North Carolina Administrative Code
Title 12 - JUSTICE
Chapter 09 - CRIMINAL JUSTICE EDUCATION AND TRAINING STANDARDS
Subchapter B - STANDARDS FOR CRIMINAL JUSTICE EMPLOYMENT: EDUCATION: AND TRAINING
Section .0200 - MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR CRIMINAL JUSTICE SCHOOLS AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE TRAINING PROGRAMS OR COURSES OF INSTRUCTION
Section 09B .0244 - CERTIFICATION TRAINING FOR RADAR/TIME-DISTANCE/LIDAR OPERATORS
Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 6, September 16, 2024
(a) The radar/time-distance/lidar operator training course for law enforcement officers shall be designed to provide the trainee with the skills and knowledge to perform the function of a radar, time-distance, and lidar operator. This course shall be for a period not to exceed four consecutive weeks. If the Governor declares a State of Emergency pursuant to G.S. 166A-19.3(19), the Director of the Criminal Justice Standards Division shall allow additional breaks in a specific course delivery when the Director determines that doing so is necessary based on consideration of the following factors:
Notice of waivers granted pursuant to the Section shall be posted on the CJETS website https://ncdoj.gov/law-enforcement-training/criminal-justice/. The waivers granted pursuant to this Section shall only apply to courses that began during the effective period of the State of Emergency.
(b) Only employed or appointed personnel of a law enforcement agency may be enrolled in the radar/time-distance/lidar speed measurement instrument operator training course. Such a trainee shall not be certified as a radar, time-distance, and lidar speed measurement instrument operator until the basic law enforcement training course has been completed and probationary or general law enforcement certification has been granted. Sheriffs, deputy sheriffs, and federal law enforcement personnel, including armed forces personnel, shall be allowed to participate in radar, time-distance, and lidar speed measurement instrument operator training courses on a space available basis at the discretion of the school director without having enrolled in or having completed the basic law enforcement training course and without being currently certified in a probationary status or holding general law enforcement certification. The radar/time-distance/lidar operator training course required for radar, time-distance, and lidar operator certification shall include the topic areas and number of hours as outlined in The Radar/Time-Distance/Lidar Operator Training Course. To qualify for radar, time-distance, and lidar operator certification, an applicant shall meet the requirements as outlined in The Radar/Time-Distance/Lidar Operator Training Course and meet the requirements of 12 NCAC 09B .0408 and 09B .0409.
(c) The "Radar/Time-Distance/Lidar Operator Training Course" as published by the North Carolina Justice Academy shall be applied as basic curriculum for the radar/time-distance/lidar operator training course for radar, time-distance, and lidar instrument operators as administered by the Commission. Copies of this publication may be inspected at the office of the agency:
Criminal Justice Standards Division
North Carolina Department of Justice
1700 Tryon Park Drive
Post Office Drawer 149
Raleigh, North Carolina 27602
and may be obtained at cost from the Academy at the following address:
North Carolina Justice Academy
Post Office Box 99
Salemburg, North Carolina 28385
Authority
G.S.
17C-6;
Eff. November 1,
2007;
Pursuant to
G.S.
150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without
substantive public interest Eff. May 25, 2019;
Amended Eff. April
1, 2022.
