Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 6, September 16, 2024
(a) In order to be
eligible for one or more of the professional awards, an officer shall first
meet the following preliminary qualifications:
(1) The officer shall hold a general
correctional officer certification. A person serving under a probationary
certification is not eligible for consideration. An officer subject to
suspension or revocation proceedings or under investigation for possible
decertification action by the Commission, the North Carolina Company Police
Program, the North Carolina Campus Police Program, or the North Carolina
Sheriffs' Education and Training Standards Commission shall not be eligible for
professional awards for the pendency of the proceeding.
(2) The officer shall hold general
certification with the Commission in one of the following categories:
(A) correctional officer; or
(B) probation/parole officer.
(3) The officer shall be a
permanent, full-time, paid employee of the Department of Public Safety,
Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice.
(4) Permanent, paid employees of the
Department of Public Safety, Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice
who have completed a Commission-certified corrections officer basic training
program and have previously held general certification as specified in
12 NCAC
09G .0602(a)(1) and
12 NCAC
09G .0602(a)(2), but are
presently, by virtue of promotion or transfer, serving in positions not subject
to certification are eligible to participate in the professional certificate
program. Eligibility for this exception requires employment with the Department
of Public Safety, Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice from the
date of promotion or transfer from a certified position to the date of
application for a professional certificate.
(b) Awards are based upon a formula that
combines formal education, corrections training, and actual experience as a
corrections officer. Points are computed in the following manner:
(1) each semester hour of college credit
shall equal one point and each quarter hour shall equal two-thirds of a
point;
(2) 20 classroom hours of
Commission-approved corrections training shall equal one point; and
(3) only experience as a permanent, paid
employee of the Department of Public Safety, Division of Adult Correction and
Juvenile Justice or the equivalent experience as determined by the Commission
shall be acceptable of consideration.
Point requirements for each award are described in
12 NCAC
09G .0604 and
09G .0605.
(c) Certificates shall be awarded
in an officer's area of expertise only. The State Corrections Certificate is
appropriate for permanent, paid corrections employees employed by the
Department of Public Safety, Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile
Justice.
Authority
G.S.
17C-6;
Temporary Adoption Eff.
January 1, 2001;
Eff. August 1, 2002;
Amended Eff.
January 1, 2015; June 1, 2012; August 1, 2004;
Pursuant to
G.S.
150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without
substantive public interest Eff. May 25,
2019.
