SECTION 390:15-1-18.1. Suspension, dismissal and reinstatement to academy

(a)   Trainees may be removed from active participation, but not dismissed from the academy by a CLEET instructor, for violations of academy rules, guidelines, safety rules or other justified reasons.

(b)   Trainees will not be dismissed from the academy except upon instructions from the Director or Director's designee.

(c)   The Director, or Director's designee, may take disciplinary action, up to and including, suspension and dismissal from the academy, for violations of academy rules, guidelines, safety rules, or other justified reasons.

(d)   A trainee that has been suspended or dismissed from a basic academy and desires to return to the academy must make written request to the Director. The written request to return to the academy must also be signed by the head of the employing agency.

(e)   Upon receipt of a written request to return to the academy, the Director or the director's designee will review the request for readmittance together with the reasons for suspension or dismissal, and decide if and when the trainee may return. In the discretion of the Director, or the director's designee the trainee may or may not be placed into the same academy from which the trainee was suspended or dismissed.

[Source: Added at 17 Ok Reg 2548, eff 6-26-00; Amended at 18 Ok Reg 3080, eff 7-12-01; Amended at 31 Ok Reg 1956, eff 9-15-14]