109:2-18-01. Definitions

(A) As used in rules 109:2-18-01 to 109:2-18-07 of the Administrative Code, "Peace Officer" has the same meaning as in section 109.71 of the Revised Code.

(B) "Trooper" means an individual appointed as a state highway patrol trooper under section 5503.01 of the Revised Code.

(C) "Appointing Authority" means any agency or entity that appoints a peace officer or trooper.

(D) "Public Appointing Authority" means any agency that appoints a peace officer as defined in divisions (A)(1), (A)(3) to (A)(8), (A)(10), (A)(12), (A)(13), (A)(15) to (A)(18), and (A)(19) of section 109.71 of the Revised Code and the Ohio state highway patrol.

(E) "Responsible Agency" means the appointing authority charged with the responsibility for documenting the peace officer or trooper's training.

(F) "Commission" means the Ohio peace officer training commission.

(G) "Executive Director" means the executive director of the Ohio peace officer training commission.

(H) "Continuing Professional Training" means the training prescribed by sections 109.802 and 109.803 of the Revised Code.

(I) "OHLEG" means the Ohio law enforcement gateway.

(J) "Full-time" means officers or troopers who are in active pay status receiving compensation and benefits for forty hours in a work week or eighty hours in a fourteen-day period. For purposes of this chapter, active pay status has the same meaning as in rule 123:1-47-01 of the Administrative Code.

Five Year Review (FYR) Dates: 7/1/2019 and 07/01/2024
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: RC 109.802
Rule Amplifies: RC 109.73, RC 109.75, RC 109.802 , RC 109.803
Prior Effective Dates: 10/12/2007, 07/12/2013, 01/01/2017

Prior History: (Five Year Review (FYR) Dates: 7/2/2018 and 07/02/2019
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: R.C. 109.802
Rule Amplifies: R.C. 109.73, R.C. 109.75, R.C. 109.802, R.C. 109.803
Prior Effective Dates: 10/12/2007, 07/12/2013, 01/01/2017)