Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 39, September 26, 2024
(a) An
applicant for a firearm trainer certificate shall be considered personally
qualified to train private detectives in the handling of firearms upon
successful completion of approved firearms training meeting either of these
criteria:
(1) Within two years before
application for a firearm trainer certificate; or
(2) within five years before application for
a firearm trainer certificate if the applicant has also had subsequent
experience training persons in the handling of firearms within two years before
application.
(b)
Training shall be approved if the applicant for a firearm trainer certificate
successfully completed a minimum of 40 clock hours of education and training
through any combination of law enforcement, military, or private firearm
courses that included education and training in the following:
(1) Firearms fundamentals and safety;
(2) marksmanship fundamentals and
safety procedures;
(3) instruction
in daylight, dim light, and darkness shooting;
(4) care, cleaning and maintenance of
firearms;
(5) instruction in basic
firearms retention and disarming techniques;
(6) shooting proficiency demonstrated with a
firearm; and
(7) teaching or
instructing abilities.
(c) An applicant for a firearm trainer
certificate shall provide verification of the successful completion of approved
firearm training by providing the following:
(1) A copy of the original certificate of
completion of the course or courses; and
(2) a copy of the training course agenda, a
statement from the course instructor or instructors, or an affidavit from the
applicant that verifies the education and training requirements.
(d) An applicant for a firearm
trainer certificate shall be considered personally qualified to train private
detectives in the lawful use of force upon verification of successful
completion of 10 clock hours of formal classroom or course instruction on the
lawful use of force.
(e) In order
to establish that an applicant for a firearm trainer certificate is a person of
good character and reputation, an applicant shall meet either of these
requirements:
(1) Be licensed as a private
detective; or
(2)
(A) Provide affidavits from five or more
reputable citizens who have known the applicant for a period of at least five
years and who are not related to the applicant by blood or marriage, attesting
that the applicant is a person of good moral character and reputation; and
(B) provide two classifiable sets
of the applicant's right-and left-hand fingerprints on forms provided by the
attorney general, one of which shall be submitted to the Kansas bureau of
investigation and one of which shall be submitted to the federal bureau of
investigation for a fingerprint check to determine any criminal history of the
applicant. The applicant shall have fingerprints taken by an officer or
employee of a law enforcement agency. The name of the law enforcement agency
and the name of the person taking the fingerprints shall be clearly identified
on the form.
