Missouri Code of State Regulations
Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY
Division 75 - Peace Officer Standards and Training Program
Chapter 14 - Basic Training Centers
Section 11 CSR 75-14.080 - Minimum Requirements for a Basic Training Instructor
Universal Citation: 11 MO Code of State Regs 75-14.080
Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 18, September 16, 2024
PURPOSE: This rule identifies the minimum requirements for a basic training instructor.
(1) There shall be two (2) types of basic training instructor licenses: generalist licenses and specialist licenses.
(2) To qualify for a generalist license, an instructor shall possess the following qualifications:
(A) Sponsorship by a licensed basic training
center;
(B) Graduation from a Peace
Officer Standards and Training (POST)-approved instructor development course;
and
(C) Either:
1. A four (4) year baccalaureate degree and
five (5) or more years active commission as a full-time peace officer, federal
law enforcement officer, or military law enforcement officer;
2. A two (2) year associate degree and eight
(8) or more years active commission as a full-time peace officer, federal law
enforcement officer, or military law enforcement officer; or
3. A high school diploma or its equivalent
and ten (10) or more years active commission as a full-time peace officer,
federal law enforcement officer, or military law enforcement officer.
(3) To qualify for a specialist license, an instructor shall possess the following qualifications:
(A) Sponsorship by a licensed basic training
center;
(B) Graduation from a
POST-approved instructor development course; and
(C) The instructor shall be a subject matter
expert as to one (1) or more of the mandatory basic training objectives
established pursuant to
11 CSR
75-14.030. Subject matter expertise shall be
determined by the Director after consideration of the instructor's academic
education; previous teaching experience; practical experience; membership in
professional associations; publications; letters of reference; recognition as
an expert by courts of law; independent certifications of expertise, and other
evidence of the instructor's qualifications.
(D) A valid, current third-party or secondary
license shall be required to qualify as a specialist instructor for any
objective related to the following:
1.
Tactical Communications if utilizing Verbal Judo, graduate of a Verbal Judo
Trainer Course.
2. Hazardous
Materials, graduate of a POST recognized eight (8)-hour Hazardous Materials
Training Course.
3. Accident
Investigation, graduate of an Accident Investigation School or Accident
Reconstruction School.
4. First
Responder, graduate of a Certified First Responder Trainer Course, or a
licensed Emergency Medical Technician (EMT), Emergency Medical Technician
Paramedic (EMTP), Registered Nurse (RN), Medical Doctor (MD), or Doctor of
Osteopathy (DO).
5. The core
curricula areas under Defensive Tactics, with the exception of the subject area
of Mechanics of Arrest and Control, graduate of a POST recognized Law
Enforcement Defensive Tactics Instructor Course.
6. The core curricula areas under Firearms,
graduate of a POST recognized Firearms Instructor School of at least forty (40)
hours.
7. The core curricula areas
under Driver Training, graduate of a POST recognized Drivers Training
Instructor Course.
8. Memoranda,
Introduction to Report Writing, and Report Writing Exercises, if an individual
does not have at least a four (4)-year college degree, they must be a graduate
of a POST recognized Report Writing Instructor Course.
*Original authority: 590.060, RSMo 2001 and 590.190, RSMo 2001, amended 2007.
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