Chapter 3 – Personnel, Training, and Employee Relations

32010.20.3 Firearms Requalification Requirements

• All employees subject to Penal Code section 832 training shall quarterly or annually demonstrate satisfactory knowledge of firearms policy and usage.  Requalification shall be accomplished through a performance evaluation and minimum departmental scoring proficiency per designated unit. 

  • Requalification requirements are based upon level of responsibility, duties performed, and weaponry appropriate to the function. 

• Annual Firearms Requalification
  Annual firearms requalification shall operate on a 12-month period in accordance with the institution or unit training schedule.

  • Employees subject to annual firearms qualifications shall maintain their qualifications within this period.

  • If qualifications are not attained before the end of the 365 day period in addition to a four-week grace period, the employee shall be considered out of compliance with annual qualification mandates.

• Quarterly Firearms Requalification
  Quarterly firearms requalification shall operate on a three-month period in accordance with the institution or unit training schedule.

  • Employees subject to quarterly firearms qualifications shall maintain their qualifications within this period.

  • If qualifications are not attained before the end of the succeeding month following this three-month period, the employee shall be considered out of compliance with quarterly qualification mandates.

  • Specialized Unit is defined as Statewide Transportation Unit, Institutional Transportation Unit, Armory, Rangemasters, Tactical Firearms Instructors, K-9Canine Units, Investigative Services Unit, Institutional Gang Investigative Units, Crisis Response Team (CRTCrisis Response Team), Office of Training and Professional Development, and Office of Peace Officer Selection Rangemasters.  

    • Specialized units are required to qualify with the semi-automatic handgun at a higher proficiency.  Specialized units as defined shall qualify at minimum of 80 percent on the departmental 45 round course.  A score of 80 percent is 36 out of 45. 

    • If an employee assigned to a specialized unit fails to demonstrate minimum proficiency on the departmental 45 round handgun course of fire at 80 percent, the Range Remediation Policy, as defined in DOMDepartment Operations Manual section 32010.20.4 shall be enacted to determine eligibility to maintain their position in the specialized unit. 

  • Failure to successfully complete the mandatory weapons requalification, in addition to remediation, shall result in loss of peace officer status.
    
    Institution Quarterly/Annual Requalification Requirements

    	Mini-14	Handgun
    Correctional Counselor I	X
    Correctional Counselor II	X
    Fire Captain		X
    Fire Chief		X
    Correctional Officer	X	X
    Correctional Sergeant	X	X
    Correctional Lieutenant	X	X