Update: The March 23, 2017 Committee on Training Meeting has been Cancelled. Individuals are still able to provide public comment on Town Hall until March 16, 2017. Public comment will be accepted at the next regularly scheduled meeting of the COT.  

Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services

2017 Proposed Revisions to Minimum Training Standards

Opportunity for Public Comment

Notice:

In accordance with the requirements of the Virginia Administrative Code the Department of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS) is providing notice of proposed changes to the training standards for Law Enforcement, Civil Process, Courtroom Security, Jail, Basic Corrections Officers and Dispatchers recommended by the appropriate Curriculum Review Committee.  You may provide public comment through the Regulatory Town Hall public comment forum. Upon hearing and reviewing comments at the next regularly scheduled meeting, the Committee on Training (COT) will decide to adopt or reject in whole or in part the proposed revisions. Those revisions that are adopted by the COT will be published in the Virginia Register of Regulations for 30 days before becoming effective.

The proposed revisions impact all the regulated fields and can be viewed on the DCJS website on the Law Enforcement page https://www.dcjs.virginia.gov/law-enforcement by clicking on the tab labeled “2017 Proposed Revisions to Minimum Training Standards”

Civil Process Officer Performance Outcomes…………………………...page 2

Corrections Officer Performance Outcomes……………………………page 7

Courtroom Security Officer Performance Outcomes...………………...page 12

Dispatchers Performance Outcomes…………………………………...page 18

Jail Officer Performance Outcomes……………………………………page 29

Law Enforcement Officer Performance Outcomes……………………page 34