Coordinating body
Texas Justice Court Training Center
Roger Rountree
Executive Director
1501 South Mopac Expressway #350
Austin Texas 78746

Contact
Roger Rountree
(512) 245-2349

The Texas Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education is the permanent contact for constables hours.

TCLEOSE
6330 U.S. Highway 290 East, Suite 200
Austin, Texas 78723

TCLEOSE Requirements

Continuing Education Deadlines for all Peace Officer Licensees

Commission Rule 217.11 Legislatively Required Continuing Education for Licensees requires that individuals licensed as peace officers complete 40 hours of training in each of the two 24-month units of the current (four-year) training cycle, which began Sep. 1, 2005, and will end on Aug. 31, 2009. Included within the 40-hour requirement are other legislatively required topics. These requirements are listed below for your information. All peace officers must meet these requirements or their peace officer licenses will become inactive Aug. 31, 2009.

Legislatively required continuing education requirements for the current training cycle for peace officers are as follows:

Constables and Deputy Constables

Constables and deputy constables are also required to have the 20-hour civil process course (3101 or 3131) as part of the above requirements, but their  deadlines vary and some waivers apply.

Jailers

Individuals who possess (only) licenses as jailers, reserves and/or public security officers are required to have Cultural Diversity (3939) completed no later than Aug. 31, 2009, or their licenses will become inactive.

Recent Academy Graduates: If your basic peace officer academy included 16 hours of CIT training, your academy training coordinator needs to submit a roster of course numbers 3842, with zero hours, marked to indicate completion of the CIT requirement. (The zero-hour listing indicates that you have already received credit for the hours within the BPOC, while the course number indicates that the CIT course requirement has been met.)

All other peace officers: If you were licensed on or after Sept. 1, 2003, you must complete this requirement prior to applying for an intermediate or advanced certificate, or by Aug. 31, 2007, whichever is earlier. If you were licensed prior to Sept. 1, 2003, you must complete this requirements prior to applying for an intermediate or advanced certificate, or by Aug. 31, 2009, whichever is earlier.

All peace officers must complete this training before Sept. 1, 2009

Contact
TCLEOSE hours
(512) 936-7700

Programs that qualify
For constables, any approved by TCLEOSE.

Filing for Credit
For constables: Training coordinators' report hours earned to TCLEOSE. Records of Texas Justice Court Training Center training of civil process for constables are recorded by TJCTC and forwarded to TCLEOSE.

Continuing Education Requirements
For constables: Required to attain 40 hours biannually, 20 hours of which must be in civil process.

Legal source
Government Code, Sections 415.015, 415.034, 415.0345 and 415.053. Government Code 415.035