12 NCAC 09B .0405          COMPLETION OF BASIC LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING COURSE

(a)  Each delivery of a Commission-accredited Basic Law Enforcement Training Course (BLET) includes all modules as specified in Rule .0205 of this Subchapter. Each trainee shall attend and satisfactorily complete the full course as specified in Paragraphs (b) and (c) of this Rule during a scheduled delivery. The school director may develop supplemental requirements as set forth in Rule .0202(a)(5) of this Subchapter, but may not add substantive courses, or change or expand the substance of the courses as set forth in Rule .0205 of this Subchapter for purposes of Commission credit. This Rule does not prevent the instruction on local agency rules or standards; however, such instruction shall not be considered or endorsed by the Commission for purposes of certification. For the purposes of this Rule, "limited enrollment" shall mean the requirement that a trainee complete only those specific courses and course hours in which the trainee is deficient. A trainee found deficient in more than two cognitive topical areas or motor skills shall be dismissed from the current training delivery and shall be required to complete the entire training delivery in a subsequent session. For the purposes of this Rule, "deficiency" shall mean the cognitive topical area or motor skills that the trainee did not complete and which must be remediated.

(b)  The trainee shall demonstrate proficiency in the cognitive topical areas and motor skills by achieving a minimum score of 70 percent on each test. If a trainee scores below 70 percent on a cognitive topical area or motor skills test, the trainee shall have one opportunity for reexamination. A trainee shall be allowed failure and reexamination in no more than nine cognitive topical areas and motor skills. Upon initial failure of a tenth cognitive topical area or motor skills test, the trainee shall not be allowed reexamination and shall be immediately dismissed from the course and shall be required to complete a subsequent delivery of BLET in its entirety.

(c)  A trainee who fails to achieve a minimum score of 70 percent on the reexamination of a cognitive topical area or motor skills test shall be considered deficient in the cognitive topical area or motor skill. A trainee who is deficient in no more than two cognitive topical areas and/or motor skills shall be eligible to remediate his or her deficiencies. Prior to remediating a cognitive topical area or motor skill, the School Director shall submit to the Division a Request for Deficiency Remediation, Form F-13, which contains the trainee's name, instructor's name, and the remediation plan. The trainee shall:

(1)           complete the current course delivery and then shall be required to remediate the deficiency as a limited enrollee in a subsequent training course; or

(2)           remediate up to two deficiencies within the current course delivery with the approval of the Division Director.

(d)  The Director of the Division shall issue prior written authorization for a specified trainee's limited enrollment in a subsequent delivery of the same course where the trainee provides evidence that:

(1)           the trainee attended and satisfactorily completed specified class hours and topics of BLET but through extended absence occasioned by illness, accident, emergency, or other good cause was absent for more than five percent of the total class hours of the course offering;

(2)           the trainee was granted excused absences by the school director that did not exceed five percent of the total class hours for the course offering and the school director has obtained approval from the Standards Division pursuant to Rule .0404 of this Section for make up work to be completed in a subsequent enrollment; or

(3)           the trainee participated in a BLET course but is deficient in not more than two cognitive topical areas or motor skill areas.

(e)  An authorization of limited enrollment in a subsequent delivery of the BLET shall not be issued by the Standards Division unless, in addition to the evidence required by Paragraphs (a) through (d) of this Rule:

(1)           The school director of the previous course offering submits to the Standards Division a certification of the particular topics and class hours attended and satisfactorily completed by the trainee during the original enrollment; and

(2)           The school director makes written application to the Standards Division for authorization of the trainee's limited enrollment.

(f)  An authorization of limited enrollment in a subsequent course delivery permits the trainee to attend an offering of BLET commencing within 120 calendar days from the date of administration of the state comprehensive examination in the trainee's prior course delivery.

(1)           The trainee shall attend and complete in its entirety each cognitive topical area and/or motor skill identified by the school director as an area of trainee deficiency in the prior course participation, with the exception of the "Officer Health and Wellness" topical area.

(2)           The two options available for satisfying a deficiency in the "Officer Health and Wellness" topical area are:

(A)          the student shall be allowed to make up the deficiency at the original training site without enrolling in a subsequent delivery of BLET. Under this option, the student shall be given 120 calendar days from the date that the comprehensive state examination was administered to the original BLET course in order to satisfy this deficiency. Students who select this option shall be allowed two attempts to complete the entire Police Officer Physical Abilities Test (POPAT) Course with a minimum of 24 hours of rest between attempts during the 120-day period to satisfy the deficiency; or

(B)          the student shall be allowed to enroll in a subsequent delivery of BLET as a "limited enrollee." This delivery shall begin within 120 calendar days from the date that the comprehensive state examination was administered to the original BLET course in order to satisfy this deficiency. Students who select this option shall be allowed two attempts to complete the entire POPAT Course with a minimum of 24 hours of rest between attempts during the delivery period of the subsequent BLET course.

A certified Specialized Physical Fitness Instructor is the only person qualified to administer and grade the fitness re-test. At the time of the re-test, the school director or the Qualified Assistant shall be present.

(3)           Following limited enrollment in the subsequent course offering, scheduled class attendance, and having received passing grades on all required topic and motor-skill tests, and having no deficiencies, the trainee shall be eligible for administration of the State comprehensive examination by the Commission, as set forth in Rule .0406 of this Section.

History Note:        Authority G.S. 17C-6; 17C-10;

Eff. January 1, 1981;

Amended Eff. February 1, 2014; August 1, 2000; July 1, 1989; July 1, 1985; April 1, 1984; January 1, 1983;

Pursuant to G.S. 150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without substantive public interest Eff. May 25, 2019.

Amended Eff. January 1, 2026; January 1, 2025.