michigan sheriffs' coordinating & training council
Certification & Decertification
Local Correction Officer Certification / Decertification
  1. The Michigan Sheriffs’ Coordinating and Training Council (Council) shall grant certification to:
    1. A person who meets all minimum hiring standards and requirements for Local Corrections Officers in effect at the time the person becomes employed as a Local Corrections Officer.
    2. A person who conforms with Section 12 and 13 of the Local Corrections Officers Training Act 125 of 2003 under guidelines established and adopted by the Council.
  2. Certification granted to a person under this act is valid until one or more of the following occurs:
    1. Conviction by a judge or jury of a felony.

    2. Conviction by a plea of guilty to a felony.

    3. Conviction by a plea of no contest to a felony.

    4. Making a materially false statement or committing fraud during the application for certification.

    5. The certification becomes invalid because the person is no longer employed as a Local Corrections Officer.

    6. The Local Corrections Officer has not met the annual 20 hour in-service training requirement.

    7. The certification is revoked.
  3. The Council shall issue a certificate to a person who has successfully completed the 160 hour Local Corrections Officer Academy or, if applicable, based on the Recognition of Prior and Training and Experience requirements, the 80 hour Re-Entry/Core Training. A certificate issued to a person remains the property of the Council and shall be surrendered to the Council upon request.
  4. A person who successfully completes a Local Correction Officer academy shall be entered into the Local Corrections Officer Tracking System (LCOTS) and assigned a permanent LCOTS identification number.
Procedures for Decertification; Review
  1. The Council, by certified mail, shall notify the Local Corrections Officer of decertification and a copy of the notice shall also be provided by certified mail, to the Sheriff, Under Sheriff, Jail Administrator and County Board Chairperson.
  2. Once a Corrections Officer is decertified, the Officer may submit a written appeal to the Council within thirty (30) days of receiving the notice of decertification. The Council shall consider each appeal on an individual basis.
Process for Re-Certification
  1. If decertification occurs because of no longer being employed as a Local Corrections Officer, re-certification may be reestablished under the current standards provided for in Recognition of Prior Training and Experience,” Previously Michigan Certified”.
  2. If decertification occurs because a Corrections Officer did not complete the annual 20 hours of in-service training, reestablishing certification may include one or more requirements determined by the Council:
    1. Successful completion of the 160 hour Local Corrections Officer Academy.

    2. Successful completion of the 80 hour Re-Entry/Core Training.

    3. Completing additional hours of In-Service training.
  3. Reestablishing certification as a Local Corrections Officer shall include meeting all the current selection and employment standards for Michigan Local Corrections Officers in effect at the time the application for recertification is submitted.
Revised and Adopted September 12, 2013