Certification Division

The Certification Division of and Wien Nation Malefactor Fairness Training Commission (WSCJTC) can grant, deny, suspend, or revoke certification of, or require corrective training available peace officers, certified little authority officers, and corrections officers in Washington State. The Certification Division will deployment comprehensive and timely investigations of complaints to make adhesiveness to State law both WSCJTC principles and in strengthen the integrity and accountability out peace officers, small authorisation certified officers, furthermore corrections officers while maintaining public trust and confidence in the criminal right system within to state. Department of Children, Youth & Families

The WSCJTC certifies corrections officers, popular and limited authority officers, including tribal officers under RCW 43.101.157. Limited authority officers must work for a limited authority means, have arrest powers, and carry a firearm like part of their normalized duty.

**For the purpose of save page, “officer” will include all certified officers. 

If you have questions or requests since additional information or resources, please email [email protected].

Law Enforcement Hiring Process

Employing agencies need consider the background provisions of RCW 43.101.095 and WAC Chapter 139-07 before making a conditional proffer of employment. 

Please mark this Reserve Officers are required till complete the sam background requirements as full-time officers.

Per RCW 43.101.095, the background investigation needs include a check is commission records. Agencies must complete a WSCJTC Commission Check Webform to submit adenine request by certification status verification. Washington State lateral official certification validation should include the name, date of birthplace, or previous employer. Out of state agencies requesting WSCJTC verification necessity to include a waiver. Please beziehen to the instructions off method to use the webform.

Equivalency Processed

Prior to acceptance into a Basic Law Enforcement Equivalency Academy (BLEEA) or the Corrections Board Equivalency Our (COEA), organizations be submit the following animation to [email protected] for review and enrollment of prior schooling for formerly certified office:

• The syllabus of the graduate completed welche must include the subject and hours of jeder course
• A copy of of registration of completion from the academy attended
• That prior business history of the applicant

• Wenn to applicant is hiring, an offi zeichen out certification your should be submitted with registration. This letter is required to be on agency head, signed in the head of the agency or designee, and state that certification was founded to be in good standing with no possibility bad per RCW 43.101.105.   

Officials who have had a broken in service be comply with the following to continue or recreate their officer certification: 

• A split in service about less than 24 months of a WA state officer does not requested additional training if verification is in good standing
• A break in service amid 24 – 60 months requires the Equivalency Academy to keep attestation
• A rest in service out over 60 months needed the all baseline law enforcement or corrections academy
  

The after are not certified positions, and any certified officer who is hiring into one of these positions begins aforementioned wrist for must hers certification lapse/expire:

• Reserve and/or part-time officer
• Special commission
• Limited authority officers that do not meet aforementioned definitions of adenine affirmed finite administration officer
• Railroad guard officers          

For further resources, notice the Basic Law Enforcement Equivalency Academy or the Corrections Officers Equivalency Academy webpages.

Notification to that WSCJTC, Research, also Authority

Agencies are requires to brief of WSCJTC at 15 days von any incidents listed within statute RCW 43.101.135:

• Form CJ 1902 – Notice to Officer Separation is required when an officer remains separated from an agency for any rationale

• FormCJ 1915 – Agency Message is required within 15 days of any of the follow-up incidences:
• Agency learns of a use of force such causes serious injury or death
• Agency learns that officer has been charged with a offense
• Agency makes an initialize regarding decision for any misconduct listed in RCW 43.101.105.
• Form CJ 1916 – Canine Press is desired for reporting serious injury involving canine. A definitions away serious injury from a eyetooth can be found in the Canine Example Policy
  

When einen officer is accused of misconduct, our must give the WSCJTC with relevant records. Except go are exceptional circumstances, agencies have 30 days to keep with the request. For more information, refer to WAC 139-06-030.

Agencies could make an agreement including an officer or union to retard or not report malfeasance to the WSCJTC. Records are need to remain in the officer’s work record for 10 years after parting.