A. The director shall, with the approval of the board, waive the basic law enforcement training program and certify applicants who are employed as full-time police officers and who furnish evidence of satisfactory completion of a basic law enforcement training program which is comparable to or exceeds the standards of the programs of the academy.
B. All individuals allowed a waiver under this section must meet the requirements set out in the Law Enforcement Training Act, and this section shall not be construed to exempt them from such requirements in any manner.
History: 1953 Comp., § 39-6-12, enacted by Laws 1971, ch. 247, § 4; 1977, ch. 257, § 54; 1979, ch. 104, § 1; 1979, ch. 202, § 49; 1981, ch. 107, § 1; 1981, ch. 114, § 10.
Authority of director to consider qualifications of instructors. — In exercising his authority to certify by waiver, the director should take into account the qualifications of instructors to determine if another basic law enforcement training program is comparable to the academy program. In that context, the director and the board are authorized to review and consider the qualifications of instructors at facilities not otherwise under the control of the law enforcement academy board. 1982 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 82-10.
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