that on August 9, 2012, the Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission has issued an order. On June 26, 2012, the Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission, received a petition for a permanent waiver of Rule 11B-27.002(4), F.A.C. (...

 

DEPARTMENT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT
Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission

RULE NO.: RULE TITLE:
11B-27.002: Certification, Employment or Appointment, Reactivation, and Terminating Employment or Appointment of Officers

The Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission hereby gives notice that on August 9, 2012, the Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission has issued an order. On June 26, 2012, the Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission, received a petition for a permanent waiver of subsection 11B-27.002(4), F.A.C. (Petitioner originally erroneously requested a waiver of subsection 11B-35.002(2), by Vincent Krestalude. Subsection 11B-27.002(4), F.A.C., requires officers to become employed within four years of beginning basic recruit training. Notice of receipt of the petition was published in the Florida Administrative Weekly Vol. 38, No. 28, on July 13, 2012.

On August 9, 2012, at its regularly scheduled business agenda meeting held in Ponte Vedra Beach, FL, the Commission found that the Petitioner’s situation is not unique. The Petitioner did not demonstrate that the strict application of the Commission's rules in this case would violate the principles of fairness. The Petitioner’s four years to become employed expired April 7, 2012, which was over two months before he filed his request for a waiver of subsection 11B-27.002(4), F.A.C. The Commission found that the purposes of the underlying statute, Section 943.1395(1), FS., to ensure that officers meet strict qualification criteria and minimum training requirements, would not be addressed in an alternative method by granting this rule waiver. The Commission denied the Petitioner’s waiver request because the Petitioner did not request an extension prior to the expiry of his four year window and the Petitioner was not in the process of being hired by an agency that supported his request.

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, [phone].