Requirements for firearms instructor certification
Compiled text through Mar 31, 2022
Register checked through Jul 29, 2026
No later Register activity identified in this check.
Dates and status
- Compiling agency
- Executive Department
- Text status
- Source receipt
- Compiled text through
- Mar 31, 2022
- Register checked through
- July 29, 2026/Vol. XLVIII, Issue 30 (2026-07-29)
- Activity status
- No later Register activity identified in this check.
- Source snapshot
- Jun 6, 2026
Each applicant for firearms instructor shall meet all of the following requirements:
(a)Possess a high school diploma or its equivalent.
(b)Have a minimum of three years of police, peace officer or Federal law enforcement officer experience. The peace officer and Federal law enforcement officer experience requirement can only be satisfied by those persons who have carried a firearm in the course of their official duties and have done so for the prescribed period of time.
(c)Successfully complete a Municipal Police Training Council approved basic course for police officers or basic course for peace officers, as appropriate, or a requisite basic training course prescribed by a Federal law enforcement officer employer.
(d)Successfully complete an instructor development course which is acceptable to the commissioner.
(e)Successfully complete a firearms instructor course of at least 35 hours duration and which is acceptable to the commissioner.