A currently certified full-time detention officer who leaves his position under honorable conditions within twelve months, at the request of his director and with the concurrence of the South Carolina Criminal Justice Academy, may be issued a registration card identifying him as a member of the reserve if the use of reserve detention officers has been approved by the responsible authority. The officer is not required to undergo the preliminary training for reserves but is required to have a current physical exam and to continue the same annual in-service training requirements as regular full-time detention officers.
HISTORY: 1995 Act No. 62, Section 1; 2010 Act No. 237, Section 54, eff June 11, 2010.
Effect of Amendment
The 2010 amendment, in the first sentence, deleted "jailer or" before "detention officer", substituted "South Carolina Criminal Justice Academy," for "Department of Public Safety,"; and in the second sentence, deleted "Jailers or" before "detention officers".