12 CAR § 1-112 – Reciprocity

(a) The Arkansas Commission on Law Enforcement Standards and Training may waive the completion of any course required by this part upon presentation of documentary evidence by a law enforcement agency that a law enforcement officer has satisfactorily completed equivalent training.
(b) Training received in a state with laws governing or regulating law enforcement training must, if subject to such review, have been approved or certified in the state in which the training was received.
(c) The commission may elect to prescribe as a condition of certification the satisfactory completion of the refresher course or other supplementary or remedial training necessary to equate previous training with current standards.
(d) The Division of Law Enforcement Standards and Training is authorized to accept training from states, federal agencies, or military police that:
1. (1) By law regulate and supervise the quality of law enforcement training; and
2. (2) Require a minimum number of hours of classroom training in the basic course equivalent to standards established by the commission.
(e)
1. (1) For certification purposes, those full-time law enforcement officers who have not met the minimum classroom hours of training but have accumulated at least fifty percent (50%) of the required hours may, at the discretion of the commission, receive ten (10) classroom hours of credit for each year of full-time law enforcement experience.
2. (2) Those who qualify for this equivalent training waiver will be required to satisfactorily complete the refresher course.
3. (3) Should the law enforcement officer fail to satisfactorily complete the refresher course, they will be required to attend the basic police training course at a commission-approved training facility.
(f) Individuals who meet all requirements of certification and who receive a waiver under this section shall be entitled to certification after the completion of the appropriate probationary period.
(g) Veterans to Law Enforcement program.
1. (1) The commission administers the program, Veterans to Law Enforcement, which allows qualified military veterans interested in pursuing a career in law enforcement to attend the basic law enforcement training course.
2. (2)
  1. (A) To be eligible to apply for the program, applicants must meet the following requirements:
(i) Shall have served at least six (6) months active duty in the armed services within ten (10) years prior to application;
1. (ii) Meet minimum standards as required of an Arkansas law enforcement officer as specified in this part; and
  1. (iii) Pay the nonrefundable cost of the training prior to attending the basic law enforcement training course.
  2. (B) The Director of the Division of Law Enforcement Standards and Training will be the final approving authority for an applicant's acceptance into the program.
2. (3) Veterans in the Veterans to Law Enforcement program that fail any portion of the basic law enforcement training course are:
  1. (A) Ineligible to attend another course for a twenty-four-month period as specified in this part; and
  2. (B) No longer eligible to apply for the Veterans to Law Enforcement program.
3. (4) Veterans in the Veterans to Law Enforcement program that successfully complete the basic law enforcement training course must begin employment with a law enforcement agency as a full-time or part-time officer within three (3) years of the date of the completion of the basic law enforcement training course for the training to remain valid.