12 ncac 10b .1005          ADVANCED LAW ENFORCEMENT CERTIFICATE

(a)  In addition to the qualifications set forth in Rule.1002 of this Section, applicants for the Advanced Law Enforcement Certificate shall possess or be eligible to possess the Intermediate Law Enforcement Certificate and shall have acquired the following combination of educational points or degrees, law enforcement training points and years of law enforcement experience:

Educational Degrees	None	None	Associate	Bachelor	Doctoral, Professional or Master
Years of Law Enforcement Experience	12	9	9	6	4
Minimum Law Enforcement Training Points	35	50	33	27	23
Minimum Total Education and Training Points	69	99	33	27	23

(b)  Educational points or degrees claimed shall have been earned at a technical institute, technical college, community college, junior college, college or university accredited as such by the Department of Education of the state in which the institution is located, a national or regional accrediting body, or the state university of the state in which the institution is located. No credit shall be given for any correspondence, on-line or vocational courses unless credited towards a degree by an accredited institution.

(c)  No more than 160 hours of training obtained by completing the commission-mandated basic law enforcement training course shall be credited toward training points.

History Note:        Authority G.S. 17E-4(b)(1); 17E-4(b)(12);

Eff. January 1, 1989;

Amended Eff. February 1, 2014; January 1, 2013; August 1, 2002; August 1, 1998; January 1, 1996; January 1, 1994; January 1, 1992;

Pursuant to G.S. 150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without substantive public interest Eff. March 6, 2018.