6VAC20-60-30: Applicability

A. Full-time or part-time dispatchers employed by or in any local or state government agency whose duties include the dispatching of law-enforcement personnel and who were hired on or after July 1, 1988, must meet compulsory minimum training standards and requirements as identified in 6VAC20-60-20 and 6VAC20-60-40 unless provided otherwise in accordance with subsection B of this section.

B. The director may grant an exemption or partial exemption of the compulsory minimum training standards established in this chapter, in accordance with § 9.1-116 of the Code of Virginia.

C. Any dispatcher having previously and successfully completed the compulsory minimum training standards who resigns and is reappointed within 24 months from departure will not be required to complete the academy training class.