{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-11-47-15.1","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-47-15.1","heading":"Qualifications required of law enforcement officers appointed after June 6, 1970.","body":"(a) Except as provided in § 11-47-15.3, all law enforcement officers of this state and its political subdivisions whose permanent appointment shall take place later than June 6, 1970, shall qualify on the official National Rifle Association B-21 police combat target firing a score of one hundred sixty-five (165) or better out of a possible score of two hundred fifty (250) with fifty (50) rounds in the distance, time period, and position required in the course:\n(1) Stage A: Seven (7) yards, ten (10) shots crouch position, time twenty-five (25) seconds.\n(2) Stage B: twelve (12) yards, five (5) shots point shoulder left hand, five (5) shots point shoulder right hand, both unsupported, and five (5) shots kneeling, time seventy-five (75) seconds.\n(3) Stage C: twenty-one (21) yards, five (5) shots point shoulder left hand supported, five (5) shots point shoulder right hand supported, time forty-five (45) seconds.\n(4) Stage D: twenty-five (25) yards, five (5) shots prone, five (5) shots left hand barricade, five (5) shots right hand barricade, time one minute forty-five (1:45) seconds.\n(b) All stages are started with the weapon loaded with 5 rounds and holstered.","path":["Title 11 Criminal Offenses","Chapter 47 Weapons"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE11/11-47/11-47-15.1.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T19:55:18Z","sha256":"8c901675708531d1d564f160b72f8c39ea69696b461731a8293d033d12dd80ce","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-11-47-15","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-11-47-15.2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}