503 KAR 3:050. Telecommunications academy: graduation requirements; records.

      RELATES TO: KRS 15.530, 15.550, 15.560(1), 15.565

      STATUTORY AUTHORITY: KRS 15.590

      NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY: KRS 15.590 requires the Commissioner of the Department of Criminal Justice Training to promulgate administrative regulations regarding training and telecommunications practices. This administrative regulation establishes the course and graduation requirements of the Telecommunications Academy.

      Section 1. Definition. "Academy" means the 168 hour Telecommunications Academy course conducted by the department.

      Section 2. Academy Content. The academy shall consist of the following seven (7) areas:

      (1) Basic telecommunications;

      (2) Criminal justice information system (CJIS);

      (3) Emergency medical dispatch;

      (4) Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR);

      (5) Critical incidents;

      (6) Spanish for the telecommunicator; and

      (7) Incident command, Homeland Security.

      Section 3. Academy Graduation Requirements. (1) To graduate from the academy, a trainee shall:

      (a) Successfully complete a minimum of 168 hours of Kentucky Law Enforcement Council (KLEC)-approved training;

      (b) Attain a passing score on all examinations for which a numerical score is assigned, as follows:

      1. Eighty (80) percent on the Emergency Medical Dispatch written examination;

      2. Eighty (80) percent on the CPR written examination; and

      3. Seventy (70) percent on all other examinations for which a numerical score is assigned;

      (c) Pass all examinations for which a pass-or-fail designation is assigned; and

      (d) Successfully complete all other assignments, exercises, and projects included in the academy. After-hours assignments may be required, and shall be successfully completed in order to pass the training area for which they were assigned.

      (2) A trainee shall be considered to have failed the academy if the trainee does not meet the requirements established in subsection (1) of this section.

      (3) To avoid unnecessary repetition of coursework:

      (a) A telecommunicator who attends the telecommunications academy and has previously successfully completed basic telecommunications or any other area of the telecommunications academy, as established in Section 2 of this administrative regulation, shall:

      1. Receive credit for that training area; and

      2. Not be required to repeat that training area of the telecommunications academy; and

      (b) The Commissioner of the Department of Criminal Justice Training may, upon written request, award a certificate of completion to a CJIS telecommunicator who has successfully completed all of the training areas that compose the telecommunications academy.

      Section 4. Reexaminations. (1) A trainee shall be permitted one (1) reexamination.

      (2) A trainee who fails an examination shall not be reexamined:

      (a) Earlier than forty-eight (48) hours from the original examination; or

      (b) Later than the last scheduled day of the telecommunications academy.

      (3) A trainee shall be considered to have failed the academy if the trainee fails a reexamination.

      Section 5. Failure and Repetition of Academy. (1) A trainee who has failed an academy shall be permitted to repeat one (1) academy in its entirety during the following twelve (12) months.

      (2) The trainee or his agency shall pay all fees for the repeated academy.

      Section 6. Absence. (1) A trainee may have excused absences from the academy with approval of the Professional Development Branch Manager or Telecommunications Training Section Supervisor.

      (2) An excused absence from the academy which causes a trainee to miss any of the 168 hours of training shall be made up through an additional training assignment.

      Section 7. Circumstances Preventing Completion of the Telecommunications Academy. If a trainee is prevented from completing the telecommunications academy due to extenuating circumstances beyond the control of the trainee, including injury, illness, personal tragedy, or agency emergency, he shall be permitted to complete the unfinished areas of the academy within 180 days immediately following the termination of the extenuating circumstance, if the:

      (1) Extenuating circumstance preventing completion of the academy does not last for a period of longer than one (1) year; and

      (2) Failure to complete is not caused by a preexisting physical injury or preexisting physiological condition.

      Section 8. Termination of Employment While Enrolled. If while enrolled in the telecommunications academy, a trainee’s employment as a telecommunicator is terminated by resignation or dismissal and he is unable to complete the academy, he may complete the remaining training within one (1) year of reemployment as a telecommunicator. The trainee shall repeat the telecommunications academy in its entirety if:

      (1) The break in employment exceeds one (1) year; or

      (2) The termination of employment is a result, directly or indirectly, of disciplinary action taken by the department against the trainee while enrolled in the telecommunications academy.

      Section 9. Maintenance of Records. All training records shall be:

      (1) Available to the council and the secretary for inspection or other appropriate purposes; and

      (2) Maintained in accordance with applicable standards in KRS Chapter 171. (28 Ky.R. 194; Am. 626; eff. 9-10-2001; 30 Ky.R. 419; 862; eff. 10-31-03; 32 Ky.R. 1476; 2268; eff. 7-7-06.)