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TCOLE to require new jail certification hours, launches BPOC job task analysis and public comment on supervisor/instructor courses
Summary
The commission’s education staff told commissioners that a newly published basic jail certification course increases from 32 to 59 hours and must be implemented by June 2; TCOLE is conducting a statewide job task analysis for the Basic Peace Officer Course and will publish a new supervisor course and instructor course for public comment.
Deputy Chief Colin Grissom, who oversees credentialing and education services, told commissioners the agency has published multiple curriculum updates that training providers must implement on short timelines.
The most immediate change affects the transitional jail certification for peace officers moving into jailer responsibilities: "Going from 32 to 59," Grissom said, noting that the largest single addition is a suicide-prevention module tailored to the jail setting. The new jail certification curriculum was published in January and training providers must have the updated course in place by June 2.
Grissom said another curriculum update published in February must be implemented by April 1; that change was described…
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