PROPOSED RULES
TRAINING COMMISSION
Original Notice.
Preproposal statement of inquiry was filed as WSR 03-11-055.
Title of Rule: WAC 139-05-200 Requirement of basic law enforcement training.
Purpose: The change would provide consistency in training requirements for fully commissioned officers to attend the Basic Law Enforcement Academy. Currently, officers who are fully commissioned but work only part time are not required to attend the basic academy; however, they exercise the same authority as fully commissioned, full-time officers.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 43.101.080.
Summary: Stakeholders were contacted by letter to advise of the intended rule amendments. Proposal also listed on the agency website.
Name of Agency Personnel Responsible for Drafting and Enforcement: Doug Blair, Burien, (206) 835-7309; and Implementation: Michael D. Parsons, Burien, (206) 835-7347.
Name of Proponent: Criminal Justice Training Commission staff, governmental.
Rule is not necessitated by federal law, federal or state court decision.
Explanation of Rule, its Purpose, and Anticipated Effects: It is believed that the impact of this change will not be significant to the Washington State Criminal Justice Training Commission (WSCJTC). The exact number of officers, who are fully commissioned and employed as part-time officers, is unknown at this time. The WSCJTC will conduct a survey to determine the exact impact in the near future.
Proposal Changes the Following Existing Rules: The change would provide consistency in training requirements for fully commissioned officers to attend the Basic Law Enforcement Academy. Currently, officers who are fully commissioned but work only part time are not required to attend the basic academy; however, they exercise the same authority as fully commissioned, full-time officers.
No small business economic impact statement has been prepared under chapter 19.85 RCW. Proposal is exempt under RCW 19.85.025(2), therefore an SBEIS is not required. RCW 19.85.025(2), this chapter does not apply to a rule proposed for expedited adoption under **RCW 34.05.230 (1) through (8), unless a written objection is timely filed with the agency and the objection is not withdrawn.
RCW 34.05.328 does not apply to this rule adoption.
Hearing Location: Criminal Justice Training Commission, 19010 1st Avenue South, Burien, WA 98148-2055, on September 10, 2003, at 10:00 a.m.
Assistance for Persons with Disabilities: Contact Sonja Hirsch by September 8, 2003, TDD (206) 835-7300.
Submit Written Comments to: Sharon M. Tolton, Criminal Justice Training Commission, 19010 1st Avenue South, Burien, WA 98148-2055, fax (206) 439-3860, by September 8, 2003.
Date of Intended Adoption: September 10, 2003.
June 16, 2003
Sharon M. Tolton
Deputy Director
OTS-6408.1
AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending WSR 00-17-017, filed 8/4/00,
effective 9/4/00)
WAC 139-05-200
Requirement of basic law enforcement
training.
(1) All ((full-time)) commissioned law enforcement
employees of a city, county, or political subdivision of the
state of Washington, except volunteers and reserve officers
whether paid or unpaid and officers of the Washington state
patrol, unless otherwise exempted by the Washington state
criminal justice training commission, shall as a condition of
continued employment successfully complete a basic law
enforcement academy sponsored or conducted by the commission,
or obtain a certificate of equivalent basic training from the
commission. This requirement of basic law enforcement
training shall be met within the initial six-month period of
law enforcement employment, unless otherwise extended by the
commission.
(2) Law enforcement personnel exempted from the requirement of subsection (1) of this section shall include:
(a) Individuals holding the office of sheriff of any county on September 1, 1979;
(b) Auxiliary and reserve personnel; and
(c) Commissioned personnel.
(i) Who have been granted an administrative exemption by the commission, provided that the initial grant and continuing effect of such exemption shall be governed by the following:
(A) No police chief or sheriff of any agency with ten or fewer commissioned officers shall be eligible to receive such exemption;
(B) Any request for such exemption shall be submitted to the commission on an approved form with a criminal records check completed by the Washington state patrol and, in any instance wherein the requestor is a police chief, such request shall be cosigned by requestor's appointing authority;
(C) Any individual receiving such exemption may not engage in patrol or other general enforcement activity on a usual or regular basis but shall limit such involvement to that required for supervision, agency management, or manpower replacement on an emergency or exigent basis;
(D) Any approved administrative exemption shall remain in effect for the duration of the exemptee's term of service within the position upon which such exemption is based or until the nature of exemptee's primary duties and responsibilities change from administrative to general enforcement; and
(E) Any approved administrative exemption may be revoked by the commission at any time upon its finding that the conditions of such exemption are not being met or the basis for such exemption no longer exists;
(ii) Whose initial date of full-time, regular and commissioned law enforcement employment within the state of Washington precedes January 1, 1978; or
(iii) Who have been certified in accordance with the requirement of subsection (1) of this section, and thereafter have engaged in regular and commissioned law enforcement employment without break or interruption in excess of twenty-four months duration.
(3) Each law enforcement agency of the state of Washington, or any political subdivision thereof, except the Washington state patrol, shall immediately notify the commission by approved form of each instance wherein a commissioned officer begins continuing and regular employment with that agency. Such notification shall be maintained by the commission and shall be utilized by the commission for the subsequent scheduling, notification and enrollment required for compliance with the basic law enforcement training requirement.
(4) Failure to comply with the above requirement of basic law enforcement training shall result in notification of noncompliance, by the commission, on approved form, to:
(a) The individual in noncompliance;
(b) The head of his/her agency;
(c) The civil service commission having jurisdiction of such agency;
(d) The judges and clerks of the municipal, district, and superior courts in which said agency is located;
(e) The state auditor's office; and
(f) Any other agency or individual, as determined by the commission.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 43.101.080. 00-17-017, § 139-05-200, filed 8/4/00, effective 9/4/00. Statutory Authority: RCW 43.101.080(2). 89-13-024 (Order 14D), § 139-05-200, filed 6/13/89; 87-19-104 (Order 14-D), § 139-05-200, filed 9/18/87; 86-19-021 (Order 1-B), § 139-05-200, filed 9/10/86.]