(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.

Source Note: The provisions of this §341.802 adopted to be effective January 1, 2017, 41 TexReg 5433