In summary, the
Commission's written decision in the ITR appeal made the following three
determinations:
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The Distraction Device Breaching Instructor Course (CCN 1025-33566) - This course was properly decertified and should remain decertified.
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2. |
Sedentary Classroom Training Courses - Those courses identified as solely classroom courses in which students "passively receive, in a sedentary manner…" the course instruction shall be returned to active status and shall no longer be noted in the Commission's records as being decertified.
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Other Courses Involving Practical Application by Students Beyond Sedentary Classroom Instruction - The Commission will allow ITR to demonstrate that continued decertification of courses involving practical application by students is unwarranted. The Commission will allow for the decertification of such courses to be reversed and returned to active status, only upon a thorough review to determine that the courses meet all mandated certification and presentation requirements. Courses will be audited by POST staff at ITR's expense.
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The following four
sedentary courses were identified in the Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)
system to begin to implement the Commission’s second Determination:
1. CCN 1025-12250 - Critical Incident Management and Tactics
2. CCN 1025-30922 - Dispatcher - Tactical Operation
3. CCN 1025-30869 - Dispatcher - Tactical Operations, Advanced
4.
CCN 1025-23030 - Special Weapons and Tactics
During the certification process, several course titles have been updated to
more effectively reflect the course content and conform with standardized
course titles. The following chart depicts the previously decertified ITR
course titles and the current CATT course titles for the sedentary courses.
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ITR Course Title |
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CATT Course Title |
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CCN 1025-12250 - Critical Incident Management and Tactics |
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CCN 1265-23030 – Special Weapons
and Tactics, Commander |
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CCN 1025-30922 - Dispatcher - Tactical Operations |
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CCN 1265-30922 - Dispatcher - Tactical Operations |
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CCN 1025-30869 - Dispatcher - Tactical Operations, Advanced |
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CCN 1265-30869 - Dispatcher - Tactical Operations, Advanced |
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CCN 1025-23030 - Special Weapons and Tactics, Commander |
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CCN 1265- 23015 - Special Weapons
and Tactics Team Leader |
All four sedentary
courses have been certified. The following
list shows the performance of these courses from certification in Fiscal Year
2012 to the date of this report:
1. |
Special Weapons and Tactics, Commander
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Four presentations for a total of 71 attendees and one presentation with the roster past due since July 28, 2014. |
2. |
Dispatcher-Tactical Operations
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Three presentations for a total of 43 attendees. |
3. |
Dispatcher - Tactical Operations, Advanced |
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One presentation for a total of 16 attendees. |
4. |
Special Weapons and Tactics, Team Leader |
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On presentation for a total of 23 attendees and one presentation cancelled. |
Staff has begun to
implement the Commission’s third determination for non-sedentary courses.
CATT submitted four courses for return to active status. The
courses were reviewed by subject matter experts who provided input for changes
and corrections. All of the courses were returned to CATT staff
for revision. During the past few months, each course has been the
subject of an ongoing electronic and verbal dialogue between CATT and POST
staff to address concerns related to format, content and instructor resumes.
CATT has provided additional information and made modifications to the courses
and re-submitted them to POST where they are pending review. One of these courses has been returned to
CATT for additional work.
As each non-sedentary course is approved, staff
will work with CATT to determine when they will be presented and audit each
course at the expense of CATT. Staff has an audit process in place with
trained evaluators from the Quality Assessment Program. Pursuant to the
Commission’s decision, the evaluators will audit the first presentation of each
non-sedentary course to ensure compliance with POST course certification
Regulations and Procedures. |