S.C. Code Regs. § § 38-013
Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 10, October 25, 2024
Section 38-013 - Continuing Law Enforcement Education Requirements for Re-certificationA. Eligibility. No law enforcement officer is eligible for re-certification unless, in addition to the requirements of R.38-012, the officer has successfully completed, at a minimum, the number of approved continuing law enforcement education hours as appropriate for the officer's certification class, as specified in R.38-007. Such education hours shall be designated as Continuing Law Enforcement Education (CLEE) hours in the context of these regulations.
B. Class 1 Re-Certification Requirements: 1. Officers possessing a current Class 1-LE Certification shall be required to obtain forty CLEE hours in a three year period. The forty CLEE hours shall consist of at least one legal update course and one domestic violence course, presented or approved by the Academy, each year of the three year period. The remaining required CLEE hours in the three year period may come from any source approved by the Academy.2. Officers possessing a current Class 1-LECO certification shall be required to complete the number of hours of in-service instruction per year as specified by the Jail Standards Committee and approved by the Academy. Each officer shall also be required to complete at least one legal update course and one domestic violence course, presented or approved by the Academy, each year of the three year period.C. Class 2 Re-certification Requirements: 1. Officers possessing a current Class 2-LCO Certification shall be required to complete the number of hours of in-service instruction per year as specified by the Jail Standards Committee and approved by the Academy.2. Officers possessing a current Class 2-SCO Certification shall be required to complete a Academy approved agency in-service program of at least forty hours every three years. At least one course each year shall be a legal update course.3. Officers possessing a current Class 2-JCO Certification shall be required to complete a Academy approved agency in-service program of at least forty hours every three years. At least one course each year shall be a legal update course.D. Class 3 Re-certification Requirements: Officers possessing a current Class 3 Certification shall be required to complete at least one legal update course, presented by the Academy, each year of the three year period.
Added by State Register Volume 21, Issue No. 6, Part 2, eff June 27, 1997. Amended by State Register Volume 27, Issue No. 5, eff May 23, 2003; State Register Volume 38, Issue No. 3, eff March 28, 2014.