NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on September 20, 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 Venice Police Department on behalf of Officer Joseph Whitehead. 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 Officer Whitehead 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 and 2010 reporting cycles. Petitioner states that Officer Whitehead will suffer a substantial hardship if his 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 Officer Whitehead did successfully complete the requirement simply because the instructor was not a CJSTC certified firearms instructor for the requalification shoot during the 2008 and 2010 reporting cycles.
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.