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Notice: 7291507

Notice of Proposed Rule

Department:

DEPARTMENT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT

Division:

Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission

Chapter:

TRAINING PROGRAMS

Overview

RULE:

11B-35.001	General Training Programs; Requirements and Specifications
11B-35.002	Basic Recruit Training Programs for Law Enforcement, Correctional, and Correctional Probation
11B-35.0021	Courses and Requirements for Basic Recruit Training, Advanced, Specialized and Instructor Training Requiring Proficiency Demonstration
11B-35.0023	Student Transfers within Basic Recruit Training Programs
11B-35.0024	Student Performance in Commission-approved High-Liability Basic Recruit Training Courses, Instructor Training Courses, and Specialized and Advanced Training Program Courses Requiring Proficiency Demonstration.
11B-35.003	Basic Recruit Training Programs for Law Enforcement, Correctional, and Correctional Probation Auxiliary Training
11B-35.006	Advanced Training Program
11B-35.007	Specialized Training Program

PURPOSE:

To revise the general training requirements and specifications for competency-based training. To revise the required demonstration of proficiency skills in basic recruit training programs for students transferring from one training school to another. To revise the performance requirements for basic recruit training courses and instructor training courses. To revise the required demonstration of proficiency skills and student to instructor ratio requirements for basic recruit training, specialized instructor training, and specialized training courses. To revise basic recruit training program courses, specialized training program courses, specialized instructor training courses. To revise/create performance evaluation forms CJSTC-3, CJSTC-4 CMS, CJSTC-5 CMS, CJSTC-6 CMS, CJSTC-7 CMS, CJSTC-10, CJSTC-13, and to revise form CJSTC-70.

SUMMARY:

Rule 11B-35.001: To increase the written end-of-course examination passing scores and clarify the requirements to retake an academy examination. To increase the written end-of-course examination passing score for Advanced and Specialized Training Courses from 75% to 80%. To increase the written end-of-course examination passing score for Specialized Instructor Training Courses from 75% to 85%. To clarify the process for granting a “first attempt” and “second attempt” for passing a written end-of-course examination and demonstration of proficiency skills in the high-liability topics. To clarify the use of “competency-based instruction” for basic recruit training programs and Commission-approved specialized instructor training program courses. To clarify the use of “competency-based instruction” for basic recruit training programs and Commission-approved specialized instructor training program courses. To revise form CJSTC-3. To revise the Role-Play Practicum Check Sheet form CJSTC-3 and add the Dart-Firing Stun Gun course # CJK_0422 and the role-play practicum scenarios, to add the Department of Education’s common course numbers to each of the role-play course names, and to update the instructions on the form.
Rule 11B-35.002 and 11B-35.0023: To revise the process for a student who transfers to another training school. To revise the CMS Firearms Performance Evaluation form CJSTC-4 CMS and Rule 11B-27.0023, F.A.C., to remove the requirement that an individual complete the proficiency skills designated as “CMS New,” and requires that the student demonstrate the required proficiency skills at the time of the requested transfer. The training center director shall evaluate the student’s completed performance evaluation form(s) and ensure the student meets the current proficiency standards. This will ensure that a student completes the most current proficiency skills prior to transferring to a different training school. To add a new basic recruit training course and course number. To add the new DUI Traffic Stops course number CJK_0083 in the Florida CMS Law Enforcement Basic Recruit Training Program number 1177, and to the Florida CMS Law Enforcement Basic Recruit Training Program cross-over courses, numbers 1178 and 1179. To add new CJK numbers required by the Department of Education. To add a new CJK number, required by the Department of Education, for Criminal Justice Legal 1, Criminal Justice Legal 2, Criminal Justice Communications, Interpersonal Skills 1, Interpersonal Skills 2, Emergency Preparedness, and Correctional Operations, in the Traditional Correctional Basic Recruit Training Program number 502.
Rule 11B-35.0021: To revise the title of Rule 11B-35.0021, F.A.C., to better describe the rule language contained in that rule section. To add the new DUI Traffic Stops course to the Law Enforcement Basic Recruit Training Programs. To add the new DUI Traffic Stops course number CJK_0083 to the Florida CMS Law Enforcement Basic Recruit Training Program number 1177, and add the Florida CMS Law Enforcement Basic Recruit Training Program cross-over courses numbers 1178 and 1179. Housekeeping revisions. To add course numbers to existing course names for ease of finding the correct course. To add the new category of “Specialized Instructor Courses.” To add the required demonstration of proficiency requirements for the Speed Measurement Instructor Course number 1159. To revise the student to instructor ratio for defensive tactics and to add a student to instructor ratio for instruction of the Speed Measurement Instructor Course. To revise the student to instructor ratio for instruction of defensive tactics from 10 to 8 with the lead instructor included in the ratio. To add a student to instructor ratio for instruction of the Speed Measurement Instructor Course number 1159.
Rule 11B-35.0024: To revise the rule section title. To revise the title of the Rule 11B-35.0024, F.A.C., to better describe the rule language contained in that rule section. To clarify existing rule language. To change “cognitive knowledge” to “written end-of-course examination,” throughout all rules sections for consistency with terminology used by the training schools. To change “demonstration of high-liability proficiency skills” to “demonstration of proficiency skills” throughout all rule sections to clarify the proficiency skills process, i.e., “demonstration of proficiency skills in the high-liability topics of vehicle operations, defensive tactics, first aid, and firearms.”
To increase the written end-of-course examination passing score for specialized instructor training courses and the passing score for demonstration of proficiency skills. To increase the written end-of-course examination for Specialized Instructor Training Courses listed in Rule 11B-35.007, F.A.C., from 75% to 85%. To increase the proficiency demonstration for firearms instructors from 80% to 85%. To clarify the process for granting a “first attempt” and “second attempt” for successfully passing a written end-of-course examination and demonstration of proficiency skills in the high-liability topics. To add proficiency demonstrations for the DUI Traffic Stops course number CJK_0083 in a basic recruit training program and for the Speed Measurement Instructor course number 1159 (specialized instructor course). To add rule language to require that a basic recruit student achieve a score of no less than 80% on the required written end-of-course examination and demonstrate the required proficiency skills at 100% for the DUI Traffic Stops course number CJK_0083. To add rule language to require that an instructor student achieve a score of no less than 85% on the required written end-of-course examination and demonstrate the required proficiency skills at 100% for the Speed Measurement Instructor course number 1159. To revise and add CJSTC forms. To revise the CMS Firearms Performance Evaluation form CJSTC-4 CMS; CMS First Aid Performance Evaluation form CJSTC-5 CMS; CMS Defensive Tactics Performance Evaluation form CJSTC-6 CMS; CMS Vehicle Operations Performance Evaluation form CJSTC-7 CMS; Speed Measurement Device Instructor Field Evaluation form CJSTC-10; and to create the DUI Traffic Stops Performance Evaluation form CJSTC-13.
Rule 11B-35.003: To clarify the curriculum and high-liability training requirements for completing Auxiliary Officer Basic Recruit Training. To add detailed curriculum and high-liability training requirements for becoming a certified auxiliary officer. To clarify that the Auxiliary Officer Prerequisite Course shall be taught at a Commission-certified training school. Housekeeping revisions. To update rule references.
Rule 11B-35.006: Housekeeping revisions. To retire the Laser Speed Measurement Operators Course for Law Enforcement. To remove redundant rule language. To repeal form CJSTC-8. To repeal the Radar Operator Performance Report form CJSTC-8 because the form is no longer needed.
Rule 11B-35.007: To update the Specialized Instructor Training Program Course list and the Specialized Training Program Course list. To transfer the CMS General Instructor Update Course and the CMS Defensive Tactics and Firearms Instructor Update Course from the Specialized Instructor Training Courses list to the Specialized Training Program Course list. The transferred courses are Commission-approved Specialized Training Program Courses developed and approved by the Commission that have not been designated as Commission-approved Advanced Training Program Courses. To change the name of the Speed Measurement Instructor Course for Law Enforcement Officers number 1159 to Speed Measurement Instructor Course number 1159. To add the new Florida General Instructor Techniques Course number 1186 (specialized instructor training course). To update the Specialized Training Program Course List. To add the Elder Abuse Investigations number 1185 (specialized training program course) to the Specialized Training Program Course List. To reduce the required hours in the Breath Test Operator Course from 24 to 16 hours and reduce the Breath Test Operator Renewal Course from 6 to 4 hours.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY:

943.03(4), 943.12(1), (2), 943.14(3), 943.17 FS.

LAW:

943.12, 943.12(5), 943.17, 943.17(1), 943.17(1)(a), 943.175, 943.25 FS.

PRINT PUBLISH DATE:

6/26/2009 Vol. 35/25

COMMENTS:

From 6/26/2009 To 7/17/2009 (21 Days)
The public comment period for this notice has already expired.

REFERENCE MATERIALS:

No reference(s).

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