NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on November 04, 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 Tavares Police Department, on behalf of one officer for the 2006-2008 (7/1/2006 – 6/30/2008) and 2008- 2010 (7/1/2008 – 6/30/2010) mandatory firearms requalification reporting periods. 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 a CJSTC-certified firearms instructor. The petition supports the requested waiver by stating that the officer at issue did successfully complete the course of fire, however, he is a CJSTC-certified firearms instructor and he did sign his own CJSTC 86A form. The officer at issue was supervised for the 2010-2012 (7/1/2010 – 6/30/2012) mandatory firearms requalification reporting period by another CJSTC-certified firearms instructor. The officer at issue achieved a passing score. Petitioner states that the officer 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 the officer did successfully complete the requirement simply because he signed his own CJSTC 86A form for the 2008 and 2010 mandatory firearms requalification 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.