TCOLE Rules Exam 2025 Questions and
Answers
TCOLE Mission - ANSWER✔✔-A regulatory state agency, Utilized to establish and enforce
standards to ensure that the people of Texas are served by highly trained and ethical law-
enforcement, corrections, and telecommunications personnel.
TCOLE was created by an act of the... - ANSWER✔✔-59th Legislature
Instructor and Student Responsibility - ANSWER✔✔--For providing students with physical or
electronic access to a copy of the commission rules as a reference guide
-Likewise, students are responsible for understanding and hearing to all commission rules
Reporting Responsibilities of Individuals - ANSWER✔✔-(a) within 30 days, a licensee or a person
meeting the requirements of the licensee shall report to the commission:
(1) any name change;
(2) a permanent mailing address other than an agency address;
(3) all subsequent address changes;
(4) An arrest, charge, or an indictment for a criminal offense above the grade of class C
misdemeanor or for any class C misdemeanor involving the duties and responsibilities of office or
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, family violence, including the name of the resting agency, the style, the court, and case number of
the charge or indictment if any;
(5) the final disposition of the criminal action;
(6) receipt of a dishonorable or other discharge based on misconduct which bars further military
service.
Responsibility of a Law Enforcement Agency to Report an Arrest - ANSWER✔✔--For any offense
above a class C misdemeanor, or for any class C misdemeanor involving the duties and
responsibilities of the office or family violence
-Within 30 business days of notice of the rest, including the:
(1) name, date of birth and PID of license (if available)
(2) name, address, and telephone number of the arresting agency
(3) date and nature of the arrest
(4) arresting agency incident, booking, or arrest number
(5) name, address, and telephone number of the court in which such charges are filed or such arrests
is filed
Minimum Standards for Initial Licensure - ANSWER✔✔-(1) Age Requirement
(A) for peace officers and public security officers, is 21 years of age; Or 18 years of age if the
applicant has received:
(i) an associates degree; or 60 semester hours of credit from an accredited college or university
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Answers
TCOLE Mission - ANSWER✔✔-A regulatory state agency, Utilized to establish and enforce
standards to ensure that the people of Texas are served by highly trained and ethical law-
enforcement, corrections, and telecommunications personnel.
TCOLE was created by an act of the... - ANSWER✔✔-59th Legislature
Instructor and Student Responsibility - ANSWER✔✔--For providing students with physical or
electronic access to a copy of the commission rules as a reference guide
-Likewise, students are responsible for understanding and hearing to all commission rules
Reporting Responsibilities of Individuals - ANSWER✔✔-(a) within 30 days, a licensee or a person
meeting the requirements of the licensee shall report to the commission:
(1) any name change;
(2) a permanent mailing address other than an agency address;
(3) all subsequent address changes;
(4) An arrest, charge, or an indictment for a criminal offense above the grade of class C
misdemeanor or for any class C misdemeanor involving the duties and responsibilities of office or
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, family violence, including the name of the resting agency, the style, the court, and case number of
the charge or indictment if any;
(5) the final disposition of the criminal action;
(6) receipt of a dishonorable or other discharge based on misconduct which bars further military
service.
Responsibility of a Law Enforcement Agency to Report an Arrest - ANSWER✔✔--For any offense
above a class C misdemeanor, or for any class C misdemeanor involving the duties and
responsibilities of the office or family violence
-Within 30 business days of notice of the rest, including the:
(1) name, date of birth and PID of license (if available)
(2) name, address, and telephone number of the arresting agency
(3) date and nature of the arrest
(4) arresting agency incident, booking, or arrest number
(5) name, address, and telephone number of the court in which such charges are filed or such arrests
is filed
Minimum Standards for Initial Licensure - ANSWER✔✔-(1) Age Requirement
(A) for peace officers and public security officers, is 21 years of age; Or 18 years of age if the
applicant has received:
(i) an associates degree; or 60 semester hours of credit from an accredited college or university
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