Commissioned Law Enforcement Personnel, Qualifications for

 

 

Purpose:

 

To broaden the applicant pool for The University of Texas System Police Academy and permit component institutions to compete with local police departments in recruiting personnel

 

Date Approved:

 

December 2, 1993

 

Background:

 

The Board amended the Resolution adopted in January 1971 and amended December 6, 1985; April 14, 1988; and February 14, 1991, for commissioned law enforcement personnel to read as set forth below:

 

 

QUALIFICATIONS FOR
COMMISSIONED LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL

 

 

I.       The applicant must meet the citizenship requirement as prescribed by current statute and must meet the Minimum Standards for Appointment as required by the Rules and Regulations of the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education.

 

II.       The applicant must have reached his or her 21st birthday but not his or her 45th birthday ON DATE OF COMMISSIONING.

 

III.      The applicant for admission to the U. T. System Police Academy must have a high school diploma or a GED and must have a minimum of sixty (60) semester college hours.  The applicant may fulfill this college requirement by substituting one (1) of the following:

 

         Thirty (30) semester college hours and one (1) year of continuous employment as a police guard, dispatcher, telecommunications operator, or parking controller by a component institution within The University of Texas System;

 

         Thirty (30) semester college hours and two (2) years of active military service.

 

IV.     Physical requirements are as follows:

 

         A.      VISION:

 

                  VISUAL ACUITY - Maximum uncorrected visual acuity of 20/200 and correctable or corrected as follows:  20/30 through 20/100 - correctable to 20/30 in each eye and binocularly.

 

                  In excess of 20/100 through 20/200 - must be corrected to 20/30 in each eye and binocularly by means of regular eyeglasses or contact lenses and accompanied by a statement from an ophthalmologist that no ocular disease exists.

 

                  FIELD OF VISION - Horizontal 60-85 degrees temporarily from a central fixation point.

 

                  MUSCULAR IMBALANCE - Zero vertical deviation, horizontal - 10 prism diopter esophoria at twenty (20) feet.

 

                  OTHER VISUAL FACTORS - Applicants will be rejected for color deficiencies as determined by the Director of Police after examination by an approved ophthalmologist.  Chronic inflammation of the eye and adnexa, permanent abnormalities of either eye, or loss of either eye will be grounds for rejection.

 

         B.      HEARING - Applicant must be able to hear ordinary conversation from at least fifteen (15) feet with each ear.

 

         C.      GENERAL HEALTH - Applicant must pass the physical agility/fitness test and be capable of performing all police duties specified in the current job description.

 

 

Last reviewed September 2000