TCOLE Rules Overview Test 2023

TCOLE Rules Overview Test 2023 The mission of the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement, as a regulatory State agency, is to standards to ensure that the people of Texas are served by highly trained and ethical law enforcement, corrections, and telecommunications personnel. - ANS establish and enforce How and when was TCOLE created? - ANS By the 59th Legislature in Senate Bill (SB) 236 and became effective on August 30, 1965 The Commission will continue until? - ANS 2021 - House Bill (HB) 3389 passed in the 81st Legislature The Commission is powered by to create rules for the administration - Chapter 1701, Occupations Code. - ANS legislation The TCOLE rules are in Title 37 of the Code, Chapters 211-229. - ANS Administrative Chapter 217.1 Minimum Standards for Enrollment and Initial Licensure - ANS -is a U. S. Citizen -to enroll in a basic licensing course the provider must have on file documentation that the individual meets eligibility for licensure. Applicant must meet following standards: Minimum age requirements: --21 yoa, or 18 with an associates degree/60 sem hours --honorable discharge from the military For jailers and communicators 18 yoa Minimum education requirements: -GED or HS Diploma -Honorable Discharge from the military -Is fingerprinted and criminal records search -No court-ordered community supervision or probation for criminal offense higher than Class B Misdemeanor w/in last 10 years of date of court order -not currently charged w/ any criminal offense that would be a bar to licensure -never been convicted higher than a Class B Misdemeanor or a Class B Misdemeanor w/in last 10 years -never convicted or placed on community supervision for family violence -Is not prohibited from having a driver's license or firearm -background investigation completed by the enrolling or appointing entity into the applicant's personal history. True or False: According to Chapter 217.1 Minimum Standards for Enrollment and Initial Licensure, you can have a Class A Misdemeanor conviction, a GED, and attend a police academy. - ANS False. A person cannot be convicted of an offense higher than a Class B Misdemeanor. True or False: According to Chapter 217.1 Minimum Standards for Enrollment and Initial Licensure, you have to be 20 1/2 years old to be a peace officer or 18 years old with 60 semester college hours. - ANS False. You have to be 21 years old to qualify to be a peace officer. True or False: According to Chapter 217.1 Minimum Standards for Enrollment and Initial Licensure, the appointing agency is required to conduct a background investigation on the applicant. - ANS True A background investigation shall include, at a minimum, a personal history statement, contacting previous law enforcement agencies where the applicant worked and the chief at these agencies, contacting personal references, contacting all employers for the last , complete a criminal history statement and driving record. - ANS three; 10 years During the background investigation, the applicant will be examined by a physician, who is licensed by the Texas Medical Board and familiar with the job duties. The applicant must be declared on a Form as being physically sound with no drug dependency. - ANS L-2 . . . . . . . .