37 Tex. Admin. Code § 218.9 - Continuing Firearms Proficiency Requirements
(a) Each agency or entity that employs at
least one peace officer or at least one firearms certified jailer shall:
(1) require each peace officer or firearm
certified jailer that it employs to successfully complete the current firearms
proficiency requirements at least once each calendar year for each type of
firearm carried;
(2) designate a
firearms proficiency officer to be responsible for the documentation of annual
firearms proficiency. The documentation for each officer shall include:
(A) date of qualification;
(B) identification of peace officer or
jailer;
(C) firearm manufacturer,
model;
(D) results of qualifying;
and
(E) course(s) of
fire;
(3) keep on file
and in a format readily accessible to the commission a copy of all records of
this proficiency.
(b) The
annual firearms proficiency requirements shall include:
(1) an external inspection by the proficiency
officer, range officer, firearms instructor, or gunsmith to determine the
safety and functioning of the weapon(s);
(2) a proficiency demonstration in the care
and cleaning of the weapon(s) used; and
(3) a course of fire that meets or exceeds
the minimum standards.
(c) The minimum standards for the annual
firearms proficiency course of fire shall be:
(1) handguns - a minimum of 50 rounds, fired
at ranges from point-blank to at least 15 yards with at least 20 rounds at or
beyond seven yards, including at least one timed reload;
(2) shotguns - a minimum of five rounds of
ammunition fired at a range of at least 15 yards;
(3) precision rifles - a minimum of 20 rounds
of ammunition fired at a range of at least 100 yards; however, an agency may,
in its discretion, allow a range of less than 100 yards but not less than 50
yards if the minimum passing percentage is raised to 90;
(4) patrol rifles - a minimum of 30 rounds of
ammunition fired at a range of at least 50 yards, including at least one timed
reload; however, an agency may, in its discretion, allow a range of less than
50 yards but not less than 10 yards if the minimum passing percentage is raised
to 90;
(5) fully automatic weapons
- a minimum of 30 rounds of ammunition fired at ranges from seven to at least
10 yards, including at least one timed reload, with at least 25 rounds fired in
full automatic (short bursts of two or three rounds), and at least five rounds
fired semi-automatic, if possible with the weapon.
(d) The minimum passing percentage shall be
70 for each firearm.
(e) The
executive director may, upon written agency request, waive a peace officer's
demonstration of weapons proficiency based on a determination that the
requirement causes a hardship.
(f)
The effective date of this section is February 1, 2020.
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