Purpose: WAC 139-10-530 Basic community corrections officers academy curriculum, the Adult Services Academy was divided into three separate tracks: County probation, state DOC community corrections officers, and state institutional counselors. Changes in WAC 139-10-210 have reconfigured these academies. As a result, the specific curriculum for each of these academies will be defined.

     Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 43.101.080.

      Adopted under notice filed as WSR 05-08-076 on April 1, 2005.

     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0;      Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Date Adopted: June 8, 2005.

Michael D. Parsons

Executive Director

OTS-7675.3

NEW SECTION
WAC 139-10-530   Basic community corrections officers academy curriculum.   The basic community corrections officers academy curriculum of the commission must be at least eighty instructional hours in length and will include, but not be limited to, the following subject matter areas:

     (1) Core skills

     (a) Assessment

     (b) Motivation

     (c) Goal setting/action planning

     (d) Monitoring and intervention

     (e) Arrest and search procedures

     (2) Key skills

     (a) Interpersonal skills

     (b) Interviewing

     (c) Classification

     (d) Offense prevention

     (3) Related skills

     (a) Dealing with aggressive and resistive behavior

     (b) Legal issues

     (c) Counseling techniques

     (d) Managing information

     (e) Defensive tactics and security management.

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