NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on August 17, 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 Williston Police Department on behalf of 10 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. The petition supports the requested waiver by stating that the officers did successfully complete the course of fire, however, the instructors conducting the course of fire were not CJSTC certified firearms instructors during the 2008 reporting cycle. Petitioner states that these officers will suffer a substantial hardship if their certification is rendered inactive as a result of this situation. Petitioner further states that it would violate the principles of fairness to fail to recognize that these officers did successfully complete the requirement simply because their instructors were not CJSTC certified firearms instructors for the requalification shoot during the 2008 reporting cycle.
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, (850)410-7676.