Okla. Admin. Code § 390:15-1-5

Current through Vol. 42, No. 4, November 1, 2024

Section 390:15-1-5 - Certification and qualification examination

(a) CLEET shall develop and administer a final comprehensive examination to each trainee who otherwise successfully completes all phases of the Basic Academy. For commissioned fulltime officers, this examination shall be known as the Oklahoma Basic Peace Officer Certification Examination and for non-commissioned trainees this examination shall be known as the Oklahoma Basic Peace Officer Qualification Examination. No person who successfully completes a Basic Academy, conducted or approved by the Council, shall receive peace officer certification until satisfactorily passing such examination at a standard established by CLEET.

(b) Non-commissioned officer trainees in COP and BPOC programs may take the qualification examination prior to their twenty-first birthday but shall not be certified until their twenty-first birthday.

(c) Trainees who pass the qualification examination prior to becoming commissioned shall have two years from the date of passing the qualification exam, or two years from their twenty-first birthday, whichever is latest to obtain certification. However, certification is contingent upon being commissioned as a peace officer or reserve peace officer by a recognized law enforcement agency in the State of Oklahoma and having met all statutory employment and background requirements. Regardless of age, no trainee will be certified more than three years following the completion of or graduation from a COP or BPOC program.

(d) COP and BPOC trainees will be certified as fulltime officers upon commission and meeting all applicable requirements regardless of whether the commission is as a fulltime or reserve peace officer.

(e) Students who fail the initial certification or qualification examination may be given only one opportunity to retest.

(f) Prior to taking or retaking the certification or qualification examination, COP and BPOC trainees will be assessed a testing fee and retesting fee to be set by CLEET.

Okla. Admin. Code § 390:15-1-5

Amended by Oklahoma Register, Volume 38, Issue 23, August 16, 2021, eff. 8/26/2021