Question 1

Does North Dakota have its own LEOSA qualification standard?

Accepted Answer

North Dakota has not been confirmed to have a single, independent statewide course of fire; its framework instead mirrors the federal cascade language directly, while adding its own POST Board paperwork process for recordkeeping. Retired officers must have documentation from either their former agency or a certified instructor qualified to conduct firearms training for active-duty North Dakota officers, showing that within the most recent 12 months they met North Dakota standards or the agency's own standards. Agencies (or certified North Dakota concealed-weapon-license test administrators who are LEOSA-certified) complete a PFN10a form, marked "retired," and submit it to the POST Board for its records — confirmed directly from the North Dakota Attorney General's own retired-officer guidance page.

Question 2

What should I do instead, since North Dakota hasn't set its own standard?

Accepted Answer

Per 18 U.S.C. § 926C(d)(2)(B)(II), a North Dakota retiree qualifies through their former agency's standard, a North Dakota law enforcement agency's standard, or a certified firearms instructor (including a POST-certified concealed-weapon-license test administrator) qualified to administer an active-duty qualification test within the state — the North Dakota POST Board's PFN10a process exists to document that qualification, not to establish a separate statewide course.

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