NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on May 20, 2010, the Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission has issued an order.
On May 11, 2010, the Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission, received a petition for a waiver of subsection 11B-27.002(4), F.A.C., by Chadler Llyman Lawnsdail. The rule requires candidates to complete basic recruit training, pass the state officer certification examination (SOCE), and obtain employment within four years of beginning basic recruit training in order to maintain active status for certification as a criminal justice professional. The Petitioner wished to waive that portion of the rule which required him to become employed within four years of starting basic recruit training. The petitioner began basic recruit training on August 2, 1999, passed basic recruit training on February 16, 2000, and passed the SOCE on February 17, 2000. He has never been employed as a criminal justice professional.
Notice of receipt of the petition was published in the Florida Administrative Weekly Vol. 36, No. 20, on May 21, 2010.
On May 20, 2010, at its regularly scheduled business agenda meeting held in Ocala, Florida, the Commission found that the Petitioner’s situation is not unique. The Petitioner failed to demonstrate that the strict application of the Commission’s rules in this case would violate the principles of fairness. The Commission found that the purposes of the underlying statute, to ensure that officers are employed within a reasonable time after completing their basic training, will not be met by granting this waiver request. The Commission denied the Petitioner’s waiver.
A copy of the Order may be obtained by contacting: Grace A. Jaye, Assistant General Counsel, Florida Department of Law Enforcement, Post Office Box 1489, Tallahassee, Florida 32327, (850)410-7676.