Sub-paragraph 11B-27.002(3)(a)15., F.A.C.: Incorporates the revised Affidavit of Separation, form CJSTC-61, to add “Line of Duty Death” as a separation reason to allow agencies to distinguish between an officer killed in ....

 

DEPARTMENT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT

Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission

RULE NOS.:RULE TITLES:

11B-27.002Certification, Employment or Appointment, Reactivation, and Terminating Employment or Appointment of Officers

11B-27.00212Maintenance of Officer Certification

11B-27.00213Temporary Employment Authorization

PURPOSE AND EFFECT: Sub-paragraph 11B-27.002(3)(a)15., F.A.C.: Incorporates the revised Affidavit of Separation, form CJSTC-61, to add “Line of Duty Death” as a separation reason to allow agencies to distinguish between an officer killed in the line of duty and an officer’s death due to non-duty related causes.

Subsection 11B-27.00212(4), F.A.C.: Incorporates the revised Mandatory Retraining Report, form CJSTC-74, pursuant to the 2022 Florida Legislature which passed legislation to mandate retraining for law enforcement officers in health and wellness principles, effective July 1, 2023.

Paragraph 11B-27.00212(5)(f), F.A.C.: Adds a training requirement in Officer Health and Wellness Principles for law enforcement officers, pursuant to the 2022 Legislature which passed legislation to add the training requirement to the 40-hour mandatory retraining requirement for law enforcement officers.

Paragraph 11B-27.00213(2)(b), F.A.C.: Incorporates the revised Firearms Performance Evaluation, form CJSTC-4, to ensure more uniformity with the remaining high liability forms, renaming it the Handgun Performance Evaluation, and reflect the requirement of passing handgun proficiency evaluations and the revised qualification course of fire, and completion of active threat/shooter drills; inclusion of EOT students; clarification that only basic recruit and cross-over students are required to pass an end-of-course examination; and allows the training school to record when an EOT student fails to demonstrate the proficiency skills; and removes the option to use a revolver for handgun qualification and the requirement to qualify with a long gun.

SUBJECT AREA TO BE ADDRESSED: Added training requirement in Officer Health and Wellness Principles for law enforcement officers; revised Affidavit of Separation, form CJSTC-61; Mandatory Retraining Report, form CJSTC-74; and Firearms Performance Evaluation, form CJSTC-4, renaming it the Handgun Performance Evaluation form.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY: 943.03(4), 943.12(1) FS.

LAW IMPLEMENTED: 943.12(3), 943.13(11), 943.131, 943.133, 943.135, 943.139, 943.1395(3), 943.17(1)(a), 943.1701, 943.1715, 943.1716, 943.253 FS.

IF REQUESTED IN WRITING AND NOT DEEMED UNNECESSARY BY THE AGENCY HEAD, A RULE DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP WILL BE HELD AT THE DATE, TIME AND PLACE SHOWN BELOW:

DATE AND TIME: Monday, November 14, 2022 at 10:00 a.m.

PLACE: Florida Department of Law Enforcement, 2331 Phillips Road, Tallahassee, Florida 32308.

Pursuant to the provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act, any person requiring special accommodations to participate in this workshop/meeting is asked to advise the agency at least 5 days before the workshop/meeting by contacting: Joyce Gainous-Harris at [phone], or [e-mail], or write to Florida Department of Law Enforcement, Criminal Justice Professionalism, 2331 Phillips Road, Tallahassee, Florida 32308. If you are hearing or speech impaired, please contact the agency using the Florida Relay Service, 1(800)955-8771 (TDD) or 1(800)955-8770 (Voice).

THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT AND A COPY OF THE PRELIMINARY DRAFT, IF AVAILABLE, IS: Joyce Gainous-Harris at [phone], or [e-mail], or write to Florida Department of Law Enforcement, Criminal Justice Professionalism, 2331 Phillips Road, Tallahassee, Florida 32308.

THE PRELIMINARY TEXT OF THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT IS AVAILABLE AT NO CHARGE FROM THE CONTACT PERSON LISTED ABOVE.