Members of the shooting community often reference law enforcement firearms proficiency standards as useful measures of competency. They will measure themselves against these standards, use them as benchmarks, or adapt the courses of fire for their own uses.

As part of other efforts, I have been collecting the handgun qualification courses of fire established by state regulatory bodies governing police service (POST boards, etc). These courses of fire represent that states academy exit standard for handgun proficiency, annual (or more frequent) continuing education or proficiency requirement for the handgun, other applicable handgun qualification standard established for serving as a law enforcement officer in that state, or a state LEOSA standard.

The links below are those courses of fire, listed alphabetically by state. To ensure accuracy, only those courses of fire published by the POST body, to their own website, are included here. Where the course is part of a larger document or manual, page numbers are referenced.

As you utilize this resource, keep in mind that these constitute a minimum standard of proficiency. Alternate courses may be approved in lieu of these courses, and local agencies may utilize higher standards in their programs.

If you can provide any of the missing state courses or know of corrections that need to be made, please post in this thread supplying a link to the course of fire hosted on an official POST site. On a case by case basis, I may include links to other organizations that host those state courses that are of exceptional reliability and vetted.

This thread is not intended to be a collection of LE courses as a whole, only the state established standard(s). Please do NOT post other courses of fire you prefer or that are in use by your local agency.

I hope this information is useful to you.

Alabama Police Officers Standards and Training Commission
http://www.apostc.state.al.us/Portal...%203-29-07.pdf

Alaska Police Standards Council
Not found on site

Arizona Peace Officers Standards and Training
Semi-auto: http://www.azpost.state.az.us/assets...defintions.pdf
Revolver: http://www.azpost.state.az.us/assets...lverCourse.pdf

Arkansas Law Enforcement Training Academy
http://www.clest.org/aleta/Documents/handgun.pdf

California Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training
Not found on site

Colorado Peace Officer Standards and Training Board
http://www.coloradoattorneygeneral.g...N%20COURSE.pdf

Connecticut Police Officer Standards and Training Council
Not found on site

Delaware Council on Police Training
Not found on site

Florida Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission
http://www.fdle.state.fl.us/Content/...DTD110807.aspx

Georgia Police Officers Standards and Training Council
http://www.gapost.org/pdf_file/gsac05.pdf

Hawaii
Not found on site

Idaho Peace Officers Standards and Training
http://www.post.idaho.gov/Forms/docu...msQualForm.pdf

Illinois Law Enforcement Standards and Training Board
http://www.ptb.state.il.us/pdf/AdmRu...alFirearms.pdf
http://www.isp.state.il.us/foid/hr218secondarycw.cfm Secondary/Covert Weapon Course of Fire, 2006 (LEOSA Qual)

Indiana Law Enforcement Training Board
http://www.in.gov/ilea/files/48_round_course.pdf
http://www.in.gov/ilea/files/60_round_course.pdf (IN LE Academy Instructor Handgun Course)

Iowa Law Enforcement Academy
Not found on site

Kansas Commission on Peace Officers Standards and Training
http://www.kscpost.org/target.php
http://www.kletc.org/pdf/resources_h...se_of_fire.pdf

Kentucky Department of Criminal Justice Training
Not found on site

Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement Administration of Criminal Justice
http://www.lcle.la.gov/programs/uplo...emy_Manual.pdf
(Page 59)

Maine Criminal Justice Academy
http://www.maine.gov/dps/mcja/forms/...Course2011.doc

Maryland Police and Correctional Training Commissions
Not found on site

Massachusetts Municipal Police Training Committee
http://www.mlefiaa.org/files/LEO_002...lification.pdf

Michigan Commission on Law Enforcement Standards
http://www.michigan.gov/documents/mc...d_249947_7.pdf
(Page 20)

Minnesota Board of Peace Officer Standards and Training
https://dps.mn.gov/entity/post/forms...structions.pdf

Mississippi Board on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Training
Not found on site

Missouri Peace Officer Standards and Training
Not found on site

Montana Peace Officers Standards and Training Council
Not found on site

Nebraska Law Enforcement Training Center
http://www.nletc.state.ne.us/pdfs/FireQual.pdf

Nevada Commission on Peace Officers’ Standards and Training
Not found on site

New Hampshire Police Standards and Training Council
Not found on site

New Jersey Police Training Commission
http://www.state.nj.us/lps/dcj/njptc...armsManual.pdf (Page 23)
http://www.state.nj.us/lps/dcj/pdfs/dcj-firearms.pdf

New Mexico Department of Public Safety Law Enforcement Academy
http://nmlea.dps.state.nm.us/documen...ence_Guide.pdf
(Page 88)

New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services
Not found on site

North Carolina Criminal Justice Education and Training Standards Commission
http://ncja.ncdoj.gov/getdoc/fe3d19f...--Rev--XI.aspx
(Page 50)

North Dakota Peace Officer Standards and Training Board
Not found on site

Ohio Peace Officer Training Commission
http://www.ohioattorneygeneral.gov/F...e-of-Fire.aspx

Oklahoma Council on Law Enforcement Education and Training
http://www.ok.gov/cleet/documents/Fi...onJune2007.pdf

Oregon Department of Public Safety Standards and Training
Not found on site

Pennsylvania Municipal Police Officers’ Education and Training Commission
Not found on site

Rhode Island Police Officers Commission on Standards and Training
Not found on site

South Carolina Law Enforcement Training Council
Not found on site

South Dakota Law Enforcement Standards and Training Commission
https://atg.sd.gov/docs/State%20Hand...NOV%202013.pdf

Tennessee Peace Officer Standards and Training Commission
Not found on site

Texas Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education
Not found on site

Utah Peace Officer Standards and Training
Not found on site

Vermont Criminal Justice Training Council
Not found on site

Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services
http://www.dcjs.virginia.gov/standar...aining/cjm.pdf
(Pages 508-515)

Washington State Criminal Justice Training Commission
Not found on site

West Virginia Division of Justice and Community Services – LEPS
Not found on site

Wisconsin Department of Justice Training and Standards Bureau
https://wilenet.org/html/leosa/wis-course-approved.pdf

Wyoming Peace Officer Standards and Training Commission
Not found on site