Current through Bulletin 2024-06, March 15, 2024
(1) An applicant who has not attended a
training program offered by the division or a satellite academy, may seek to
waive a training program by submitting a completed waiver packet to the
division, which includes:
(a) a completed
application packet as provided in Section
R728-403-4;
(b) documentation showing that the applicant
has completed training equivalent to the training program the applicant is
seeking to waive, such as:
(i) a copy of the
training curriculum;
(ii) the
number of hours completed; and
(iii)
the date the training was completed; and
(c) evidence of any prior employment as a
dispatcher or peace officer that includes:
(i) a detailed job description; and
(ii) verification from the applicant's
employer of the last date the applicant worked as a dispatcher or peace
officer.
(2)
Once the division has received a completed waiver packet, the division shall
review the packet to determine if the training completed by the applicant is
the equivalent of the training program the applicant seeks to waive.
(a) If the division does not have sufficient
information to make this determination, the division may request that the
applicant submit additional information.
(3) If the division determines the peace
officer training completed by the applicant is the equivalent of the peace
officer training program the applicant seeks to waive, and the program was
completed less than four years prior to the date the applicant will take the
certification examination, or the applicant has been actively engaged in
performing the duties of a peace officer within the past four years, and the
applicant meets all of the requirements in Section
R728-403-4
and Sections
53-6-203
and
53-6-206,
the applicant may take the physical fitness test and the certification
examination.
(a) If the applicant passes both
the physical fitness test and the certification examination, the applicant
shall be certified as a peace officer in the state of Utah.
(b) If the applicant fails to pass the
certification examination, the applicant shall be given one additional
opportunity to pass the certification examination, which must be completed
within one year of the first examination.
(c) An applicant who fails the certification
examination after two attempts shall be denied certification and shall not be
permitted to take the certification examination again until the applicant
satisfactorily completes an approved basic training program.
(d) If the applicant fails to pass the
physical fitness test, the applicant may be given additional opportunities to
pass during regularly scheduled fitness tests provided by POST.
(e) The applicant must pass the certification
examination and the physical fitness test within four years from the date of
completion of the original training program, or four years from the date they
were last actively engaged in the duties of a peace officer.
(f) An applicant who successfully completes
the waiver process for law enforcement officer certification or correctional
officer certification shall be deemed to have also completed requirements for
special functions officer certification.
(g) An applicant seeking to be certified as
both a law enforcement officer and a correctional officer must complete the
waiver process and pass the certification examinations for each of those peace
officer classifications.
(4) If the division determines that the
dispatcher training completed by the applicant is the equivalent of the
training program the applicant seeks to waive, and the program was completed
less than four years prior to the date the applicant will take the
certification examination, or the applicant has been actively engaged in
performing the duties of a dispatcher within the past four years, and the
applicant meets all of the requirements in Section
R728-403-4
and Sections
53-6-302
and
53-6-304,
the applicant may take the certification examination.
(a) If the applicant passes the certification
examination, the applicant shall be certified as a dispatcher in the state of
Utah.
(b) If the applicant fails to
pass the certification examination, the applicant shall be given one additional
opportunity to pass the certification examination, which must be completed
within one year of the first examination.
(c) An applicant who fails the certification
examination after two attempts shall be denied certification and shall not be
permitted to take the certification examination again until the applicant
satisfactorily completes an approved basic training program.
(5) If the applicant fails to meet
any of the requirements set forth in this rule, the applicant may not waive the
training program.
