Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 9, September 1, 2024
(1) Basic Training.
(a) The prescribed basic training course and
field training manual must be completed by all corrections officers no later
than 12 months from the date of employment in a certifiable position.
(b) The prescribed basic training course and
field training manual must be completed by all police officers, parole and
probation officers, telecommunicators, emergency medical dispatchers and
regulatory specialists no later than 18 months from the date of employment in a
certifiable position.
(c)
Corrections and police officers who have not completed the prescribed basic
course must begin training within 90 days of their initial date of employment
as a law enforcement officer.
(d)
All prescribed field training will be conducted under the supervision of the
employing agency. The employing agency must provide proof of completion prior
to the award of basic certification.
(e) Regulatory specialists employed by OLCC
prior to July 1, 2015 who have previously completed OLCC basic training may be
exempted from completion of the basic regulatory specialist course.
(f) Law enforcement officers employed in a
limited duration, administrative position, as described in OAR 259-008-0078,
are exempted from these minimum training requirements.
(2) Additional Training Requirements.
(a) Law enforcement officers who have
previously completed the prescribed basic course but have not been employed
full-time as a law enforcement officer for over one year but less than five
years must complete a minimum of eight hours of Firearms or Use of Force
training within 30 days of the law enforcement officer's return to work and
prior to reactivation of certification.
(b) Law enforcement officers who have
previously completed the prescribed basic course but have not been employed
full-time as a law enforcement officer within the past five years will be
required to satisfactorily complete the prescribed basic course and field
training manual in its entirety prior to reactivation of
certification.
(c) Law enforcement
officers who have previously completed the prescribed basic course but have not
been employed full-time as a law enforcement officer for over two and one-half
years but less than five years must complete the prescribed career officer
development course and field training manual prior to reactivation of
certification.
(d)
Telecommunicators and emergency medical dispatchers (EMD) who have previously
completed the prescribed basic course but have not been employed as a
telecommunicator or EMD within the past two and one-half years will be required
to satisfactorily complete the prescribed basic course and field training
manual in its entirety prior to reactivation of certification.
(e) Training timelines for career officer
development courses will be established by the Department.
(3) Waivers of the Minimum Training Standards
for Law Enforcement Officers.
(a) The
Department may waive any portion of the minimum training standards upon finding
that a law enforcement officer has the current knowledge, skills and abilities
to perform as a law enforcement officer in Oregon. For the purposes of this
standard, demonstration of current knowledge, skills and abilities as an Oregon
law enforcement officer must include full-time employment within the past five
years which demonstrates the individual has maintained a level of knowledge,
skills and abilities comparable to those of an active law enforcement officer
in Oregon, including the authorization to provide law enforcement services or
the responsibility of enforcing criminal law.
(b) Reciprocity. Law enforcement officers who
have been employed by a public or private safety agency in another state and
have previously completed a basic training course deemed by the Department to
meet or exceed Oregon's minimum training standards may be granted a waiver of
the basic training course. These officers will be required to complete the
prescribed career officer development course and field training
manual.
(c) Waiver requests must be
made in writing by the employing agency and must include any supporting
documentation, to include a written request for a waiver from the officer's
employing agency, a copy of any previously completed course including
documentation of course content with hour and subject breakdown of the
training, and the officer's employment history.
(d) The Department may request additional
information. Any expenses associated with providing waiver documentation will
be the responsibility of the requesting agency.
(e) Notwithstanding section (4), waivers are
not available for the basic telecommunications course or basic emergency
medical dispatcher course.
(4) Challenge of the Minimum Training
Standards for Telecommunicators. When a telecommunicator is required to
complete the basic telecommunicator course pursuant to subsection (2)(d) of
this rule, they may challenge the basic telecommunicator course under the
following circumstances:
(a) The
telecommunicator must have completed the basic course after April 1,
2019;
(b) The telecommunicator must
not have been separated from a certifiable telecommunicator position for more
than five years; and
(c) The
telecommunicator's employing agency must submit a written request for the
telecommunicator to challenge the basic telecommunicator course to the
Department.
(5) Armed
Parole and Probation Officer Training. Armed parole and probation officers must
complete the Department's Armed Parole and Probation Course,
Department-approved equivalent training or be approved for a waiver of the
armed parole and probation officer training. This training requirement applies
to parole and probation officers who are hired as or changed to an armed parole
and probation officer on or after July 1, 2020.
(a) The required training must be completed
no later than 18 months from the date of the parole and probation officer's
designation as an armed parole and probation officer.
(b) A public safety agency may request
approval to provide equivalent training. In order for the training to be
recognized as satisfying the armed parole and probation officer training
requirement, the training must be approved by the Department prior to delivery
of the training to the armed parole and probation officer.
(c) To be eligible for a waiver of the armed
parole and probation officer training, the employing agency must submit a
written request for waiver to the Department and the parole and probation
officer must:
(A) Have held certification in
Oregon as a police officer or a corrections officer within the five years prior
to designation as an armed parole and probation officer; or
(B) Have completed either the Armed Parole
and Probation Course (APP) or the Parole and Probation Firearms Course (PPFA)
within the past five years.
(6) Supervision Course. Public safety
officers who are promoted, appointed or transferred to a first-level
supervisory position must satisfactorily complete the Supervision course or
equivalent training that complies with the requirements outlined in the DPSST
Form F-21.
(a) The required training must be
completed no later than 12 months after the promotion, appointment or
transfer.
(b) Applicable training
that occurred within five years prior to the promotion, appointment or transfer
may be accepted by the Department as satisfying the Supervision training
requirement.
(7) Middle
Management Course. Public safety officers who are promoted, appointed or
transferred to a middle management position must satisfactorily complete the
Middle Management course or equivalent training that complies with the
requirements outlined in the DPSST Form F-22.
(a) The required training must be completed
no later than 12 months after the promotion, appointment or transfer.
(b) Applicable training that occurred within
five years prior to the promotion, appointment or transfer may be accepted by
the Department as satisfying the Middle Management training
requirement.
(8) Time
Extensions. The Department may grant a time extension upon presentation of
evidence by a public or private safety agency that a public safety officer is
unable to meet the timelines prescribed in sections (1), (2)(a), (5), (6) and
(7) due to an authorized leave of absence or any other reasonable cause as
determined by the Department.
(a) Time
extensions of the requirements found in sections (1)(a), (1)(b), (5), (6) and
(7) will not exceed one year.
(b)
Time extensions of the requirements found in subsection (1)(c) will not exceed
30 days.
(c) Time extensions of the
requirements found in subsection (2)(a) will not exceed 90 days.
(d) Any delays caused by the inability of the
Department to provide basic training for any reason will not be counted towards
the time requirements found in subsections (1)(a), (b) or (c).
(9) Notwithstanding this rule, the
Department may prescribe additional training for Basic certification, up to and
including completion of the full Basic course, in situations in which previous
periods of employment have been limited.
Forms referenced are available from the
agency.
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS
181A.410
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS
181A.410
