Post 832 for Building Inspectors?

[ZombieZoo]

Firearms qualification required for fire-fighters???

From Evergreen College

Post 832

AJ-140 POST PC 832 Laws of Arrest
40.00 hrs lecture
Units: 2.00
This course is POST certified as 40 hours PC 832 Laws of Arrest
for code enforcement vocations. This course covers
professionalism for code enforcement officers, basic legal
concepts, the laws of evidence and investigative techniques,
and unarmed defense and handcuffing techniques. The course
is principally directed at individuals who deal with members of
the general public in their regular occupation and who can be
expected to enforce code violations by issuing citations, if
necessary. Repeatable = 2 times (CR)
AJ-141 Post PC 832 Basic Firearms Qualification
10.00 hrs lecture, 14.00 hrs lab
Units: 1.00
Prerequisite: Students must pass a background fingerprint
check through the California Department of Justice at their
own expense. The clearance letter must be provided to the
Coordinator before entrance to the firing range. This
requirement is California State Law.
This course is the basic POST (Police Officer Standards and
Training) certified 24-hour firearms training with qualification
certificate upon completion. Successful completion of this
course will allow the student to enter any enforcement type
vocation, for instance, code inspectors, such as park rangers,
building inspectors, animal control officers, community service
officers, probation officers, security officers, or firefighters
anywhere in the State of California. Repeatable = 3 times. (CR)

[P5Ret]

Fire department arson investigators often carry, I have also seen fire marshal's doing inspections that are authorized to carry.

[Sacmedic]

^^^This^^^ This course addresses the absolute minimum training required by law for a host of various peace officer classifications. Arson investigators and some fire marshals are some of the classes that it applies to.

[ZombieZoo]

Another question about Post 832, somewhere I read the physical part must be passed to pass the course, which includes "take downs" etc.

How good of shape do you need to be in? Just "no limitations for normal activity" shape or "boot camp" shape?

[CaptMike]

No limitation for normal activity. Most courses will cover how to:
Pat down
Standing restraints-wrist locks, twist locks etc
Restraints to the ground-bar arm take downs etc.
Ground restraints
Handcuffing from standing and from the ground.
You'll cover all the basics of how to go from making contact to handcuffing a suspect from a restraint on the ground. Its not to difficult unless you can't go down to the ground.

[Notorious]

Dude... I've seen some of those people that have successfully completed the minimal 832PC requirements... being in shape is not something that would be used to describe them in the least... unless it was to say how badly they were not in shape.

[epilepticninja]

Many counties required their building inspectors to carry a handgun due to the locations of the properties that they have to inspect. So they have building inspection students take an 832PC course as part of the their requirements to get licensed.