# COMAR Title 12 — Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services

## Subtitle 04 — Police Training and Standards Commission

### Chapter 01 — General Regulations

#### Regulation .11 Voluntary Attendance at an Entrance-Level Training Program.

*COMAR 12.04.01.11*

A. An individual who is not employed as a police officer by a law enforcement agency may attend Commission-approved entrance-level training on a voluntary basis if the individual requesting to attend:

  (1) Receives approval by the training director of the Commission-approved academy; and

  (2) Meets the selection standards under §B of this regulation.

B. Selection Standards — Voluntary Entrance-Level Training.

  (1) An individual approved by the training director to attend police officer entrance-level training on a voluntary basis shall:

    (a) Meet entrance standards for the academy providing the training;

    (b) Provide documentation from a licensed medical professional that the individual has received a medical examination and is physically fit to participate in the academy police officer entrance-level training; and

    (c) Provide documentation supporting that the individual is currently 21 or will be 21 years old at the completion of the police officer entrance-level training.

  (2) The training director accepting an individual volunteering to attend police officer entrance-level training shall:

    (a) Ensure a criminal record check is performed on the individual through, at a minimum, the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) to determine if there is supplemental information that conflicts with the requirements of the academy or Commission;

    (b) Provide the individual with a copy of the selection standards specified in Regulation .04 of this chapter; and

    (c) Have the individual acknowledge in writing that completion of the police officer entrance-level training is not a guarantee of certification by the Commission as a police officer.

C. If an individual under the provisions of this regulation successfully completes Commission-approved police officer entrance-level training provided by a Commission-approved academy and is subsequently hired by a law enforcement agency to fill a position as a police officer within 2 years of the completion of the training, the agency head may request a waiver of training under Regulation .14 of this chapter.

D. Mandated Personnel.

  (1) Under Public Safety Article, §3-215(d), Annotated Code of Maryland, an individual employed as a police officer by a law enforcement agency is entitled to a leave of absence with pay to attend entrance-level training.

  (2) An employee of a law enforcement agency who is required to meet the requirements of this chapter may not voluntarily enroll in an academy to attend Commission-approved police officer entrance-level training.

E. An individual, training director, or law enforcement agency head seeking a waiver of this regulation may apply to the Commission for that waiver according to provisions under Regulation .14 of this chapter.