A. Field training
requirement. Before graduating from the academy or within two months after graduation, a cadet or state correctional officer shall participate in and
successfully complete a Department-approved field training program.
B. Continuing training requirement.
1. A state correctional officer shall receive eight hours of Board-approved continuing training each calendar year
beginning January 1 following the date the officer graduated from the academy.
2. In addition to the
training required under subsection (B)(1), a state correctional officer authorized to carry a firearm shall qualify each calendar year after
appointment beginning January 1 following the date the officer graduated from the academy. The firearms qualification training shall meet the
standards specified under subsection (F) and shall not be used to satisfy the requirements of subsection (C).
C. Continuing training requirements may be fulfilled by:
1. Advanced training
programs, or
2. Specialized training programs.
D.
Advanced training programs. The Department shall develop, design, implement, maintain, evaluate, and revise advanced training programs that include
courses enhancing a correctional officer's knowledge, skills, or abilities for the job that the correctional officer performs. The courses within an
advanced training program shall include advanced or remedial training in any topic listed in
R13-4-205(B).
E. Specialized training programs. The Department shall develop, design, implement, maintain, evaluate, and revise
specialized training programs that address a particular need of the Department and target a select group of officers. The courses within a
specialized training program shall include topics different from those in the basic corrections training program or any advanced training
programs.
F. Firearms qualification required. A correctional officer authorized to carry a firearm shall
qualify to continue to be authorized to carry a firearm each calendar year beginning the year following graduation from the academy by completing a
Board-prescribed firearms qualification course using a service handgun, service shotgun, and service ammunition, and a Board-prescribed target
identification and judgment course. All courses shall be presented by a firearms instructor who meets the requirements under R13-4-205(B)(5).
1. Firearms qualification course
standards.
a. A firearms qualification course is:
i. A course prescribed under R13-4-205(C);
or
ii. A course determined by the Board to measure firearms
competency at least as accurately as the course prescribed under R13-4-205(C).
b. All firearms qualification courses shall
include:
i. A timed accuracy component;
ii. A type and style of target that is equal to, or more
difficult than, the targets used under R13-4-205(C); and
iii. Success criteria that are equal to, or more
difficult than, the success criteria used under R13-4-205(C).
2. Firearms target identification and judgment course
standards.
a. A firearms target identification and judgment course
is:
i. A course prescribed under R13-4-205(C);
or
ii. A course determined by the Board to measure target
identification and judgment competency at least as accurately as those prescribed under R13-4-205(C).
b. All firearms target identification and judgment
courses shall include:
i. A timed accuracy component;
ii. A type and style of target discrimination that is
equal to, or more difficult than, those used under R13-4-205(C); and
iii. Success criteria that are equal to, or more
difficult than, those used under R13-4-205(C),
3. All courses shall be presented by a firearms
instructor who meets the requirements under R13-4-205(C)(5).
Notes
Ariz. Admin. Code §
R13-4-206
Adopted effective
December 16, 1992, filed June 16, 1992 (Supp. 82-2). References to "Council"
changed to "Board" (Supp. 94-3). Amended by final rulemaking at 8 A.A.R. 3201,
effective July 11, 2002 (Supp. 02-3). Amended by final rulemaking at
22
A.A.R. 555, effective 4/8/2016. Amended by final
rulemaking at 31
A.A.R. 924, effective 5/4/2025.
