All newly appointed facility administrators and facility employees who work in an excess of two hundred (200) hours annually and are responsible for the security and supervision of inmates shall meet the following training requirements:
003.01 Facility Orientation Training All new employees shall be provided orientation training on the facility's policies and procedures, organization, structure, programs and services, and task orientation to their particular job assignments, shift duties and equipment used. Orientation training shall be successfully completed within 3 months of employment. Orientation training shall include training in the following areas that are appropriate for the employees job assignments:
003.01A Inmate supervision, inmate security, inmate management, and inmate rules, regulations and enforcement procedures;003.01B Emergency procedures including fire evacuation;003.01C Inmate admission, orientation, classification, and release procedures;003.01D Inmate mail, telephone, visiting, exercise, recreation, and library services;003.01E Food service, inmate hygiene and laundry, facility sanitation and maintenance;003.01F Inmate work release, educational release, religious and counseling programs;003.01G Inmate medical and mental health services;003.02 Initial Training Satisfactory completion of a minimum of eighty (80) hours of initial training provided by the Nebraska Law Enforcement Training Center is required. Such training shall cover, at a minimum, the following areas:
003.02A Correctional legal issues, inmate rights, officer rights and liability;003.02B Interpersonal communications, human relations, crisis intervention, inmate supervision and inmate discipline;003.02C Medical and mental health screening, medical problems, suicide prevention, psychological and behavioral aspects of incarceration, substance abuse and abnormal behavior;003.02D Use of force and self defense;003.02E Responding to jail escapes, fires, fights, riots and hostage situations;003.02G Jail security and inmate classification.003.03 The facility administrator and facility employees shall be considered to have satisfactorily completed the initial training if all academic and attendance requirements established by the Nebraska Law Enforcement Training Center have been met and a certificate has been issued to the trainee.003.04 After the effective date of these Standards, newly appointed facility administrators and facility employees shall receive the initial training as soon as possible, and it must be completed within the first year of employment.003.05 The initial training requirements for the facility administrator and facility employees may be waived by the Board upon proof of comparable training. In order to evaluate the waiver request, the facility administrator will make the following information available to the Board upon request:003.05A Course title, outline, and objectives;003.05B Time(s) and date(s) of course;003.05C Name of instructor(s) and qualifications003.05D Examinations/student evaluation procedure;003.05E Class roster and attendance records;003.05F Copies of certificates issued, if any.003.06 After the first year of employment, a minimum of eighteen (18) hours of yearly in-service training is required for facility administrators and facility employees of all jail facilities.003.07 The yearly in service training shall not be waived. College courses, university courses, seminars, correspondence courses, or other training programs may fulfill the in-service training requirement if they are of a nature that will increase the employee's value to his/her facility.003.08 All facility employees shall successfully complete basic Red Cross First-Aid training or it's equivalent and training in cardio-pulmonary resuscitation techniques during the first 12 months of employment. Certification in these areas shall be kept current.003.09 All facility employees authorized to use firearms shall receive training and be qualified in their use on at least an annual basis.003.10 All facility employees authorized to use chemical agents, other weapons, or mechanical restraints shall receive training in their handling and use.003.11 All facility employees shall receive training in the execution of the facility's written emergency plans and in the use of emergency equipment on at least an annual basis.003.12 The facility shall maintain a complete and current record of all training received for each facility employee. Copies of any certificates issued shall also be maintained.81 Neb. Admin. Code, ch. 2, § 003