Nebraska Administrative Code
Topic - LAW ENFORCEMENT AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Title 79 - LAW ENFORCEMENT - POLICE STANDARDS ADVISORY COUNCIL
Chapter 11 - FIREARMS CERTIFICATION STANDARDS
Section 79-11-007 - Patrol Rifle Instructor Certification and Recertification

Universal Citation: 79 NE Admin Rules and Regs ch 11 ยง 007

Current through March 20, 2024

Waivers of Annual Qualification and Extensions of Instructor Recertification

007.01 Waiver of Annual Handgun Qualification

The Council shall establish a training course for patrol rifle instructors in the state of Nebraska which will only be offered by Nebraska Training Academies as needed. Those officers attending the Patrol Rifle Instructor's Course must have successfully completed the Firearms Instructor's Course to attend. The Council-approved Patrol Rifle Instructor Course shall include, but not be limited to, the following subjects:

A. Course objectives

B. Range safety and commands

C. Patrol Rifle training

D. Basic marksmanship

E. Techniques of instruction (students will be expected to write and present a lesson plan)

F. Sight in - Zero rifles

G. Shot analysis

H. Shooting problems

I. Review of weapon nomenclature for patrol rifle

J. Care, maintenance and rifle inspection

K. Ballistics

L. Shooting positions

M. Rifle shooting courses

N. Low light techniques

O. Practical line exercises

P. Exertion courses

Q. Ammunition selection

R. Completion of written examinations and

S. Successfully completing a Patrol Rifle Qualification Course meeting the Council approved parameters.

007.02 Extension of Recertification Qualification

Student who satisfactorily completes the Patrol Rifle Instructor's Course will be issued a certificate, which will be valid to the end of the third calendar year from the date of certification. An instructor who possesses a valid certificate can conduct and administer a Patrol Rifle Qualification Course as well as other firearms training.

007.02A Nebraska Patrol Rifle Instructor Certification may also be awarded to law enforcement officers or individuals exercising law enforcement duties under a special deputy status who have attended and successfully completed other recognized law enforcement training programs including but not limited to programs offered by the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, or the Federal Bureau of Investigations. Applications for this certification process are submitted to the Training Center. The Training Center shall review the application in comparison to the current certification curriculum. The application shall be placed on the Council's agenda with a recommendation for or against approval by the Director.

007.02B To be considered by the Council, the outside instructor's course must meet or exceed the Council approved instructor's course as conducted by the Training Center. Applicants will be required to submit supporting documentation along with the request for certification. All applications will be considered on a case-by-case, individual basis.

007.03 Before the end of the third calendar year after the initial patrol rifle instructor's certification and within every three full-calendar years thereafter, the individual instructor shall attend and successfully complete a patrol rifle instructor's recertification course that is approved by the Council. Such certification training is necessary in order to be continued to be recognized as a Nebraska Certified Patrol Rifle Instructor.

007.03A The Nebraska Law Enforcement Training Center and all other Law Enforcement Training Academies conducting firearms certification courses will conduct the recertification course on an annual basis. The Patrol Rifle Instructor Recertification Course shall be at least eight (8) hours in length and include, but not be limited to the following topics: course orientation, current legal issues, teaching strategies, safety and maintenance updates and open forum discussion on firearms topics.

007.03B Recertification training that is provided by an agency not affiliated with the Nebraska Law Enforcement Training Center may be considered in determining whether the individual instructor has met the recertification standard. Attendance and successful completion of training programs including, but not limited to, programs offered and conducted by Smith and Wesson Company, Glock, Inc., Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, Glynco, Georgia, or the Federal Bureau of Investigations may be reviewed by the Council in order to determine whether the course meets or exceeds the recertification requirements. Applications for this recertification process should be made to the Council, through the Training Center; applicants must submit supporting documentation along with the request. Each application will be considered on a case-by-case, individual basis.

007.03C If the Council determines that the recertification course offered by an outside agency meets or exceeds the Council's approved course, the instructor shall have his/her Patrol Rifle Instructor Certificate renewed for three years.

007.04 Applicants must successfully qualify on the approved Patrol Rifle Qualification Course utilized by the certifying agency with a minimum score of ninety percent (90) to be accepted into either the Patrol Rifle Instructor Course or the Patrol Rifle Instructor Recertification Course Students in either the Patrol Rifle Instructor Course or the Patrol Rifle Instructor Recertification Course must successfully complete all course assignments including scoring a ninety percent (90) on the approved patrol rifle instructor qualification course utilized by the certifying agency and eighty (80) on the written examination.

007.05 Instructors who do not successfully complete the recertification course within the prescribed time shall no longer be recognized as a Patrol Rifle Instructor in the state of Nebraska unless an extension has been granted by the Council pursuant to section

007.06 In situations where a patrol rifle instructor's certification has lapsed and/or no extension has been granted, the individual's original Patrol Rifle Instructor's Certification becomes void and the individual must again attend and successfully complete the Patrol Rifle Instructor Course.

007.07 Every three years commencing in 1990, the Training Center, after consultation with firearms instructors in the State of Nebraska, shall make recommendations to the Council regarding curriculum revisions on the Firearms and Patrol Rifle Instructor and Recertification Courses.

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