(3)
An applicant may be provisionally appointed for a period of six months (180
days), after which time the appointment is null and void. No individual may be
employed or appointed for an additional period until that individual is
certified as a law enforcement officer by the commission.
(a) Provisional appointment requires:
1. An application package as set out in Rule
650-X-2-.09 has been submitted on the first day of employment as stipulated in Rule
650-X-1-.16(4) and has been received by the Commission.
2. A provisionally appointed law enforcement
officer who is involved in patrol operation for the purpose of detection,
prevention and suppression of crime or the enforcement of the traffic or
highway laws of the state, including exercising the power of arrest, will be
under the direct control and supervision of a certified law enforcement
officer.
3. Traffic direction and
control may be performed by a provisionally appointed law enforcement officer
without direct supervision, provided, however, that supervisory control is
exercised by a certified law enforcement officer whose total span of control
would be considered within reasonable limits.
4. A provisionally appointed law enforcement
officer may render crowd control assistance at public gatherings or
governmental functions as directed by their employing law enforcement agency
provided supervisory control is exercised by a certified law enforcement
officer whose span of control would be considered within reasonable
limits.
5. The provisional
appointment is valid for a total of six (6) months (180 days) during a two (2)
year period of 730 days from the time of first appointment by any law
enforcement agency.
6. This
six-month period to complete his/her required course of training cannot be
extended or re-started by an applicant being terminated or re-employed by the
same or another law enforcement agency nor by an applicant voluntarily changing
employment from one law enforcement agency to another. Each day of the
six-month provisional appointment is cumulative no matter how many law
enforcement agencies the applicant has worked for during his/her six-month
provisional appointment.
7. The
provisional appointment of any applicant who does not complete the required
course of training within six (180 days) months from the date of his/her
initial employment/appointment is null and void.
8. A provisionally appointed applicant who
fails to achieve certification, as required herein, within his/her six-months
provisional appointment time, may not re-apply for employment/appointment as a
law enforcement officer for two years following the expiration of their
provisional appointment time.
