Ala. Admin. Code r. 650-X-2-.01

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

Section 650-X-2-.01 - Training

For the purpose of this Chapter the term Law Enforcement Officer includes Correctional Officers employed by the Alabama Department of Corrections.

(1) Each applicant must be gainfully employed as a full-time law enforcement officer by a law enforcement agency at the time of his/her application to the academy.

(a) Full-time employment is defined as 40 hours per week or an average of 40 hours per week during the monthly or bi-weekly pay periods of most agencies.

(b) A law enforcement agency employing an applicant working less than 40 hours per week must request in writing a waiver from the Executive Secretary requesting the applicant be allowed to attend an academy.

(2) Prior to certification, the applicant shall complete the required course of training established by the Commission.

(3) An applicant may be provisionally appointed for a period of six months (180 days), after which time the appointment is null and void. No individual may be employed or appointed for an additional period until that individual is certified as a law enforcement officer by the commission.

(a) Provisional appointment requires:

1. An application package as set out in Rule 650-X-2-.09 has been submitted on the first day of employment as stipulated in Rule 650-X-1-.16(4) and has been received by the Commission.

2. A provisionally appointed law enforcement officer who is involved in patrol operation for the purpose of detection, prevention and suppression of crime or the enforcement of the traffic or highway laws of the state, including exercising the power of arrest, will be under the direct control and supervision of a certified law enforcement officer.

3. Traffic direction and control may be performed by a provisionally appointed law enforcement officer without direct supervision, provided, however, that supervisory control is exercised by a certified law enforcement officer whose total span of control would be considered within reasonable limits.

4. A provisionally appointed law enforcement officer may render crowd control assistance at public gatherings or governmental functions as directed by their employing law enforcement agency provided supervisory control is exercised by a certified law enforcement officer whose span of control would be considered within reasonable limits.

5. The provisional appointment is valid for a total of six (6) months (180 days) during a two (2) year period of 730 days from the time of first appointment by any law enforcement agency.

6. This six-month period to complete his/her required course of training cannot be extended or re-started by an applicant being terminated or re-employed by the same or another law enforcement agency nor by an applicant voluntarily changing employment from one law enforcement agency to another. Each day of the six-month provisional appointment is cumulative no matter how many law enforcement agencies the applicant has worked for during his/her six-month provisional appointment.

7. The provisional appointment of any applicant who does not complete the required course of training within six (180 days) months from the date of his/her initial employment/appointment is null and void.

8. A provisionally appointed applicant who fails to achieve certification, as required herein, within his/her six-months provisional appointment time, may not re-apply for employment/appointment as a law enforcement officer for two years following the expiration of their provisional appointment time.

Ala. Admin. Code r. 650-X-2-.01

Amended by Alabama Administrative Monthly Volume XXXII, Issue No. 11, August 29, 2014, eff. 9/12/2014.

Amended by Alabama Administrative Monthly Volume XXXV, Issue No. 11, August 31, 2017, eff. 9/22/2017.

Author: R. Alan Benefield, Executive Secretary

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