DELAWARE COUNCIL ON POLICE TRAINING
ORDER
Council on Police Training, Reg. II-16, Emergency Care and CPR Training
I. Summary of the Evidence and Information Submitted
The Chairman of the Council on Police Training approves the proposed regulation as published in the Delaware Registry of Regulations on December 1, 2002. Notices of the proposed regulation were published in The News Journal and the Delaware State News on November 29, 2002 in the form attached hereto as Exhibits A and B. The notices invited written comments (only one was received). The notices also invited the public to attend a hearing on December 19, 2002 to comment on the proposed regulation. No members of the public attended the hearing.
II. Findings of Facts.
The Chairman finds that it is necessary to adopt the regulation to promote public safety.
III. Decision To Adopt the Regulation.
For the foregoing reasons, the Chairman concludes that it is necessary to adopt the regulation. Therefore, pursuant to 11 Delaware Code § 8404(a)(14), the regulation attached hereto as Exhibit C is hereby adopted.
IV. Text and Citation.
The text of the regulation amended hereby shall be in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C, and said regulation shall be cited in the Regulations of the Council on Police Training.
V. Effective Date of Order.
The action referred to above was taken on January 15, 2003. The effective date of this Order shall be ten (10) days from the date this Order is published in the Delaware Register of Regulations.
IT IS SO ORDERED, this 15th day of January, 2003.
Richard Carmean/Chairman, Council on Police Training
As authorized by 8404(a)(5): In order to retain certification, all police officers in the State of Delaware must receive recertification in Emergency Care every three years, and recertification in C.P.R. annually from a certified Council on Police Training or Delaware State Fire School instructor. The Chief of Police shall forward to the Administrator, documentation of recertification for each officer under his/her command within 90 days of the anniversary of initial Emergency Care & C.P.R. Certification.
All police officers in the State of Delaware shall have successfully completed a First Responder course adhering to the United States Department of Transportation curriculum for First Responder courses as offered by the Delaware State Fire School or as taught in a certified police training academy by a credentialed medical services instructor.