Ala. Admin. Code r. 650-X-11-.01

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 1, October 31, 2024

Section 650-X-11-.01 - Education Requirements

(1) The trainee must successfully complete 480 hours of correctional officer training at an approved Academy.

(2) The trainee must satisfactorily complete the correctional officer training course within the time set forth in the statutory requirement of the Code of Ala. 1975, Title 36-21-46.

(3) In order to successfully complete the correctional officer training course and be certified by the Commission, the trainee must achieve the following:

(a) An overall score of not less than 70% on written exams,

(b) Pass the first aid exam with a score of not less than 70% (Any re-test, if necessary, shall be administered within 72 hours.),

(c) Pass the legal issues exam with a score of not less than 70% (Any re-test, if necessary, shall be administered within 72 hours.),

(d) Pass the physical agility/ability test (Any re-test, if necessary, shall be administered within 48 to 72 hours.),

(e) Pass 43 hours of handgun firearms training and qualify two of three attempts on the handgun firearms course. A minimum score of seventy (70) is required to pass each attempt.

1. If a trainee does not pass ANY of the three (3) handgun qualification attempts then the trainee is deemed to have failed the Academy and is barred from employment and certification as a correctional officer for two years.

2. Any trainee who passes one of the three attempts, but fails to pass twice, will be allowed, at the written request of the employing Agency, to attend the next available academy to re-take the forty three (43) hours of handgun firearms training and qualification (provided the trainee passes all other phases of the academy session and does not exceed the statutory six (6) month provisional appointment time). If the trainee fails to pass handgun firearms training at this point, the trainee is deemed to have failed the Academy and it barred from employment and certification as a correctional officer for two years.

(f) Pass shotgun firearms training and pass the shotgun firearms course. A minimum score of seventy (70) is required to pass the shotgun firearms course.

(g) Trainees shall not be absent more than 5% of the required training hours.

(4) The trainee shall comply with all rules and regulations promulgated by the Commission.

(5) The trainee in addition to complying with the Commission's rules and regulations must comply with all rules and regulations promulgated by the academy.

Author: Peace Officers Standards and Training Commission

Ala. Admin. Code r. 650-X-11-.01

New Rule: Filed May 8, 1995; effective June 12, 1995. Amended: Filed February 3, 2006; effective March 10, 2006.

Statutory Authority:Code of Ala. 1975, §§ 36-21-40, 36-21-51.