Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024
A. Full Time
Grandfathered Peace Officers
1. Registration
may be granted in lieu of certification to those full-time peace officers who:
a. were hired prior to January 1,
1986
b. did not attend a
POST-certified training; and
c. are
currently performing the duties of a peace officer.
2.
Registration simply means
that the officer is registered with POST and he/she is not required to comply
with the mandates for basic POST certification.
3. Full-time peace officers hired prior to
January 1, 1986, may be eligible to receive POST registration by completing the
following requirements.
a. Submit a letter to
the POST Council from the agency head requesting the officer be registered with
the state.
b. Supporting
documentation shall accompany the letter regarding initial employment date
along with a chronological narrative of the officer's law enforcement service
on a form prescribed by POST.
B. Part-Time/ Reserve Grandfathered Peace
Officers
1. Registration may be granted in
lieu of certification to those part time/reserve peace officers who:
a. were hired prior to January 1,
2022;
b. did not attend
POST-certified basic training; and
c. are currently performing the duties of a
peace officer.
2.
Registration simply means that the officer is registered with
POST and he/she is not required to comply with the mandates for basic POST
certification.
3. Part-time/reserve
peace officers hired prior to January 1, 2022, may be eligible to receive POST
registration by completing the following requirements:
a. submit a letter to the POST Council from
the agency head requesting the officer be registered with the state;
b. supporting documentation shall accompany
the letter regarding initial employment date along with a chronological
narrative of the officer's law enforcement service on a form prescribed by
POST.
4. Registered
part-time/reserve peace officers who are "grandfathered in" are exempt from the
basic training course requirement but must comply with all other POST mandates
to maintain grandfathership including POST inservice training.
C. Officers hired prior to January
1, 1986, may be eligible to receive POST registration by completing the
following requirements.
1. Submit a letter to
the POST Council from the agency head requesting the officer be registered with
the state.
2. Supporting
documentation shall accompany the letter regarding initial employment date
along with a chronological narrative of the officer's law enforcement service
on a form prescribed by POST.
D. Registered officers who are "grandfathered
in" are exempt from the basic training course requirement but must comply with
all other POST mandates to maintain grandfathership including in service
training.
E.
Registration/grandfathership shall become invalid if officer experiences a five
year or more break in law enforcement service and has less than five years of
full time experience.
F. Officers,
who were hired prior to January 1, 1986, and who experience a five year or more
break in law enforcement, and had at least five years of full-time service, can
reinstate their grandfathership by successfully completing:
1. the firearms section of the Louisiana Law
Enforcement Basic Training Manual;
2. the legal aspects of the Louisiana Law
Enforcement Basic Training Manual; and
3. the necessary requirements for POST
registration in accordance with the provisions of this Section.
AUTHORITY
NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with
R.S.
15:1204 and
R.S.
15:1207.
