Proposed Text
CHAPTER 100
RULES RELATING TO COMPULSORY MINIMUM TRAINING STANDARDS FOR CORRECTIONAL
CORRECTIONS OFFICERS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, DIVISION OF ADULT
INSTITUTIONS
6VAC20-100-10. Definitions.
The following words and terms, when used in this
chapter, shall have the following meaning, meanings unless
the context clearly indicates otherwise.:
"Academy director" means the chief administrative officer of a certified training academy.
"Agency administrator" means any chief of police,
sheriff or agency head of a state, local law-enforcement agency, or the
director of the Department of Corrections, or his designee.
"Approved training school" means a training
school which provides instruction of at least the minimum training standards as
mandated by the board and has been approved by the department for the specific
purpose of training criminal justice personnel.
"Board" means the Criminal Justice Services Board.
"Corrections facility director/manager" means the
chief administrative officer of a correctional facility.
"Certified training academy" means a training facility in compliance with academy certification standards and operated by the state or local unit of government for the specific purpose of training criminal justice personnel.
"Committee on Training" means the standing committee of the board that is charged with reviewing proposed changes to the standards, holding public hearings, and approving changes to the standards as needed.
"Corrections officer" or "officer" means a basic corrections officer through the rank of major.
"Curriculum Review Committee" or "CRC" means the committee consisting of nine individuals representing the Department of Corrections. Two members of the committee shall represent the western region, two members shall represent the eastern region, two members shall represent the central region, and three members shall represent administration.
"Department" means the Department of Criminal Justice Services.
"Director" means the chief administrative officer of the department.
"Full-time attendance" means that officers in
training shall attend all classes and shall not be placed on duty, on post,
or on call except in cases of an emergency for the duration of
the school while completing compulsory minimum training requirements.
"School director" means the chief administrative
officer of an approved training school.
"Satellite facility" means a facility, located away from the certified academy facility, that the certified academy uses to conduct mandated training. This definition specifically excludes firing ranges, driver training sites, and physical fitness or defensive tactics sites, which may be located away from the certified academy facility. Commercial conference and training facilities such as hotels and motels, which are used for mandated training, are specifically excluded from this definition.
6VAC20-100-20. Compulsory minimum training standards; training hours.
A. Pursuant to the provisions of subdivision 9 of
§ 9-170 7 9.1-102 of the Code of Virginia, the board establishes
the following as the compulsory minimum training standards for full-time
correctional and part-time corrections officers of the Department
of Corrections, Division of Adult Institutions.
The performance objectives constituting the institutional
and academy for staff development core and sub-core curricula is detailed in
the document entitled, "Performance-Based Training and Testing Objectives
for Compulsory Minimum Training for Correctional Officers of the Department of
Corrections, Division of Adult Institutions" (June, 1986), which is
incorporated by reference and made a part of these regulations.
A. Basic correctional officer training - institutional
training.
1. Core curriculum.
4.0. Key Control
5.0. Tool Control
6.0. Control/Account for Inmates
10.0. Search Procedures - Persons
11.0. Search Procedures - Objects
12.0. Search Procedures - Vehicles
13.0. Search Procedures - Areas
14.0. Control of Movement In and Out of Facility -
Perimeter
15.0. Control of Movement In and Out of Tower
16.0. Control of Movement In and Out of Sally Port
17.0. Control of Movement In and Out of Visiting Room
18.0. Control of Movement In and Out of Gates
19.0. Radio/Telephone Communications
20.0. Control of Movement - Control Room
21.0. Control of Movement - Master Control
22.0. Maintaining Effective Security Equipment
23.0. Control of Contraband
24.0. Control of Movement Using Restraints
24.1. Identification of Restraints
24.2. Use of Restraints
25.0. Control of Inmate Movement - Internal
26.0. Transportation and Escorting
32.0. Communication of Critical Information to Correctional
Officers
33.0. Communication of Critical Information to Supervisors
34.0. Enforcing Laws, Rules and Regulations
35.0. Enforcing Laws, Rules and Regulations - Behavior
Adjustment
36.0. Enforcing Laws, Rules and Regulations - Adjustment
Committee
37.0. Enforcing Laws, Rules - ICC
43.0. Use of Force - Firearms
44.0. Emergency Preparedness and Response - Riot or
Disturbance
45.0. Emergency Preparedness and Response
46.0. Emergency Preparedness and Response - Hostage
47.0. Emergency Preparedness and Response - Minor
Disturbance
48.0. Emergency Preparedness and Response - First Aid
50.0. Inmate Supervision - Providing Information
52.0. Inmate Supervision - Work/Recreation
53.0. Inmate Welfare - Receiving
54.0. Inmate Welfare - Medical Care
55.0. Inmate Welfare - Mail
56.0. Inmate Welfare - Personal Property
57.0. Inmate Welfare - Housekeeping/Laundry
.........TOTAL INSTITUTIONAL CURRICULUM HOURS - 80
B. Basic correctional officer training - academy for staff
development.
1. Core curriculum.
1.0. Role of the Correctional System
2.0. Corrections Within the Criminal Justice System
3.0. Corrections As a Profession
7.0. Law-Enforcement Techniques
8.0. Secure and Safeguard of Crime Scene
9.0. Testifying
10.0. Search Procedures - Persons
23.0. Control of Contraband
23.1. Control of Drug Use
23.2. Identification of Controlled/Abused Substance
23.3. Identification of Materials Used to Achieve Intoxication
23.4. Identification of Materials Used to Make Weapons
23.5. Procedure for Handling Contraband
24.0. Control of Movement Using Restraints
24.1. Identification of Restraints
24.2. Use of Restraints
28.0. Crisis Prevention/Inmate
29.0. Crisis Prevention/I.D. of Potential Problems
30.0. Crisis Prevention/I.D. of Mentally Disturbed Inmates
31.0. Conflict Management/Crisis Intervention
34.0. Enforcing Laws, Rules and Regulations
35.0. Enforcing Laws, Rules and Regulations - Behavior
Adjustment
38.0. Enforcing Laws, Rules - Grievance
39.0. Use of Force
40.0. Use of Force - Defensive Tactics
41.0. Use of Force - Baton
42.0. Use of Force - Chemical Agents
43.0. Use of Force - Firearms
44.0. Emergency Preparedness and Response - Riot or
Disturbance
45.0. Emergency Preparedness and Response
46.0. Emergency Preparedness and Response - Hostage
49.0. Inmate Supervision - Interpersonal Communications
50.0. Inmate Supervision - Providing Information
51.0. Inmate Supervision - Limitations
52.0. Inmate Supervision - Work/Recreation
............TOTAL CORE CURRICULUM HOURS - 120
2. Sub-core curriculum (required for all correctional
officers who, in the performance of duties, are required to transport inmates
by vehicular means).
27.0. Vehicle Operation.
............ TOTAL SUB-CORE CURRICULUM HOURS - 16
............ TOTAL CURRICULUM HOURS - 216
B. Academy training.
1. Category 1 - Security and Supervision.
2. Category 2 - Communication.
3. Category 3 - Safety.
4. Category 4 - Emergency Response.
5. Category 5 - Conflict and Crisis Management.
6. Category 6 - Law and Legal Issues.
7. Category 7 - Duty Assignments and Responsibilities.
8. Category 8 - Professionalism.
9. Category 9 - Firearms Training.
10. Category 10 - Physical Training.
ACADEMY TRAINING HOURS - 400.
C. Field training.
Category 11 - Field Training.
FIELD TRAINING HOURS - 200.
TOTAL MINIMUM TRAINING STANDARDS HOURS - 600.
6VAC20-100-25. Approval authority.
A. The Criminal Justice Services Board shall be the approval authority for the training categories and hours of the compulsory minimum training standards. Amendments to training categories shall be made in accordance with the provisions of the Administrative Process Act (§ 2.2-4000 et seq. of the Code of Virginia).
B. The Committee on Training of the Criminal Justice Services Board shall be the approval authority for the performance outcomes, training objectives, criteria, and lesson plan guides that support the performance outcomes. Performance outcomes, training objectives, criteria, and lesson plan guides supporting the compulsory minimum training standards may be added, deleted, or amended by the Committee on Training based upon written recommendation of a chief of police, sheriff, agency administrator, academy director, or the Curriculum Review Committee.
C. Prior to approving changes to the performance outcomes, training objectives, criteria, or lesson plan guides, the Committee on Training shall conduct a public hearing. Sixty days prior to the public hearing, the proposed changes shall be distributed to all affected parties for an opportunity to comment. Notice of changes to the performance outcomes, training objectives, criteria, and lesson plan guides shall be filed for publication in the Virginia Register of Regulations upon adoption, change, or deletion. The department shall notify each certified training academy in writing of new, revised, or deleted objectives. Such adoptions, changes, or deletions shall become effective 30 days after publication in the Virginia Register.
6VAC20-100-30. Applicability.
A. Every person employed as a full-time correctional or
part-time corrections officer, and who has not met the compulsory
minimum training standards for correctional corrections officers
subsequent to the effective date of these regulations, (insert
effective date of this section) shall meet the training standards herein
established in this chapter unless provided otherwise in accordance with
subsection B or C of this section.
B. All persons employed as full-time or part-time corrections officers prior to July 1, 2015, shall be:
1. Exempt from complying with the compulsory minimum training requirements in this chapter;
2. Required to comply with the in-service training requirements in 6VAC20-30, Rules Relating to Compulsory In-Service Training Standards for Law-Enforcement Officers, Jailors or Custodial Officers, Courtroom Security Officers, Process Service Officers and Officers of the Department of Corrections, Division of Operations; and
3. Required to complete in-service training by December 31 of the second calendar year after completing a certified training academy.
C. The director may grant an exemption or partial
exemption of the compulsory minimum training standards established herein
in this chapter, in accordance with § 9-173 9.1-116 of the
Code of Virginia.
6VAC20-100-40. Time requirement for completion of training.
A. Every correctional corrections officer who is
required to comply with the compulsory minimum training standards shall
satisfactorily complete such training within 12 months of the date of
appointment unless provided otherwise in accordance with subsection B of
this section.
B. The director may grant an extension of the time limit for completion of the minimum training required upon presentation of evidence by the agency administrator that the officer was unable to complete the required training within the specified time limit due to illness, injury, military service, or special duty assignment required and performed in the public interest. However, each agency administrator shall request such extension prior to expiration of any time limit.
C. Any correctional corrections officer who
originally complied with all training requirements and later separated from correctional
corrections officer status, more than 12 months but less than for
a period of 24 months or less, upon reentry as a correctional
officer will corrections officer shall be required to complete all
compulsory minimum training standards in-service and annual firearms
training set forth in 6VAC20-100-20 A 1 6VAC20-30, Rules Relating
to Compulsory In-Service Training Standards for Law-Enforcement Officers,
Jailors or Custodial Officers, Courtroom Security Officers, Process Service
Officers and Officers of the Department of Corrections, Division of Operations.
D. Any correctional corrections officer who
originally complied with all training requirements and later separated from correctional
corrections officer status, in excess of for a period greater
than 24 months, upon reentry as a correctional officer corrections
officer shall be required to complete all compulsory minimum training
standards unless provided otherwise in accordance with 6VAC20-100-20 A 1
required for corrections officers as set forth in this chapter.
6VAC20-100-50. How minimum training may be attained.
A. The compulsory minimum training standards shall be attained
by attending and satisfactorily completing an approved training
school training objectives and criteria at a certified training academy
or satellite facility.
B. Officers Full-time attendance is required of all
corrections officers attending an approved training school are required
to be present for all classes and a certified training academy or
satellite facility. Officers should not be placed on duty, on post,
or on call except in cases of an emergency. In the event of such an
emergency, the agency administrator or designee shall determine if it is
appropriate to place officers on duty, on post, or on call and shall advise
the school academy director within 24 hours. Officers will
shall be responsible for any material missed during an excused absence.
C. All approved training schools which begin on or after
January 1, 1989, shall be conducted in conformance with the Rules Relating to
Compulsory Minimum Training Standards for Correctional Officers of the
Department of Corrections, Division of Adult Institutions, as adopted by the
board on October 7, 1987. However, the period January 1, 1988, through December
31, 1988, shall serve as a transition period wherein training schools may be
approved by the department to conduct training in accordance with the Rules
Relating to Compulsory Minimum Training Standards For Correctional Officers of
the Department of Corrections, Division of Institutional Services, as amended
by the board on February 12, 1982, or according to the Rules Relating to
Compulsory Minimum Training Standards for Correctional Officers of the
Department of Corrections, Division of Adult Institutions, as adopted by the board
on October 7, 1987. Every correctional officer satisfactorily completing
training approved by the department under the rules amended February 12, 1982,
or under the rules adopted on October 7, 1987, shall be deemed to have complied
with the compulsory minimum training standards for correctional officers.
6VAC20-100-60. Approved training schools and certified
training academies.
A. Correctional Corrections officer training schools
shall be approved by the department prior to the first scheduled class. Approval
is requested by making application to the director or the director's
designee on forms provided by the department. The director or the
director's designee may approve those schools trainings,
which, on the basis of curricula, instructors, facilities, and
examinations provide the required minimum training. One application for all
mandated training shall be submitted prior to the beginning of each fiscal
year. A curriculum listing the subject matter, performance objective by
number, the instructors, dates, and times for the entire proposed
session shall be submitted to the department 30 days prior to the beginning
of each such proposed session within the time limitations established by
the department. An exemption to the 30-day requirement established
time limitations may be granted by the director for good cause shown
by the school academy director.
B. Each school academy director shall be
required to maintain a file of all current lesson plans and supporting
material for each subject contained in the compulsory minimum training standards.
C. Schools which are approved Training shall be
subject to inspection and review by the director or staff.
D. The department may suspend or revoke the approval of
an approved previously sanctioned training school
upon written notice, which shall contain the reason(s) reason
upon which the suspension or revocation is based, to the school's
academy's director. The school's academy director may
request a hearing before the director or his designee. The request shall be in
writing and must be received by the department within 15 business days
of the date of the notice of the suspension or revocation. The school's
academy director may appeal the decision of the director or his designee
to the board. Such request shall be in writing and must be received by the
board within 15 business days of the date of the decision of the
director or his designee.
E. The department may suspend or revoke the approval
of an approved training school certification of a certified training
academy upon written notice, which shall contain the reason(s) reason
upon which the suspension or revocation is based, to the school's
academy director. The school's academy director may
request a hearing before the director or his designee. The request shall be in writing
and must be received by the department within 15 business days of the
date of the notice of revocation. The school's academy director
may appeal the decision of the director or his designee to the board. Such
request shall be in writing and must be received by the board within 15 business
days of the date of the decision of the director or his designee.
6VAC20-100-70. Grading.
A. Each officer Corrections officers shall
comply with all the requirements of all the performance objectives
set forth in 6VAC20-100-20 and the document entitled, "Performance-Based Training
and Testing Objectives for Compulsory Minimum Training for Correctional
Officers of the State Department of Corrections, Division of Adult
Institutions" (June, 1986) this chapter. All approved
training schools certified training academies and satellite facilities
shall utilize testing procedures which that indicate that every corrections
officer, prior to satisfactory completion of the certified
training school academy, has met the requirements set forth in
each performance objective specified in the document entitled,
"Performance-Based Training and Testing Objectives for Compulsory Minimum
Training for Correctional Officers of the State Department of Corrections,
Division of Adult Institutions" (June, 1986). An officer may be tested and
retested as may be necessary within the time limits of 6VAC20-100-40 and in
accordance with each academy's written policy. attained a minimum score
of 70% on all tests for each grading category identified in 6VAC20-100-20 to
complete the compulsory minimum training standards. A certified training
academy may require correctional officers attain a score greater than 70% on
tests. An officer shall not be certified as having complied with the
compulsory minimum training standards unless all applicable requirements have
been met.
B. A corrections officer may be retested within the time limits of 6VAC20-100-40 and in accordance with the certified training academy's written policy.
B. C. The school academy director
shall submit a grade report on each officer on forms provided by the
department.
C. The following firearms training will be required for
each officer attending an approved school:
1. Nomenclature and care of service revolver;
2. Safety (on the firearms range, on duty and off duty);
3. Legal responsibilities and liabilities of firearms;
4. Service revolver (handling, firing principles)
5. Dry firing and application of basic shooting principles;
6. Prequalification shooting (60 rounds, minimum)
7. Basic Correctional Firearms Qualification Course -
Minimum 70% qualification required.
8. Shotgun Qualification Course - Minimum 80% qualification
required
9. Special Weapons Qualification Courses - Minimum 80%
qualification required
a. .223 caliber mini-14 rifle
b. AR-15 semi-automatic rifle
6VAC20-100-80. Failure to comply with rules and regulations.
Any correctional corrections officer attending an
approved training school a certified training academy or satellite
facility shall comply with the rules and regulations promulgated by the
board and any other rules and regulations within the authority of the school
academy director. The school academy director shall be
responsible for enforcement of all rules and regulations established to govern
the conduct of attendees. If the school academy director
considers a violation of the rules and regulations detrimental to the welfare
of the school certified training academy or satellite facility,
the school academy director may expel the officer from the
school. Notification of such action shall immediately be reported, in
writing, to the corrections facility director manager of the officer and the
director agency administrator or designee.
6VAC20-100-90. Administrative requirements.
A. Reports shall be required from the agency administrator
and school director on forms approved or provided by the department and at such
times as designated by the director The academy director shall complete
a report using the department's electronic records management system for
compulsory minimum standards and in-service training within 60 days of
completion of compulsory training conducted at the certified training academy
or satellite facility.
B. The school academy director shall, within
30 days upon completion of an approved training school session, comply with the
following: 1.Prepare prepare a grade report on each officer
maintaining the original for academy records and forwarding forward
a copy to the corrections facility director/manager of the officer agency
administrator or his designee.
2. Submit C. The academy director shall submit
to the department a roster containing the names of those officers who have
satisfactorily completed all training requirements and, if applicable, a
revised curriculum for the training session.
C. D. The school academy director
shall furnish each instructor with a complete set of course resumes and
the applicable performance objectives for the assigned subject matter.
D. Approved correctional officer E. Certified
training schools academies shall maintain accurate records of all
tests, grades, and testing procedures. Training school records
shall be maintained in accordance with the provisions of these rules this
chapter and §§ 42.1-76 through 42.1-91 The Virginia
Public Records Act (§ 42.1-76 et seq. of the Code of Virginia).
6VAC20-100-95. In-service and annual firearms training.
Beginning two years after completing a certified training academy, corrections officers are required to complete a total of 40 in-service hours every two years by December 31. In-service requirements and annual firearms training shall comply with requirements of 6VAC20-30, Rules Relating to Compulsory In-Service Training Standards for Law-Enforcement Officers, Jailors or Custodial Officers, Courtroom Security Officers, Process Service Officers and Officers of the Department of Corrections, Division of Operations.
6VAC20-100-100. Effective date. (Repealed.)
These regulations shall be effective on and after January
1, 1988 and until amended or repealed.
6VAC20-100-110. Recision of previous rules. (Repealed.)
The Rules Relating to Compulsory Minimum Training Standards for Correctional Officers of the Department of Corrections, Division of Institutional Services, as amended on February 12, 1982, are hereby rescinded effective January 1, 1989.
FORMS (6VAC20-100)
Application for Exemption From Virginia Compulsory Minimum
Training Standards, Form W-2, eff. 1/91.
Criminal Justice Training Roster, Form 41, eff. 1/93.