NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on September 07, 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 Orange City Police Department on behalf of 25 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 instructor conducting the course of fire was not a CJSTC certified firearms instructor during the 2008 reporting cycle. Petitioner states that the 25 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 did successfully complete the requirement simply because the instructor was not a CJSTC certified firearms instructor for the requalification shoot during the 2008 reporting cycle. Additionally, the agency requests a waiver for the 2008-2010 reporting cycle for one officer, the agency’s CJSTC certified firearms instructor, because he signed his own CJSTC form 86A. The firearms instructor did demonstrate proficiency and did complete the appropriate course of fire in the presence of other officers, however, and Petitioner argues that for that reason, he is entitled to a waiver.
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.