it has determined are
			 critical to upholding the public's trust in the public safety profession,
			 protecting the public and ensuring that the conduct of a public safety
			 professional or an applicant does not reflect adversely on the public safety
			 profession. The Board finds by adopting this rule that a violation of these
			 standards is substantially related to the duties performed by a certified
			 public safety professional.
(2)
			 This rule defines the grounds for denial and processes for review of
			 professional standards cases where the public safety professional is a new
			 applicant for DPSST training and certification and the professional standards
			 case is based on a criminal disposition that occurred prior to employment in
			 public safety. For the purposes of this rule:
(a) An applicant is an employed public safety
			 professional applying for DPSST training or certification; and
(b) Pre-employment criminal dispositions are
			 criminal dispositions that occurred prior to any employment in any jurisdiction
			 as a police officer, reserve officer, corrections officer, parole and probation
			 officer, regulatory specialist, telecommunicator or emergency medical
			 dispatcher as those terms are defined in OAR 259-008-0005.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 259 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY STANDARDS AND TRAINING › Division 8 - CRIMINAL JUSTICE EMPLOYMENT, TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION › Section 259-008-0310 - Denial/Revocation - Initiation and Review of a Professional Standards Case

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(1) When the
			 Department receives information from any source that a certifiable public
			 safety professional or an applicant may not meet the established standards for
			 public safety professionals, the Department will review the information to
			 determine if substantial evidence exists to support denial, revocation or
			 emergency suspension of certifications under the statutory and administrative
			 rule requirements for public safety professional certification.
(2) In professional standards cases where the
			 Department has determined that the conduct being reviewed violates the moral
			 fitness standards established by the Board as mandatory grounds for denial or
			 revocation as defined in OAR 259-008-0300(2), the Department will
			 administratively process the denial or revocation.
(3) The Department will defer review of
			 professional standards cases for individuals who have not been certified and
			 are not currently employed as a public safety professional until the individual
			 is re-employed as a certifiable public safety professional except when the
			 Department has the authority to proceed pursuant to ORS
			 181A.640(9).
(4) The Department will administratively
			 close discretionary professional standards cases for deferred adjudications in
			 which the only charge is for ORS
			 813.010 (Driving Under the Influence of Intoxicants) upon confirmation of
			 dismissal.
(5) The Department may
			 recommend administrative closure of a discretionary professional standards case
			 to a Policy Committee when the Department determines that the conduct being
			 reviewed does not meet the statutory and administrative rule requirements for
			 denial or revocation.
(6) When the
			 Department recommends administrative closure of a discretionary professional
			 standards case to a Policy Committee, the Policy Committee must either approve
			 or overturn the Department's recommendation.
(a) When the Policy Committee approves the
			 recommendation for administrative closure, the Department will administratively
			 close the professional standards case.
(b) When the Policy Committee overturns the
			 recommendation for administrative closure, the Department will prepare the case
			 for a complete review by the Policy Committee pursuant to sections (9) and (10)
			 of this rule.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 259 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY STANDARDS AND TRAINING › Division 8 - CRIMINAL JUSTICE EMPLOYMENT, TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION › Section 259-008-0320 - Scope of Denial/Revocation and Eligibility for Certification Following Denial/Revocation

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1)
			 When the Department denies or revokes public safety professional certifications
			 pursuant to OAR 259-008-0290  through OAR 259-008-0340, the denial or revocation
			 will encompass all of the public safety professional certifications subject to
			 OAR chapter 259 division 8.
(2) An
			 individual denied or revoked for mandatory grounds is prohibited from
			 performing the duties of a certifiable public safety professional and the
			 individual is permanently ineligible for certification as a public safety
			 professional.
(3) An individual
			 denied or revoked for discretionary grounds is prohibited from performing the
			 duties of a certifiable public safety professional and ineligible for public
			 safety professional certifications until the prescribed ineligibility period
			 has been satisfied.
(4) The first
			 day of a discretionary denial or revocation ineligibility period is determined
			 by the following circumstances:
(a) When
			 certifications are denied or revoked for a criminal disposition that resulted
			 from conduct that occurred prior to or after separation from employment as a
			 public safety professional, the first day of the ineligibility period is the
			 date of the conviction or the plea of guilt for a deferred sentence or other
			 criminal disposition. When there is more than one criminal disposition
			 determined to be a moral fitness violation, the most recent disposition will be
			 used to determine the first day of the ineligibility period;
(b) When certifications are denied or revoked
			 for any moral fitness violation concurrent to a separation of employment as a
			 public safety professional, the first day of the ineligibility period is the
			 date of the separation from the certifiable position as reported to the
			 Department pursuant to OAR 259-008-0020; or
(c) When certifications are denied or revoked
			 for any moral fitness violation that occurred during employment as a public
			 safety professional and the public safety professional is employed in a
			 certifiable position at the time of the Board's review, the first day of the
			 ineligibility period is the date that the Board makes the final determination
			 to deny or revoke. Periods of separation from a certifiable position as a
			 result of the moral fitness violation will be applied to the satisfaction of
			 the ineligibility period.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 259 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY STANDARDS AND TRAINING › Division 8 - CRIMINAL JUSTICE EMPLOYMENT, TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION › Section 259-008-0330 - Surrendering Certifications

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) A
			 public safety professional may request that the Department accept the surrender
			 of their public safety certifications.
(2) In considering whether to accept the
			 request to surrender public safety certifications, the Department may request
			 further information from the present or prior employer pursuant to ORS
			 181A.670 or conduct its own investigation to determine if any minimum standards for
			 certification have been violated and proceed with initiation and review of a
			 professional standards case pursuant to OAR 259-008-0310.
(3) If an administrative proceeding has
			 commenced pursuant to OAR 259-008-0340, the Department may, in its discretion,
			 withdraw its Notice of Intent and accept the individual's surrender of the
			 public safety certifications.
(4)
			 The public safety professional will remain certified until the Department
			 accepts the surrender.
(5) Once the
			 surrender has been accepted by the Department, the individual may no longer
			 perform the duties of a certifiable public safety professional.
(6) The Department will enter a Final Order
			 permanently revoking the certifications of a public safety
			 professional.
(7) An individual
			 with public safety professional certifications revoked pursuant to this rule is
			 permanently ineligible for certification as a public safety
			 professional.
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS
				  181A.410,
				  ORS
				  181A.640,
				  ORS
				  183.341
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS
				  181A.410,
				  ORS
				  181A.640,
				  ORS
				  181A.630,
				  ORS
				  181A.650,
				  ORS
				  183.341
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 259 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY STANDARDS AND TRAINING › Division 8 - CRIMINAL JUSTICE EMPLOYMENT, TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION › Section 259-008-0340 - Issuance of Notice of Intent/Request for Hearing and Contested Case Procedures

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) Upon a
			 determination to proceed with an emergency suspension or a denial or
			 revocation, the Department will prepare and serve a Notice of Intent on the
			 individual or public safety professional.
(2) Response Time:
(a) A party who has been served with an
			 Emergency Suspension Order has 90 days from the date of mailing or personal
			 service of the Order to file a written request for a hearing with the
			 Department.
(b) A party who has
			 been served with a Notice of Intent to Deny Certification has 60 days from the
			 date of mailing or personal service of the Notice to file a written request for
			 a hearing with the Department.
(c)
			 A party who has been served with a Notice of Intent to Revoke Certification has
			 20 days from the date of mailing or personal service of the Notice to file a
			 written request for a hearing with the Department.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 259 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY STANDARDS AND TRAINING › Division 8 - CRIMINAL JUSTICE EMPLOYMENT, TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION › Section 259-008-0400 - Review of Complaints

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) The
			 Department will review all complaints received to determine if the allegations
			 contained in the complaint, if proven, would lead an objectively reasonable
			 person to conclude that the public safety professional or applicant violated
			 Board established employment, training, or certification standards for public
			 safety professionals.
(2)
			 Complaints determined to be unrelated to the statutory and administrative rule
			 requirements for public safety professional certification or complaints that
			 fall outside of DPSST's statutory authority for other reasons will be closed
			 and not reviewed for further action.
(3) When a complaint against a currently
			 employed public safety professional is for conduct that, if proven, may violate
			 the statutory and administrative rule requirements for public safety
			 professional certification, the Department will refer the complaint to the
			 public safety professional's employing agency.
(a) The Department will defer any further
			 investigation, discipline or remedy to the employing agency.
(b) The employing agency will be required to
			 respond to the Department that the allegations made in the complaint have been
			 reviewed and handled in an appropriate manner as dictated by the employing
			 agency.
(c) If the public safety
			 professional's employing agency is non-responsive to the Department's requests
			 for response, the Department may present the complaint to a Policy Committee
			 for disposition.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 259 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY STANDARDS AND TRAINING › Division 8 - CRIMINAL JUSTICE EMPLOYMENT, TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION › Section 259-008-0500 - Law Enforcement Agency Accreditation

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
The Department designates the following bodies as accrediting
				bodies for the purpose of accrediting law enforcement agencies in this
				state:
(1) The Oregon Accreditation
			 Alliance; and
(2) The Commission on
			 Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, Inc. (CALEA®).
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS
				  181A.410  & Chapter 611 (2021 Laws)
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS
				  181A.410  & Chapter 611 (2021 Laws)
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 259 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY STANDARDS AND TRAINING › Division 8 - CRIMINAL JUSTICE EMPLOYMENT, TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION › Section 259-008-0510 - Law Enforcement Agency Best Practice Policies for Interacting with Persons Who Have Experienced Trauma

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1)
			 No later than January 1, 2024, a law enforcement agency that employs police
			 officers must adopt best practice policies for interacting with persons who
			 have experienced trauma.
(2) DPSST,
			 in consultation with the Department of Justice, must develop best practices
			 that meet the criteria listed in ORS
			 181A.445(2). A
			 copy of the best practices will be posted on the DPSST website.
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS
				  181A.445
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS
				  181A.445
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 259 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY STANDARDS AND TRAINING › Division 9 - FIRE SERVICE PROFESSIONALS › Section 259-009-0000 - Policies and Objectives

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) The
			 policies of the Board and Department in response to ORS
			 181A.365 are:
(a) The Board and Department exist to develop
			 talented individuals into public safety providers who are:
(A) Culturally competent;
(B) Ethically, physically and emotionally
			 fit; and
(C) Well trained, highly
			 skilled and responsive to the needs of their communities.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 259 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY STANDARDS AND TRAINING › Division 9 - FIRE SERVICE PROFESSIONALS › Section 259-009-0010 - Personnel Affiliation Forms and Use of Legal Name

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) When a fire service agency chooses to
			 report a fire service professional's utilization or employment by the fire
			 service agency to DPSST, the fire service agency may submit either of the
			 following affiliation forms:
(a) A
			 personnel/agency form; or
(b) An
			 application for personnel affiliation with subsequent certification
			 form.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 259 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY STANDARDS AND TRAINING › Division 9 - FIRE SERVICE PROFESSIONALS › Section 259-009-0015 - Background Investigation

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) A
			 background investigation must be conducted by a fire service agency on each
			 individual being considered for employment or utilization as a fire service
			 professional to determine if applicant is of good character.
(2) The background investigation must
			 include, but is not limited to, investigation into the following:
(a) Criminal history and arrests;
(b) Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV)
			 records;
(c) Drug and alcohol
			 use;
(d) Education
			 verification;
(e) Employment
			 history;
(f) Military history
			 verification;
(g) Personal and
			 professional references. Personal and professional references may include, but
			 are not limited to, friends, associates, family members, and
			 neighbors;
(h) Personal Interview.
			 The personal interview may occur before or after the investigation and may be
			 used to clarify discrepancies in the investigation;
(i) Records checks, which may include, but
			 are not limited to:
(A) Police records,
			 district attorney, court and Oregon Judicial Information Network (OJIN)
			 records;
(B) Open sources or social
			 media, as permitted by law;
(C)
			 Financial information, as permitted by law; and
(D) Department of Public Safety Standards and
			 Training Professional Standards records.
(j) Residential history; and
(k) Work eligibility.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 259 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY STANDARDS AND TRAINING › Division 9 - FIRE SERVICE PROFESSIONALS › Section 259-009-0020 - Waiver for Equivalent Training or Experience-Reciprocity

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) The Board or
			 its designee may waive the completion of any course required by OAR
			 259-009-0062  upon presentation of documentary evidence by a fire service agency
			 that the fire service professional has satisfactorily completed equivalent
			 training or experience.
(2) In
			 order to be considered for equivalency, training received in a state with laws
			 governing or regulating training of fire service professionals must have been
			 approved or certified by the employing agency in the state where the training
			 was received.
(3) The Department
			 may elect to prescribe, as a condition of certification, successful co mpletion
			 of specified courses or remedial training.
(4) The Department may enter into standing
			 reciprocity compacts or agreements with States, that by law, regulate and
			 supervise the quality of fire service training and require a minimum number of
			 hours of classroom training equivalent to the standards established by the
			 Board.
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS
				  181A.410
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS
				  181A.420  & ORS
				  181A.410
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 259 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY STANDARDS AND TRAINING › Division 9 - FIRE SERVICE PROFESSIONALS › Section 259-009-0025 - College Education Credits

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1)
			 The Department will only recognize credits awarded by an accredited,
			 degree-granting college or a university of post-secondary education, which is
			 recognized by the Council for Higher Education (CHEA) or by the Council on
			 Postsecondary Accreditation (COPA)/Commission of Recognition of Postsecondary
			 Accreditation (CORPA), as outlined in the current edition of the Higher
			 Education Directory (HED).
(2)
			 College credits used for certification obtained in a foreign country, which
			 certificate, credential, or degree is claimed to be comparable to a
			 certificate, credential, or degree granted by a licensing body in the United
			 States or US Territories must be evaluated by a credentialing agency that is a
			 member of the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES).
			 The Department/Board has no responsibility for obtaining or paying for the
			 evaluation and arranging for an official copy to be sent by the evaluating
			 agency to the Department. The evaluation must be approved by the Department,
			 based upon review of an official copy sent by the evaluating agency directly to
			 the Department, before the educational credit is accepted as
			 equivalent.
(3) Certification
			 Credit. Persons wishing to document college education must furnish official
			 transcripts or a certified true copy of official transcripts to the Department.
			 Courses can only be accepted for credit towards certification if the class has
			 been successfully passed with a "C" or better.
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS
				  181A.410
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS
				  181A.410
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 259 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY STANDARDS AND TRAINING › Division 9 - FIRE SERVICE PROFESSIONALS › Section 259-009-0035 - Certificates Are Property of Department

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
Certificates and awards are the property of the Department. The
				Department has the power to revoke or suspend any certificate or award as
				provided in the Act.
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS
				  181A.410
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS
				  181A.410, ORS
				  181A.570, ORS
				  181A.590, ORS
				  181A.630, ORS
				  181A.640 & ORS
				  181A.650
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 259 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY STANDARDS AND TRAINING › Division 9 - FIRE SERVICE PROFESSIONALS › Section 259-009-0059 - Minimum Standards for Certification as a Fire Service Professional

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) To be eligible
			 for a DPSST fire certification, fire service professionals must:
(a) Be utilized or employed by an Oregon fire
			 service agency;
(b) Be at least 18
			 years of age;
(c) Have been
			 fingerprinted for the purpose of DPSST-issued fire service professional
			 certifications;
(d) Not have a
			 criminal history or other background that would preclude the person from
			 holding DPSST-issued fire service professional certifications pursuant to OAR
			 259-009-0115  through OAR 259-009-0130;
(e) Successfully complete the training
			 requirements adopted for each level of certification applied for; and
(f) Submit an application for certification
			 through a Department-approved submission process.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 259 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY STANDARDS AND TRAINING › Division 9 - FIRE SERVICE PROFESSIONALS › Section 259-009-0062 - Fire Service Professional Certification

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) A fire service professional affiliated
			 with an Oregon fire service agency may be certified by:
(a) Satisfactorily completing the
			 requirements specified in section (2) of this rule;
(b) Through participation in a fire service
			 agency training program accredited by the Department;
(c) Through a course certified by the
			 Department; or
(d) By evaluation of
			 experience as specified in OAR 259-009-0063.
(e) The Department may certify a fire service
			 professional who has satisfactorily completed the requirements for
			 certification as prescribed in section (2) of this rule, including the Task
			 Performance Evaluations (TPE) if applicable.