MILITARY EXPERIENCE/LEO CERT. REQUIREMENTS.

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View NCGA Bill Details2015-2016 Session
House Bill 595 (Public) Filed Thursday, April 2, 2015
AN ACT TO RECOGNIZE EXPERIENCE AS MILITARY POLICE OFFICERS FOR PURPOSES OF LAW ENFORCEMENT CERTIFICATION AND TO INCREASE THE SIZE OF THE NORTH CAROLINA CRIMINAL JUSTICE EDUCATION AND TRAINING STANDARDS COMMISSION.
Intro. by Whitmire, McNeill, Cleveland, G. Martin.

Status: Ch. SL 2015-49 (House Action) (Jun 3 2015)

Bill History:

H 595/S.L. 2015-49

Bill Summaries:

  • Summary date: Jun 4 2015 - View Summary

    AN ACT TO RECOGNIZE EXPERIENCE AS MILITARY POLICE OFFICERS FOR PURPOSES OF LAW ENFORCEMENT CERTIFICATION AND TO INCREASE THE SIZE OF THE NORTH CAROLINA CRIMINAL JUSTICE EDUCATION AND TRAINING STANDARDS COMMISSION. Enacted June 3, 2015. Effective June 3, 2015.


  • Summary date: May 14 2015 - View Summary

    Senate committee substitute makes the following changes to the 2nd edition.

    Amends proposed GS 17C-10.1 to require applicants for law enforcement certification who are or were military police officers to also complete, during the one-year probation period, 24 hours of training in the service of civil process.


  • Summary date: Apr 16 2015 - View Summary

    House amendment makes the following changes to the 1st edition.

    Amends proposed GS 17C-10.1 to provide that the provisions for waiving certain requirements and issuance of a probationary certification apply to current or honorably discharged former military police officers (previously, did not require former officers to be honorably discharged). Adds an additional requirement for specified military service members to receive a probationary certification without completed certain training course, requiring that an individual meets the minimum standards for law enforcement officers as provided in 12 NCAC 9B. 0101 and 9B. 0111.

    Makes conforming changes. 


  • Summary date: Apr 7 2015 - View Summary

    Enacts new GS 17C-10.1 to direct the North Carolina Criminal Justice Education and Training Standards Commission (Commission) to waive completion of the Commission-accredited training course and to issue probationary certification to an applicant for employment as a law enforcement officer who is a current or former military police officer. Provides that the Commission must evaluate the applicant's training and experience under GS 93B-15.1(a) to determine if they are substantially equivalent to, or exceed the minimum expectations for, employment as a law enforcement officer and whether the applicant satisfies all of the following conditions: (1) has successfully completed a military police training program and received a military police occupational specialty rating and (2) has performed military officer duties in any branches of military service, active or reserve, or the National Guard for not less than two of the five years preceding the application for certification as a law enforcement officer.

    Requires that an applicant certified under subsection (a) of GS 17-10.1 must successfully complete the employing law enforcement agency's in-service firearms training and qualification program prior to employment and serve a one-year probation period. Also requires the applicant to successfully complete the Legal Unit in a Commission-accredited Basic Law Enforcement Training Course and successfully pass the State Comprehensive Examination in its entirety during the one-year probation period.

    Subsection (c) provides that the Commission is to issue certification to a former or current military police officer whose combined training and experience is not substantially similar to or does not exceed minimum expectations for employment as a law enforcement officer providing that the applicant meets all of the following requirements: (1) has successfully completed a formal military basic training program and has been awarded a military police occupational specialty rating; (2) engaged in the active practice of military police officer duties in any of the branches of military service, active or reserve, or the National Guard for not less than two of the five preceding years; (3) meets the minimum standards for law enforcement officers as provided in 12 NCAC 9B. 0101 and NCAC 9B. 0111; (4) has success fully completed the Legal Unit in a Commission-accredited Basic Law Enforcement Training Course and any supplementary training as deemed necessary by the Commission, not to exceed 180 hours; and (5) obtain a passing grade on the State Comprehensive Basic Law Enforcement Training Exam.

    Provides further provisions concerning certification by members of the National Guard and Reserves for employment as law enforcement officers and defines the following terms as used in this section: branches of military service, combined training, and military police.

    Amends GS 17C-3 to change the number of members of the North Carolina Criminal Justice Education and Training Standards Commission to 34 (was, 31) members and provide for the three additional members. Amends the duration of the terms of the Governor's appointments to account for the required type of member employment.