NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on July 25, 2011, the Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission, received a petition for a permanent waiver of subsection 11B-27.00212(14), F.A.C., from the University of West Florida Police Department on behalf of 19 officers. Subsection 11B-27.00212(14), F.A.C., requires officers to requalify with a firearm every two years on a course of fire mandated by Commission rule and supervised by CJSTC certified firearms instructors. The petition supports the requested waiver by stating that the officers did successfully complete the course of fire, however, they were not supervised by CJSTC certified firearms instructors while qualifying during the 2008 and 2010 reporting cycles. Petitioner states that the agency’s officers will suffer a substantial hardship if their certifications are rendered inactive as a result of this situation. Petitioner further states that it would violate the principles of fairness to fail to recognize that the officers affected by this situation did successfully complete the requirement simply because their instructors were not CJSTC certified firearms instructors.
A copy of the Petition for Variance or Waiver may be obtained by contacting: Grace A. Jaye, Assistant General Counsel, Florida Department of Law Enforcement, P. O. Box 1489, Tallahassee, FL 32302 or by telephoning (850)410-7676.