Virginia Administrative Code › Title 6 - CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND CORRECTIONS › Agency 20 - DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICES › Chapter 20 - RULES RELATING TO COMPULSORY MINIMUM TRAINING STANDARDS FOR LAW-ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS › Section 6VAC20-20-10 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in this chapter,
				  shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates
				  otherwise:
"Academy director" means the chief administrative officer of
				  a certified criminal justice training academy.
"Agency administrator" means any chief of police, sheriff, or
				  agency head of a state or local law-enforcement agency.
"Approved training" means training approved by the department
				  to meet minimum training standards.
"Board" means the Criminal Justice Services Board.
"Certified criminal justice training academy" means a
				  training facility or campus in compliance with academy certification or
				  recertification standards operated by the state or local units of government
				  that is owned, leased, rented, or used exclusively for the purpose of training
				  criminal justice professionals regulated by the department and board. Approved
				  firing ranges, driving tracks, and defensive tactics training rooms are
				  considered part of the academy facility, subject to review during academy
				  certification and recertification.
"Committee on Training" or "COT" means the standing committee
				  of the board that is charged with reviewing proposed changes to the standards,
				  receiving and reviewing public comments, and approving changes to the standards
				  as needed.
"Compulsory minimum training standards" means the written
				  performance outcomes approved by the Committee on Training and the minimum
				  training hours approved by the Criminal Justice Services Board.
"Curriculum Review Committee" or "CRC" means the committee
				  consisting of nine individuals representing the certified criminal justice
				  training academies. Four members of the committee shall represent regional
				  criminal justice training academies, four members of the committee shall
				  represent independent criminal justice training academies, and one member shall
				  represent the Department of State Police Training Academy. The Committee on
				  Training shall appoint members of the Curriculum Review Committee.
"Department" means the Department of Criminal Justice
				  Services.
"Designee" means one who acts with the authority of the chief
				  executive of the agency.
"Director" means the chief administrative officer of the
				  department or the director's designee.
"External training location" means a training location
				  approved by the department located away from the certified criminal justice
				  training academy, which the certified criminal justice training academy uses to
				  conduct mandated training using full-time and part-time academy staff with
				  general instructorships.
"Requirements" means the core elements an officer needs to
				  accomplish to obtain law-enforcement certification.
Statutory Authority: §
											9.1-102
					 of the Code of Virginia.