Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, March 1, 2024
RELATES TO:
KRS
15.3975
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY:
KRS
15.330(1)(a) authorizes the
Kentucky Law Enforcement Council to prescribe standards for the approval of
schools at which law enforcement training courses required under
KRS
15.310 to
15.510 shall be
conducted, including but not limited to minimum standards for curriculum and
hours of attendance.
KRS
15.330(1)(f) authorizes the
council to approve law enforcement officers as having met the requirements for
completion of law enforcement training.
KRS
15.330(1)(h) authorizes the
Council to promulgate reasonable administrative regulations to accomplish the
purposes of
KRS
15.310 to
15.404.
This administrative regulation establishes requirements for graduation from the
Department of Criminal Justice Training Certified Court Security Officer
training academy and for maintenance of training records.
Section 1. Training Academy Graduation
Requirements.
(1) To graduate from the
department's certified court security officer training academy, a trainee
shall:
(a) Successfully complete a minimum of
eighty (80) hours of training, based upon the curriculum approved by the
council in accordance with
KRS
15.3975 and
503 KAR
1:090;
(b)
Attain a seventy (70) percent overall score on the firearms qualification and
written final examination.;
(c)
Pass the Defensive Tactics practical examination, with no major errors, for
which a pass or fail designation is assigned; and
(d) Successfully complete all other
assignments, exercises, and projects included in the course.
(2) After-hours assignments may be
required and shall be successfully completed in order to pass the training area
for which they were assigned.
(3) A
trainee who does not achieve a seventy (70) percent overall score or who does
not pass the defensive tactics practical examination shall be considered to
have failed basic training.
Section
2. Failure and Repetition of the Training Academy.
(1) A trainee who is removed from the academy
due to failure shall:
(a) Be required to
repeat the entire course in order to graduate; and
(b) Pay all applicable fees for the repeated
basic training course in accordance with
503 KAR
3:030.
(2) In accordance with
503 KAR 3:030,
Section 6(2), the trainee's employing agency shall prepay to the department the
full tuition, room, and board costs of repeating the academy. The employing
agency may recover the costs of repeating the course from its
trainee.
Section 3.
Training Subjects.
(1) The Training Academy
shall be divided into twenty-nine (29) different training areas on the
following subjects:
(a)
Orientation;
(b) Introduction to
Court Security Officer;
(c)
Domestic terrorism;
(d) Court
disturbances;
(e) Disguised
weapons;
(f) Interference with
judicial administration;
(g) Family
security survey;
(h) Role of the
sheriff;
(i) Courtroom
protocol;
(j) Protecting the
integrity of the jury;
(k) Crowd
control;
(l) Bomb threats;
(m) Transporting prisoners;
(n) Specialized equipment;
(o) Use of force;
(p) Search and seizure;
(q) The criminal justice system;
(r) High risk trial planning;
(s) Introduction to defensive
tactics;
(t) Ethical
standards;
(u) Warrants and civil
documents;
(v) Arrest of
persons;
(w) Force
continuum;
(x) Interpersonal
communications;
(y) Firearms
lecture;
(z) Firearms
range;
(aa) Firearms
qualification;
(bb) Firearms
Decision Making (F.A.T.S.); and
(cc) Practical test skill
techniques.
(2) If a
trainee is unable to complete the training academy, but legally entitled to
complete the unfinished tested modules of the course, the trainee shall restart
at the beginning of the module which he or she was in when the trainee left the
training academy.
Section
4. Examinations.
(1) A trainee
shall be examined and shall achieve the following minimum scores in each of the
listed three (3) areas:
(a) Firearms
qualification - Seventy (70) percent;
(b) Written final examination - Seventy (70)
percent; and
(c) Defensive tactics
practical examination - Pass, with no major errors.
(2) A trainee shall be permitted one (1)
reexamination in each of the three (3) areas.
(3) A trainee who fails an examination, may
request a reexamination not later than ten (10) days after the original
examination.
(4) A trainee shall
not receive a certificate of completion until all tested areas are
passed.
Section 5.
Absence.
(1) A trainee may have excused
absences from the course with approval of the director of the certified school
or his designee.
(2) An excused
absence from the course which causes a trainee to miss any of the eighty (80)
hours of the training shall be made up through an additional training academy
assignment.
(3) A trainee shall not
be allowed excused absences for more than eight (8) hours of the hours of the
academy. If a trainee misses more than eight (8) hours, he or she shall be
removed from the academy and reenrolled for a subsequent academy class in
accordance with Section 6 of this administrative regulation.
Section 6. Circumstances
Preventing Completion of the Training Academy.
(1) If a trainee is prevented from completing
the training academy due to extenuating circumstances beyond the control of the
trainee, including injury, illness, personal tragedy, or agency emergency, he
or she shall be permitted to complete the unfinished areas of the course within
180 days immediately following the termination of the extenuating circumstance,
if the:
(a) Extenuating circumstance
preventing completion of basic training does not last for a period longer than
one (1) year; and
(b) Failure to
complete is not caused by a preexisting physical injury or preexisting
physiological condition.
(2) If a trainee is prevented from completing
the training academy course due to being called for active duty in the Kentucky
National Guard or other branches of the United States Armed Forces, the trainee
shall be permitted to complete the unfinished areas of the course within 180
days immediately following his or her return from active duty
service.
Section 7.
Termination of Employment while Enrolled. If, while enrolled in the Training
Academy, a trainee's employment as a Certified Court Security Officer is
terminated by dismissal and he or she is unable to complete the course, he or
she shall complete the remaining training within one (1) year of reemployment
as a certified court security officer. The trainee shall repeat basic training
in its entirety if:
(1) The break in
employment exceeds one (1) year; or
(2) The termination of employment is a
result, directly or indirectly, of disciplinary action taken by the department
against the trainee while enrolled in the basic training course.
Section 8. Maintenance of Records.
(1) At the conclusion of each training
academy course, the department shall notify the council of each trainee who has
successfully completed the course.
(2) All training records shall be maintained
in accordance with applicable provisions of KRS Chapter 171.
STATUTORY AUTHORITY:
KRS 15.330(1)(a),
(f), (h),
15.3975(1),