Section 7-294e-14 - Certification and review training(b)Establishment of an original date of certification. All persons appointed to probationary candidate positions who have completed both basic training and supervised field and departmental training will be considered certified on the day when the final requirement is completed. (1) Certification of police officers is contingent upon active employment in a law enforcement unit. The certification of a police officer shall expire as provided in section 7-294d of the Connecticut General Statutes.(2) Certification of police officers, while employed, shall be valid for three years from date of issuance. Certification is renewable contingent upon continued employment by a law enforcement unit and satisfactory completion of the requirements of certified review training.(c) Persons required to complete certified review training. Any person holding the position of certified police officer in Connecticut shall complete such certified review training as the Council may require, but not less than the 40-hour minimum requirement set forth in section 7-294d(a)(8) of the Connecticut General Statutes during a three-year period, unless extended as provided in such statute, beginning on the effective date of certification.
(1) Standardization of the review training period. A review training period shall expire on June 30 of the third year following the date of a police officer's original certification and June 30 of the third year of each three-year period thereafter.(2) Administrative procedures and penalty. The Council shall not recertify any person who fails to complete the prescribed certified review training. The Council shall provide written notification to any person who has not completed the prescribed certified review training prior to commencement of the administrative steps necessary to cause the forfeiture of such person's appointment and position.Conn. Agencies Regs. § 7-294e-14
Effective November 29, 1995; Amended December 4, 2012