Purpose


Paragraph 11B-35.001(4)(a), F.A.C.: Adds a requirement for persons entered in a BRTP to be a U.S. citizen, which limits admission to those persons who can qualify to be certified as an officer. Sub-paragraphs 11B-35.001(11)(c)6.-7., F.A.C.: Adds the Single Officer Response to Active Threat and Shooter Incidents Course; and the Crisis Intervention Training for School Resource Officers Course, developed for SROs, to the list of Specialized Training Program courses that will be reported to the Commission and entered into ATMS. Adding the two new courses to the list will allow the staff and agencies to monitor their usage. Sub-paragraph 11B-35.001(11)(d)14., F.A.C.: Adds a requirement for documentation showing persons entered in a BRTP to be a U.S. citizen, which ensures the training centers are verifying compliance with Rule 11B-35.001(4)(a), F.A.C. Subsection 11B-35.001(17), F.A.C.: Removes unnecessary language in Rule 11B-35.001(17), F.A.C., which authorized the CMS Criminal Justice Defensive Tactics Course Field Test which will end no later than June 30, 2020. Paragraph 11B-35.0011(1)(a), F.A.C.: Removes language relating to multiple providers of the BAT because there will be only one (1) provider of the BAT, effective August 2019. Subsection 11B-35.0011(2), F.A.C.: Removes language relating to multiple providers of the BAT because there will be only one (1) provider of the BAT, effective August 2019. Sub-paragraphs 11B-35.002(6)(c)3.-10., F.A.C.: Renumbers subsections of Rule 11B-35.002(6)(c)1.-10, F.A.C., and removes cross-over programs that have been retired for more than four years from the list of retired programs eligible for completion within four years. Sub-paragraph 11B-35.002(6)(c)3., F.A.C.: Removes the Correctional Officer Cross-Over Training to Florida CMS Law Enforcement BRTP number 1191 from the list of retired programs eligible for completion because the program has been retired for more than four years. Sub-paragraph 11B-35.002(6)(c)5., F.A.C.: Removes the Correctional Probation Officer Cross-Over Training to Florida CMS Law Enforcement Basic Recruit Training Program number 1179 from the list of retired programs eligible for completion because the program has been retired for more than four years. Sub-paragraph 11B-35.002(6)(c)7., F.A.C.: Removes the Law Enforcement Officer Cross-Over Training to Florida CMS Correctional BRTP number 1192 from the list of retired programs eligible for completion because the program has been retired for more than four years. Sub-paragraph 11B-35.002(6)(c)9., F.A.C.: Removes the Law Enforcement Officer Cross-Over Training to Florida Correctional Probation Basic Recruit Training Program number 1184 from the list of retired programs eligible for completion because the program has been retired for more than four years. Sub-paragraph 11B-35.0024(3)(a)2., F.A.C.: Incorporates the revised CMS Defensive Tactics Performance Evaluation, form CJSTC-6 CMS, to accompany the updated CMS Criminal Justice Defensive Tactics Course, effective July 1, 2020. Subsection 11B-35.003(2), F.A.C.: Updates the current language to include the State Officer Certification Examination requirement and clarifies applicants for certification as auxiliary officers must comply with all requirements of s. 943.13, F.S. Paragraph 11B-35.003(2)(d), F.A.C.: Expands the training options available for training schools to meet the needs of their customer agencies by defining a “virtual classroom”, the delivery requirements, and allows the use of a virtual classroom to present Auxiliary Basic Recruit Training. Subsection 11B-35.009(10), F.A.C.: Maintains consistency with persons who complete a Basic Recruit Training Program by adding the requirement that a person who completes the exemption from training program must gain certification within four years.