N.D. Admin Code 109-02-03-06 - Criteria for a certified shooting course

A sidearm shooting course must meet the following requirements before the agency may receive certification for the course and before an officer may qualify or requalify with the officer's duty weapon:

1. The course must provide for a minimum of three firing positions, including:

a. Prone.

b. Sitting.

c. Standing.

d. Kneeling.

e. Point shoulder.

f. Crouch.

g. Walking.

h. Barricade position.

2. The course must induce stress by the use of time, physical activity, or night or low light conditions or a combination of all three. The course must provide a time limit for course completion.

3. The course must include firing from at least three different distances:

a. The distance may not be less than one yard [.91 meter] nor more than twenty-five yards [22.86 meters].

b. The majority of firing must occur at seven yards [6.40 meters] or more.

4. The course must include firing at least eighteen but not more than sixty rounds of ammunition from start to finish.

5. The course must be fired completely with the officer's duty weapon and duty equipment and include left-hand and right-hand shooting. An approved substitute weapon of the same type, model, and manufacture as the duty weapon may be used if the duty weapon becomes defective during firing.

6. The ammunition used when firing for qualification must be the same as or equivalent grain to the ammunition normally carried on duty.

7. Only silhouette targets may be used on a certified shooting course.

Notes

N.D. Admin Code 109-02-03-06

Effective July 1, 2006 Amended by Administrative Rules Supplement 2022-384, April 2022, effective 4/1/2022.

General Authority: NDCC 12-63-02.3(5), 12-63-04(2)(d)

Law Implemented: NDCC 12-63-02.3, 12-63-04(1)(d)