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 Green Cove Springs Police Department, on behalf of 9 officers 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 officers at issue did successfully complete the course of fire, however, they were supervised by non-CJSTC-certified firearms instructors who signed the officers’ CJSTC 86A forms. The officers at issue were supervised for the 2010-2012 (7/1/2010 – 6/30/2012) mandatory firearms requalification reporting period by CJSTC-certified firearms instructors and received passing scores. Petitioner states that the 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 they were supervised by non-CJSTC-certified firearms instructors for the 2008 and 2010 mandatory firearms requalification 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.