Delaware Administrative Code
Title 1 - Authorities, Boards and Commissions
800 - Delaware Council on Police Training
803 - COPT Firearms Instructors Standards and Requirements
Section 803-6.0 - Firearms Instructors Training Requirements

6.1 An eight-hour firearms recertification course will be held annually and will include: legal updates, use of force, and review of Council on Police Training standards.

6.2 Instructors must attend a minimum of one refresher course every three years and complete sixteen hours of additional training in firearms usage or complete sixteen hours of academy level instruction, or a combination of training and instruction in the same three-year period.

6.3 All firearms instructors must also annually meet the standards established in 1 DE Admin. Code 801 Section 12.0 for all weapon systems responsible for training.