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Notice: 14177537

Notice of Proposed Rule

Department:

DEPARTMENT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT

Division:

Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission

Chapter:

TRAINING PROGRAMS

Overview

RULE:

11B-35.001	General Training Programs; Requirements and Specifications
11B-35.0011	Basic Abilities Test Requirements for Applicant Admission into a Law Enforcement and Correctional Basic Recruit Training Program
11B-35.002	Basic Recruit Training Programs for Law Enforcement, Correctional, and Correctional Probation
11B-35.0021	Courses and Requirements for Basic Recruit Training, Advanced, Specialized and Instructor Training Requiring Proficiency Demonstration
11B-35.0024	Student Performance in Commission-approved High-Liability Basic Recruit Training Courses, Instructor Training Courses, and Specialized and Advanced Training Program Courses Requiring Proficiency Demonstration.
11B-35.003	Basic Recruit Training Programs for Law Enforcement, Correctional, and Correctional Probation Auxiliary Training
11B-35.007	Specialized Training Program
11B-35.009	Exemption from Basic Recruit Training

PURPOSE:

11B-35.001(6)(a):  Removes the requirement to provide printed copies of the Florida Statutes and Florida handbook on jury instructions because the resources are available online (the 2014 Curriculum will include links to these resources).  
11B-35.001(9)(d)1. and 11B-35.007(4)(i):  Retires the 400-hour Canine Team Training Course number 1112 effective 11/6/13 and replaces with the updated 480-hour Canine Team Training Course number 1198 effective 11/7/13 (this course is not a Commission mandated certification and is optional for an agency to have its canine team complete the Canine Team Training Course).  
11B-35.001(10):  Deletes the implementation phase of the Florida CMS Correctional Basic Recruit Training Program due to the completed implementation on July 1, 2012, and adds rule language to allow for implementation of the new Correctional Probation Basic Recruit Training Program in 2015.  
11B-35.001(15)(b):  Moves the Physical Fitness Assessment rule language in Rule 11B-35.0011(2), F.A.C., to Rule 11B-35.001(15)(b)., F.A.C., under Physical Fitness Assessment.  
11B-35.001(16):  Makes grammatical revisions.  
11B-35.0011:  Revises the title to remove the correctional probation discipline (correctional probation officers are no longer required to take the Basic Abilities Test).  
11B-35.0011(1)(i):  Moves American with Disabilities Act rule language from 11B-35.0011(1)(i), F.A.C. to 11B-35.0011(2), F.A.C.  
11B-35.0011(2):  Moves rule language regarding the American with Disabilities Act in Rule 11B-35.0011(1)(i), F.A.C. to Rule 11B-35.0011(2), F.A.C., and moves the Physical Fitness Assessment rule language from Rule 11B-35.0011(2), F.A.C., to Rule 11B-35.001(15)(b)., F.A.C., under Physical Fitness Assessment.  
11B-35.002(1)(a)3. & 13.:  Retires the Florida CMS Law Enforcement Basic Recruit Training Program number 1177, and replaces with the new Florida Law Enforcement Academy Program number 2000.  
11B-35.002(3):  Removes the word “sequencing” for instruction of a basic recruit training course because it conflicts with competency-based instruction in Rule 11B-35.001(12), F.A.C.  
11B-35.002(5)(e):  Retires the Florida CMS Law Enforcement Basic Recruit Training Program number 1177, effective June 30, 2014.  
11B-35.002(5)(f)1.-18.:  Adds the new Florida Law Enforcement Academy Program number 2000 to replace the retired Florida CMS Law Enforcement Basic Recruit Training Program number 1177, effective July 1, 2014.  
11B-35.002(5)(g)-(h):  Renumbers the rule paragraphs.  
11B-35.002(6)(f)3.:  Retires the Law Enforcement Officer Cross-Over Training to Florida Correctional Probation Basic Recruit Training Program number 1184, effective June 30, 2014, at the request of the Department of Corrections.  
11B-35.002(6)(f)4.:  Clarifies the training required for a law enforcement officer to become a correctional probation officer.  
11B-35.002(6)(f)5.:  Updates the paragraph number.  
11B-35.0021:  Adds “Specialized” to the title of Rule 11B-35.0021, F.A.C., to include Specialized Training Program Courses.  
11B-35.0021(1):  Adds “Program” to the name of the “High-Liability Basic Recruit Training Program Courses” for consistency with other rule language.  
11B-35.0021(4)(d):  Adds the new Canine Team Training Instructor Course number 1199 to the Specialized Instructor Courses category.  
11B-35.0021(6):  Adds the Specialized Training Program Courses category and new Canine Team Training Course number 1198.  
11B-35.0021(8):  Adds the Specialized Training Program Courses category to require instructor to student ratios for instruction of proficiency skills for specialized training courses and rearranges the training programs in the order of the training programs in Rule 11B-35.0021(1) – (6), F.A.C.  
11B-35.0021(7)(h):  Adds the instructor to student ratio requirements for instruction of the new Underwater Police Science and Technology course number 077 for students actively engaged in water activities and adds the definition of “actively engaged.”  
11B-35.0021(7)(i):  Adds the instructor to student ratio requirements for instruction of the new Canine Team Training Course number 1198 for canine teams actively engaged in canine team patrol activities and adds the definition of “actively engaged.”  
11B-35.0021(7)(j):  Adds the instructor to student ratio requirements for instruction of the new Canine Team Training Instructor Course number 1199 for canine teams actively engaged in canine team patrol activities and adds the definition of “actively engaged.”  
11B-35.0024(3)(a)2.:  Revises the CMS Defensive Tactics Performance Evaluation form CJSTC-6 CMS to allow the instructor to sign the evaluator’s name and initials for the first exercise and then draw an arrow through the remaining exercises to avoid repetitive signatures and initials, and revises the restrain device, Frisks and Searches, and Ground Escapes techniques to conform with the current curriculum.  
11B-35.0024(3)(g)2.:  Revises the CMS Vehicle Operations Performance Evaluation form CJSTC-7 CMS to update the performance requirements (added Tactical Backing Exercise; for Nighttime Emergency Reverse Serpentine, allows the sirens to be optional; and changes “Threshold Braking” to “Braking)” to conform with the current curriculum.  
11B-35.0024(4):  Adds the Underwater Police Science and Technology course number 077, Canine Team Training Course number 1198, and Canine Team Training Instructor Course number 1199, that require demonstration of proficiency skills.  
11B-35.0024(4)(a)2.:  Revises the DUI Traffic Stops Performance Evaluation form CJSTC-13 CMS, to include the Horizontal Gaze Nystagmus Test, Walk-and-Turn Test, and the One-Leg Stand Test to conform with the current curriculum.  
11B-35.0024(4)(b):  Revises the Speed Measurement Operator Performance Report form CJSTC-11, to allow the instructor, in addition to the training center director or designee, to approve successful completion of the field practical portion of training to assist the training center director with processing performance reports.  
11B-35.0024(4)(c)2.:  Revises the Speed Measurement Device Instructor Field Evaluation form CJSTC-10, to allow the training center director or designee to approve the successful demonstration of a speed measurement device to assist the training center director with processing the evaluations.  
11B-35.0024(4)(j):  Adds the required written end-of-course examination and demonstration of proficiency skills for the new Underwater Police Science and Technology course number 077.  
11B-35.0024(4)(j):  Creates the new Criminal Justice Diver Performance Evaluation form CJSTC-19 to record the Underwater Police Science and Technology performance evaluations to conform with the current curriculum.  
11B-35.0024(4)(k):  Substantially rewrites the Canine Performance Evaluation form CJSTC-83, by reformatting the form, clarifying the proficiency demonstrations, including an attestment for both the evaluators and applicant, adding additional training information, and revising the canine performance requirements to conform with the current curriculum.  
11B-35.0024(4)(l)1.:  Adds the training requirements for successfully completing the new Canine Team Instructor Course number 1199.  
11B-35.0024(4)(l)2.:  Creates the new Canine Team Instructor Performance Evaluation form CJSTC-20 for evaluating canine teams and provides the requirements for completing the Canine Team Training Course number 1199 to become a Canine Team Training Instructor to conform with the current curriculum.  
11B-35.003(8)-(9):  Updates rule references.  
11B-35.007(2)(b)10.:  Revises the Specialized Training Documentation form CJSTC-16 to correspond with the changes in Rule 11B-35.007(2)(b)9, F.A.C., i.e., reduces the minimum number of course hours from 4 to zero hours, and reduces the maximum hours of electives from 8 to 4 hours used for each forty hours of course instruction.  
11B-35.007(3)(l):  Retires the 40-hour Canine Team Training Instructor Course number 1107 effective 11/6/13, and adds the new 80-Canine Team Training Instructor course number 1199 effective 11/7/13.  
11B-35.007(4)(i):  Increases the number of hours for the Canine Team Training Course from 400 to 480 to reflect the actual number of hours required in the field to instruct the Canine Team Training Course and changes the course number from 1112 to 1198 - this course is not a Commission mandated certification and is optional for an agency to have its canine team complete the Canine Team Training Course.  
11B-35.007(4)(ee):  Adds the new STEP Course for Red Light Cameras number 1197 to the list of Specialized Training Program courses.  
11B-35.009(3)(a):  Updates the topics required for training comparable to the Florida Law Enforcement Academy program to conform with the current curriculum.  
11B-35.009(3)(b):  Updates the topics required for training comparable to the Florida CMS Correctional Basic Recruit Training Program to conform with the current curriculum.  
11B-35.009(3)(c):  Updates the topics required for training comparable to the Florida Correctional Probation Basic Recruit Training Program to conform with the current curriculum.  
11B-35.009(5):  Revises the Equivalency-of Training form CJSTC-76 to update the comparable training for the law enforcement, correctional, and correctional probation basic recruit training programs and to clarify the procedures for submitting form CJSTC-76 to Commission staff.

SUMMARY:

Deletes the requirement to provide printed copies of the Florida Statutes and Florida handbook on jury instructions; retires the 400-hour Canine Team Training course 1112 and adds the 480-hour Canine Team Training Course 1198; deletes the implementation phase of the Florida CMS Correctional Basic Recruit Training Program implements the new Correctional Probation Basic Recruit Training Program in 2015; relocates Physical Fitness Assessment rule language to the appropriate rule section; makes grammatical and paragraph number revisions; removes reference to “correctional probation” in 11B-35.0011, F.A.C., rule title; retires the Florida CMS Law Enforcement Basic Recruit Training Program and adds the new Florida Law Enforcement Academy Program; removes “sequencing” from the instruction of a basic recruit training; retires the Law Enforcement Officer Cross-Over Training to Florida Correctional Probation Basic Recruit Training Program; specifies the training required for a law enforcement officer to become a correctional probation officer; revises the title of 11B-35.0021, F.A.C., to add “Specialized Training Program Courses”; adds “Program” to the title of High-Liability Basic Recruit Training Program Courses; retires the 40-hour Canine Team Training Instructor Course 1107 and adds the updated 80-hour Canine Team Training Instructor Course 1199; adds the Specialized Training Program Courses category; adds Specialized Training Program Courses category and updated Canine Team Training Course; adds the Specialized Training Program Courses category; adds Specialized Training Program Courses category  and updated Canine Team Training Course; adds the Specialized Training Program Courses category to require instructor to student ratios for instruction of proficiency skills; adds the instructor to student ratio requirements for instruction for the new Underwater Police Science and Technology course; adds the instructor to student ratio requirements for instruction of the new Canine Team Training Course; adds the instructor to student ratio requirements for instruction of the new Canine Team Training Instructor Course; revises the CMS Defensive Tactics Performance Evaluation form CJSTC-6 CMS; revises the CMS Vehicle Operations Performance Evaluation form CJSTC-7 CMS; adds demonstration of proficiency skills for the Underwater Police Science and Technology course; revises the DUI Traffic Stops Performance Evaluation form CJSTC-13 CMS; revises the Speed Measurement Operator Performance Report form CJSTC-11; revises the Speed Measurement Device Instructor Field Evaluation for CJSTC-10; adds the written end-of-course examination and demonstration of proficiency skills requirements for the new Underwater Police Science and Technology; creates the new Criminal Justice Diver Performance Evaluation form CJSTC-19; rewrites the Canine Performance Evaluation form CJSTC-83; adds the training requirements for successfully completing the new Canine Team Instructor Course; creates the new Canine Team Instructor Performance Evaluation form CJSTC-20; revises the Specialized Training Documentation form CJSTC-16; increases the number of hours for the Canine Team Training Instructor Course from 40 to 80; adds the new STEP Course for Red Light Cameras to the Specialized Training Program courses; updates the topics for equivalency-of-training for correctional officers; updates the topics for equivalency-of-training for correctional probation officers; revises the Equivalency-of-Training form CJSTC-76; and updates rule references and renumbers paragraphs.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY:

943.03(4), 943.12(1), (2), 943.14(3), 943.17 FS.

LAW:

943.12, 943.12(5), 943.131(2), 943.17(1)(a), 943.17, 943.175, 943.25 FS.

PRINT PUBLISH DATE:

2/12/2014 Vol. 40/29

COMMENTS:

From 2/12/2014 To 3/5/2014 (21 Days)
The public comment period for this notice has already expired.

REFERENCE MATERIALS:

No reference(s).

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