Texas Legislative Training Requirements 09/01/05-08/31/09
Continuing Education Deadlines for all Texas Peace Officer Licensees, Constables, Deputy Constables, and Jailers
Commission Rule 217.11, Legislatively required continuing education for Licensees, requires that individuals licensed as peace officers complete 40 hours of training in each of the two 24-month units of the current (four-year training cycle, which began on 09/01/05 and will end on 08/31/09. Included within the 40-hour requirement are other legislatively required topics. These requirements are listed below for you information. All peace officers must meet these requirements or their peace officer licenses will become inactive on August 31, 2009.
Special Investigative Topics #3232 or #3737- Deadline 08/31/09
Cultural Diversity #3939 or #3737- Deadline 08/31/09
Crisis Intervention Training #3840, 3841 or 4001- Deadline varies ***(see below)
Note: The above courses are mandatory, but can be used as part of the 40 hours required in either unit.
Required Time Frame
40 hrs in the 1st unit- any topic(s) 09/01/05 through 08/31/2007
40 hrs in the 2nd unit- any topic(s) 09/01/07 through 08/31/09
Constables and Deputy Constables
Constables and deputy constables are also required to have the 20-hour civil process course (#3101 or #3131) as part of the above requirements but their deadlines vary and some waivers apply.
Jailers
Individuals who possess (only) licenses as jailers, reserves, and/or public security officers are required to have Cultural Diversity (#3939) completed no later than August 31, 2009, or their licenses will become inactive.
***CIT - Deadlines
Recent Academy Graduates
If your Basic Peace Officer Academy included 16 hours of CIT training, your academy training coordinator needs to submit a roster for course number 3842 with zero hours marked to indicate completion of the CIT requirement. (The zero hour indicates that you have already received credit for the hours within the BPOC and the course number fulfills the CIT course requirement.)
All Other Peace Officers
If you were licensed on or after 9/1/2003, you must complete this requirement prior to applying for an intermediate or advanced certificate or prior to 8/31/2007, whichever is earlier.
If you are licensed prior to 9/1/2003, you must complete this requirement prior to applying for an intermediate or advanced certificate or prior to 8/31/2009, whichever is earlier.
All peace officers must complete this training before 09-01-2009.