| (a) Documents Required After Obtaining an Initial Firearms
Proficiency Certificate. Within 30 calendar days after receiving the
initial firearms proficiency certificate from TCOLE, the chief administrative
officer must ensure the following documents are provided to TJJD:
(1) a copy of the Juvenile Probation Officer Firearms
Proficiency Certificate from TCOLE; and
(2) a completed, signed, and notarized copy of TJJD's
Verification of Eligibility for Juvenile Probation Officer to Carry
Firearm form, including the following required attachments:
(A) appropriate documentation that the juvenile probation
officer has been subjected to a complete search of local, state, and
national records to disclose any criminal record or criminal history;
(B) written documentation from each chief administrative
officer who has authorized the juvenile probation officer's participation
in the juvenile probation officer firearms proficiency training program
that the officer has been examined by a psychologist who was selected
by the current employing department and who is licensed by the Texas
State Board of Examiners of Psychologists;
(C) a written declaration from the examining psychologist
that the juvenile probation officer possesses the requisite psychological
and emotional health to carry a firearm in the course of the officer's
official duties;
(D) documentation of successful completion of TCOLE's
current firearms training program for juvenile probation officers;
(E) documentation of successful completion of the amount
of training specified by the department's policies and procedures
in the following areas:
(i) use of an empty-hand defense tactic; and
(ii) use of an intermediate weapon; and
(F) the department's current policies and procedures
described in §341.808 of this title.
(b) Documents Required After Obtaining Renewed Firearms
Proficiency Certificate. Within 30 calendar days after receiving a
renewal of a firearms proficiency certificate from TCOLE, the chief
administrative officer must ensure the following documents are provided
to TJJD:
(1) a copy of the renewed Juvenile Probation Officer
Firearms Proficiency Certificate from TCOLE;
(2) a completed, signed, and notarized copy of TJJD's
Renewal of Verification of Eligibility for Juvenile Probation Officer
to Carry Firearm form;
(3) documentation of successful completion of the amount
of continuing education specified by the department's policies and
procedures relating to the use of a firearm, intermediate weapon,
and empty-hand defense tactic; and
(4) the department's current policies and procedures
described in §341.808 of this title.
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