Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 11, August 30, 2024
(1) The trainee
must successfully complete the Commission approved basic training curriculum at
an approved academy.
(2) The
trainee must satisfactorily complete the law enforcement 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 law
enforcement training course and be certified by the Commission, the trainee
must achieve the following:
(a) Pass with an
overall academic score average 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 the Commission approved Firearms
Manipulation Skills Test before live fire firearms training. Any trainee who
fails to pass the Firearms Manipulation Skills Test will be dismissed from the
academy class.
(f) Pass the
Commission approved firearms training and qualify two (2) of three (3) attempts
on the 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) qualification attempts, then the trainee is deemed to have
failed the Academy and is barred from employment and certification as a law
enforcement officer for two (2) years.
2. Any trainee who passes one (1) of the
three (3) 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 Commission approved firearms training and qualification (provided
the trainee passes all other phases of the academy session and does not exceed
the statutory six (6) month (180 days) provisional appointment time). If the
trainee fails to pass firearms training at this point, the trainee is deemed to
have failed the Academy and is barred from employment and certification as a
law enforcement officer for two (2) years.
(g) Pass the Commission approved Defensive
Tactics Proficiency Test. Any trainee who fails to pass the Defensive Tactics
Proficiency Test will be dismissed from the academy class.
(h) Pass the Commission approved Law
Enforcement Emergency Vehicle Operation Training and meet the minimum passing
standards on one (1) of three (3) qualification attempts on the cumulative
driver skills course. This course is designed on a pass/fail format.
1. Any trainee who fails to meet the minimum
passing standards of the cumulative driver skills course on one (1) of the
three (3) attempts, will be allowed, at the written request of the employing
Agency, to attend the next available academy to re-take the Law Enforcement
Emergency Vehicle Operations Training course (provided the trainee passes all
other phases of the academy session and does not exceed the statutory six (6)
month (180 days) provisional appointment time). If the trainee fails to pass
driver training at this point, the trainee is deemed to have failed the Academy
and is barred from employment and certification as a law enforcement officer
for two (2) years.
(4) Trainees shall not be absent more than 5%
of the required training hours.
(5)
The trainee shall comply with all rules and regulations promulgated by the
Commission.
(6) The trainee, in
addition to complying with the Commission's rules and regulations, shall comply
with all rules and regulations promulgated by the academy.
