Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 02, November 27, 2024
(1)
The trainee must successfully complete 480 hours of correctional officer
training at an approved Academy.
(2) The trainee must satisfactorily complete
the correctional officer training course within the time set forth in the
statutory requirement of the Code of Ala. 1975, Title
36-21-46.
(3) In order to successfully complete the
correctional officer training course and be certified by the Commission, the
trainee must achieve the following:
(a) An
overall score of not less than 70% on written exams,
(b) Pass the first aid exam with a score of
not less than 70% (Any re-test, if necessary, shall be administered within 72
hours.),
(c) Pass the legal issues
exam with a score of not less than 70% (Any re-test, if necessary, shall be
administered within 72 hours.),
(d)
Pass the physical agility/ability test (Any re-test, if necessary, shall be
administered within 48 to 72 hours.),
(e) Pass 43 hours of handgun firearms
training and qualify two of three attempts on the handgun firearms course. A
minimum score of seventy (70) is required to pass each attempt.
1. If a trainee does not pass ANY of the
three (3) handgun qualification attempts then the trainee is deemed to have
failed the Academy and is barred from employment and certification as a
correctional officer for two years.
2. Any trainee who passes one of the three
attempts, but fails to pass twice, will be allowed, at the written request of
the employing Agency, to attend the next available academy to re-take the forty
three (43) hours of handgun firearms training and qualification (provided the
trainee passes all other phases of the academy session and does not exceed the
statutory six (6) month provisional appointment time). If the trainee fails to
pass handgun firearms training at this point, the trainee is deemed to have
failed the Academy and it barred from employment and certification as a
correctional officer for two years.
(f) Pass shotgun firearms training and pass
the shotgun firearms course. A minimum score of seventy (70) is required to
pass the shotgun firearms course.
(g) Trainees shall not be absent more than 5%
of the required training hours.
(4) The trainee shall comply with all rules
and regulations promulgated by the Commission.
(5) The trainee in addition to complying with
the Commission's rules and regulations must comply with all rules and
regulations promulgated by the academy.
Author: Peace Officers Standards and Training
Commission
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
1975,
§§
36-21-40,
36-21-51.