WSR 14-12-043

PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY

[Filed May 29, 2014, 10:05 a.m.]

Subject of Possible Rule Making: Changes to WAC 139-05-300 are needed to require that reserve peace officers receive twenty-four hours of in-service training annually.

Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: RCW 43.101.080.

Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: These changes establish a requirement that all reserve peace officers receive a minimum of twenty-four hours of in-service training annually.

Other Federal and State Agencies that Regulate this Subject and the Process Coordinating the Rule with These Agencies: The Washington state criminal justice training commission (WSCJTC) regulates this process.

Process for Developing New Rule: Negotiated rule making.

Interested parties can participate in the decision to adopt the new rule and formulation of the proposed rule before publication by contacting Sonja Hirsch, Rules Coordinator, WSCJTC, 19010 1st Avenue South, Burien, WA 98148, e-mail shirsch@cjtc.state.wa.us, phone (206) 835-7372. Commissioners will be advised of the proposed rule changes via e-mail. Proposed changes will also be listed on the agency web site.

May 29, 2014

Sonja Hirsch

Executive Assistant

and Rules Coordinator