Arkansas Administrative Code
Agency 132 - Commission of Law Enforcement Standards and Training
Rule 132.00.13-001 - Certification of Canines and Canine Certifying Officials
Universal Citation: AR Admin Rules 132.00.13-001
Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 2, February 2024
1028. CERTIFICATION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT CANINES
(1) A canine used as a law
enforcement tool in the State of Arkansas must be certified by a Law
Enforcement Certifying Official in accordance with Canine Certification
Requirements approved by CLEST.
(2)
All Law Enforcement Canines shall meet or exceed the minimum standards approved
by CLEST.
(3) Law Enforcement
Canine Certifications shall expire one (1) year after the date of
issue.
(4) Law Enforcement Canines
that are used for the sole purpose of tracking shall not be required to obtain
CLEST certification.
(5) All Law
Enforcement Canines currently active in Arkansas shall be certified within
eighteen (18) months of the effective date of this regulation.
(6) A Certified Law Enforcement Canine must
be recertified each year and each time it is assigned to a new Law Enforcement
Officer.
1029. DECERTIFICATION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT CANINES
(1) Law Enforcement Canine Certificates
issued by the Commission remain the property of CLEST and the Commission shall
have the power to revoke or recall any certificate for the following reasons:
(a) The Law Enforcement Canine is found to be
a danger to the public.
(b) The Law
Enforcement Canine is no longer in use by a Law Enforcement Agency.
(2) The Law Enforcement Agency
utilizing the Law Enforcement Canine shall have the right to a hearing before
the Commission prior to a final decision to decertify a Law Enforcement
Canine.
1030. CERTIFICATION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT CANINE CERTIFYING OFFICIAL
(1) In order to certify Law Enforcement
Canines in the State of Arkansas, a person must be certified by CLEST as a Law
Enforcement Canine Certifying Official.
(2) A person may be certified as a Dual
Purpose Certifying Official or a Single Purpose Certifying Official.
(a) A Dual Purpose Certification will be
issued to a person who is trained to certify Law Enforcement Canines in
narcotics/explosives and patrol work.
(b) A Single Purpose Certification will be
issued to a person who is trained to certify Law Enforcement Canines in
narcotics/explosives work only.
(c)
A Dual Purpose Certifying Official may certify a Single Purpose Canine, but a
Single Purpose Certifying Official may not certify a Dual Purpose
Canine.
(3) A person
desiring to become a Law Enforcement Canine Certifying Official must submit an
application to the Commission.
(4)
An applicant for Law Enforcement Canine Certifying Official Certification must
be a Certified Law Enforcement or Corrections Officer in the State of
Arkansas.
(5) Applicants who are
certified as Law Enforcement or Corrections Officers must have completed a
CLEST approved Instructor Development Course.
(6) Applicants must have five (5) years of
experience as a Dual or Single Purpose Canine Officer to qualify as a
Certifying Official in that respective field.
(7) All applicants for Law Enforcement Canine
Certifying Official Certification must pass a written examination approved and
administered by CLEST.
(8) All
Applicants must conduct the certification process for each Law Enforcement
Canine in accordance Arkansas Certifications Requirements approved by
CLEST.
1031. DECERTIFICATION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT CANINE CERTIFYING OFFICIALS
Decertification of Law Enforcement Canine Certifying Officials will be handled in accordance with rules set forth in Regulation 1010 regarding decertification of Law Enforcement Officers.
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