Ariz. Admin. Code § 13-4-206

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 50, December 13, 2024

Section R13-4-206 - Field Training and Continuing Training Including Firearms Qualification

A. Field training requirement. Before graduating from the academy or within two months after graduation, a cadet or state correctional officer shall participate in and successfully complete a Board-approved field training program.

B. Continuing training requirement.

1. A state correctional officer shall receive eight hours of Board-approved continuing training each calendar year beginning January 1 following the date the officer received certified status.

2. In addition to the training required under subsection (B)(1), a state correctional officer authorized to carry a firearm shall qualify each calendar year after appointment beginning January 1 following the date the officer received certified status. The firearms qualification training shall meet the standards specified under subsection (F) and shall not be used to satisfy the requirements of R13-4-206(C).

C. Continuing training requirements may be fulfilled by:

1. Advanced training programs, or

2. Specialized training programs.

D. Advanced training programs. The Department shall develop, design, implement, maintain, evaluate, and revise advanced training programs that include courses enhancing a correctional officer's knowledge, skills, or abilities for the job that the correctional officer performs. The courses within an advanced training program shall include advanced or remedial training in any topic listed in R13-4-205(C).

E. Specialized training programs. The Department shall develop, design, implement, maintain, evaluate, and revise specialized training programs that address a particular need of the Department and target a select group of officers. The courses within a specialized training program shall include topics different from those in the basic corrections training program or any advanced training programs.

F. Firearms qualification required. A correctional officer authorized to carry a firearm shall qualify to continue to be authorized to carry a firearm each calendar year beginning the year following the receipt of certified status by completing a Board-prescribed firearms qualification course using a service handgun, service shotgun, and service ammunition, and a Board-prescribed target identification and judgment course.

1. Firearms qualification course standards.

a. A firearms qualification course is:

i. A course prescribed under R13-4-205(C); or

ii. A course determined by the Board to measure firearms competency at least as accurately as the course prescribed under R13-4-205(C).

b. All firearms qualification courses shall include:

i. A timed accuracy component;

ii. A type and style of target that is equal to, or more difficult than, the targets used under R13-4-205(C); and

iii. Success criteria that are equal to, or more difficult than, the success criteria used under R13-4-205(C).

2. Firearms target identification and judgment course standards.

a. A firearms target identification and judgment course is:

i. A course prescribed under R13-4-205(C); or

ii. A course determined by the Board to measure target identification and judgment competency at least as accurately as those prescribed under R13-4-205(C).

b. All firearms target identification and judgment courses shall include:

i. A timed accuracy component;

ii. A type and style of target discrimination that is equal to, or more difficult than, those used under R13-4-205(C); and

iii. Success criteria that are equal to, or more difficult than, those used under R13-4-205(C),

3. All courses shall be presented by a firearms instructor who meets the requirements under R13-4-205(C)(5).

Ariz. Admin. Code § R13-4-206

Adopted effective December 16, 1992, filed June 16, 1992 (Supp. 82-2). References to "Council" changed to "Board" (Supp. 94-3). Amended by final rulemaking at 8 A.A.R. 3201, effective July 11, 2002 (Supp. 02-3). Amended by final rulemaking at 22 A.A.R. 555, effective 4/8/2016.