Coordinating body
Texas Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education
6330 U.S. Highway 290 East, Suite 200
Austin, Texas 78723

Contact
TCLEOSE hours
(512) 936-7700

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

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 August 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 09/01/03, you must complete this requirement prior to applying for an intermediate or advanced certificate, or by 08/31/07, whichever is earlier.  If you were licensed prior to 09/01/03, you must complete this requirements prior to applying for an intermediate or advanced certificate, or by 08/31/09, whichever is earlier.

All Peace Officers must complete this training before Sept. 1, 2009

Programs that qualify
Any approved by TCLEOSE.

Filing for credit
Rosters are available at approved courses or academics. Make sure your name is on the roster. The rosters are returned to TCLEOSE at the end of the training and entered into the sheriff's records.

Continuing education requirements
TCLEOSE may require any sheriff who is not a commissioned peace officer to attend up to 40 hours of education within two to four years of taking office.

Legal source
Local Government Code, Section 85.0025