La. Admin. Code tit. 22 § III-4721

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 11, November 20, 2024

Section III-4721 - Firearms Qualification

A. Pre-Academy Firearms Training

1. Any person employed or commissioned as a peace officer, or reserve or part-time peace officer must successfully complete a pre-academy firearms training program as prescribed by the council within thirty (30) days of employment if that person will be performing the duties of a peace officer before attending a basic or refresher law enforcement training course.

B. Pre-Academy and Basic Firearms Qualification

1. Students shall qualify with an approved service weapon on the POST-approved Firearms Qualification Course and all scoring will be computed and recorded by a firearms instructor certified by the POST Council.

a. During a pre-academy training program, a student who fails may be given retests. Any person who fails shall be prohibited from exercising the authority of a peace officer until they have successfully completed the course. However, such persons shall not be prohibited from performing administrative duties.

b. During a basic law enforcement training course, it shall be left to the discretion of the training center director whether a student who fails to qualify on the POST Qualification Course will be given retests. However, if retests are given, the scores will be averaged in accordance with POST regulations and must be completed before the academy class graduates.

2. On a 25-yard range equipped with POST-approved P-1 targets, the student will fire the POST firearms qualification course at least four times. Scores must be averaged and the student must:

a. fire all courses in the required stage time;

b. use the correct body position for each course of fire;

c. fire the entire course using double action only, except in the case of single action only semi-automatic pistols;

d. fire no more than the specified number of rounds per stage;

e. fire each course at a distance no appreciably less nor greater than that specified;

f. achieve an average score of not less than 96 out of a possible 120 which is 80 percent or above. The score shall be computed as follows: Score 1 + Score 2 + Score 3 + Score 4 = Qualifying Score (divided by) the number of attempts;

g. all stages of fire must be fired in the manner specified.

3. All targets will be graded and final scores computed by a POST-certified firearms instructor.

C. Annual Requalification

1. The POST firearms requirements for annual requalification are the same as for basic qualification with one exception. If the POST Fire-arms qualification course must be fired more than once, the scores shall be averaged as designated in basic firearms qualification.

2. All targets will be graded and final scores computed by a POST-certified Firearms Instructor.

La. Admin. Code tit. 22, § III-4721

Promulgated by the Office of the Governor, Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Criminal Justice, LR 13:435 (August 1987), amended LR 25:664 (April 1999), LR 35:1236 (July 2009), Amended LR 43316 (2/1/2017), Amended LR 451068 (8/1/2019).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 15:1204 and R.S. 15:1207.