NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on April 11, 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 Ocean Ridge Police Department on behalf of 21 officers named in the petition. 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 who supervised the mandatory shoots was not fully certified as a CJSTC firearms instructor at the time of the officers’ requalifications. Petitioner states that the 21 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 21 officers affected by this situation did successfully complete the requirement simply because their instructor had failed to comply with all administrative aspects of firearms instructor certification.
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.