(1) A peace officer or tribal police officer
whose certification, commission, and/or licensing has been revoked, sanctioned,
suspended, or is under review by this state or any other state or territory is
not eligible for a basic reserve law enforcement academy certificate,
regardless of the officer's prior years of law enforcement service.
(2)Beginning January 1, 2016, as a condition
of continuing employment, volunteering, or otherwise representing a law
enforcement agency, all reserve peace officers must be reported to the
commission.
(3)"Reserve peace
officer" for the purposes of this chapter, means any officer who does not serve
as a law enforcement officer of this state on a full-time basis, but who, when
called by such agency into active service, is fully commissioned on the same
basis as full-time officers to enforce the criminal laws of this state.
(4) Eligibility for participation
in the basic reserve academy process is limited to:
(a)Specially commissioned reserve peace
officers of the state of Washington;
(b) Commissioned Washington state tribal
peace officers;
(c)Persons employed
by a limited authority Washington law enforcement agency as defined under
RCW
10.93.020;
(d)Persons employed as security by public
colleges and universities as defined under
RCW
28B.10.016; or
(e)Persons employed as security in the K-12
Washington state public school system as defined under
RCW
28A.150.010.
(5) For the purposes of the Washington Mutual
Aid Peace Officers Powers Act, chapter 10.93 RCW, every individual who is
commissioned as a specially commissioned reserve peace officer in this state
will obtain a basic reserve certificate as a precondition of the exercise of
authority pursuant to such act.
(6) Upon appointment of a reserve peace
officer, the appointing law enforcement agency shall immediately notify the
commission on a personnel action report form provided by the
commission.
(7)Upon termination of
a reserve peace officer for any reason, including resignation, the agency of
termination shall, within fifteen days of the termination, notify the
commission on a personnel action report form provided by the
commission.
(8)As a precondition of
participating in the reserve basic law enforcement academy, it is the
responsibility of each applying agency to conduct a complete criminal records
check to include a search of state and national criminal history records
information regarding its applicant through the submission of the applicant's
fingerprints to an appropriate agency or agencies. No individual will be
granted reserve academy admission or allowed continued participation if the
individual has been convicted of a felony offense, or any misdemeanor or gross
misdemeanor crime of dishonesty within the meaning of Evidence Rule 609(a), or
domestic violence.
Each application for academy attendance must be accompanied by
a written attestation by the applying agency that (a) the criminal records
check has been completed, and (b) There are no disqualifying convictions. Upon
approval of an applicant's eligibility to participate in the reserve process,
the applicant's employing agency must submit to the commission all requested
records, information and proof of background check as a precondition of
participation within such process. The decision to request an officer's
participation in the basic reserve law enforcement academy shall be approved by
the head of the officer's employing agency.
(9) A basic reserve certificate will be
issued by the commission to any specially commissioned reserve peace officer
who successfully completes the requirements set forth in
RCW
43.101.080(19) and the basic
reserve law enforcement academy course of instruction as prescribed and
required by the commission.
(10) A
certificate of attendance may be issued to those who successfully complete the
basic reserve law enforcement academy, but who are not appointed as a reserve
peace officer by a general authority Washington law enforcement agency as
defined under
RCW
10.93.020(1).
(11) Reserve officers are not eligible to
apply for peace officer or tribal police officer certification, furthermore,
appointment as a reserve peace officer is not considered continuous employment
for the purposes set forth in
RCW
43.101.095 and
43.101.157.
