The Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission has issued an order. On January 16, 2014, the Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission received a petition for a permanent waiver of Rule 11B-27.002(4), F.A.C., by Steven Bottcher and ...

 

DEPARTMENT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT

Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission

RULE NO.:RULE TITLE:

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

The Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission hereby gives notice: the Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission has issued an order. On January 16, 2014, the Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission received a petition for a permanent waiver of subsection 11B-27.002(4), F.A.C., by Steven Bottcher and the High Springs Police Department. Petitioner wished to waive that portion of the rule which requires an officer to obtain employment within four years of beginning basic recruit training. Notice of receipt of the petition was published in the Florida Administrative Register, Volume 40, Number 16, January 24, 2014.

On February 8, 2014, at its regularly scheduled business agenda meeting held in Lake Mary, FL, the Commission found that the Petitioner’s situation is unique. The Petitioner demonstrated 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, Section 943.13, F.S., to ensure that officers meet strict qualification criteria and minimum training requirements, would be addressed in an alternative method by granting this rule waiver. The Commission granted the Petitioner’s waiver request. The Petitioner has six months beginning fifteen days after the final order is signed in this case to become employed.

A copy of the Order or additional information may be obtained by contacting: Grace A. Jaye, Assistant General Counsel, Florida Department of Law Enforcement, P.O. Box 1489, Tallahassee, FL 32302 or by telephoning [phone].