Sp 8 205 Form PDF Details

The SP 8-205 form, outlined by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, serves as a critical document for individuals seeking to renew their Agent Certification under the Lethal Weapons Training Act. Positioning itself as a stringent measure for maintaining high standards of competence among agents, this form encapsulates a comprehensive verification process for applicants within a six-month window of their current certification’s expiration. Applicants are required to submit this form along with a non-refundable fee of $30.00, payable to the Commonwealth of PA, ensuring that only serious and committed individuals step forward. This policy stipulates strict payment methods, excluding personal and company checks, thus streamlining process integrity and financial security. The form further distinguishes police officers who lack current certification under MPOETC, mandating an additional LWTA Verification Procedure for the Renewal Training Waiver form, except retired State Police and certain officers who remain unwaived of Renewal Training. As it sets eligibility criteria for enrolling in lethal weapons renewal training courses conducted at certified schools or facilities, the SP 8-205 form rigorously verifies an applicant's legality, moral standing, and mental fitness to uphold public safety through a series of detailed questions, ranging from criminal history to mental health status. By requiring applicants to certify their information under penalty of perjury, it underscores the gravity and seriousness of the certification process, driving home the principle that only individuals of highest integrity and reliability are equipped to bear such responsibilities. This form, thereby, serves as a cornerstone in the vetting process to ensure that agents bear lethal weapons judiciously and competently within Pennsylvania.

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SP 8-205 (8-2008)

 

COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA

 

APPLICATION FOR RENEWAL OF AGENT CERTIFICATION

 

LETHAL WEAPONS TRAINING ACT

8002 Bretz Drive

717-346-4087

Harrisburg, PA 17112-9748

www.lethalweapons.state.pa.us

INSTRUCTIONS:

If you are within six months of your current expiration, submit this completed application with a certified check, cashier's check, or money order in the amount of $30.00 made payable to the "Commonwealth of PA" to the address listed above.

NO PERSONAL OR COMPANY CHECKS WILL BE ACCEPTED.

Police Officers who are NOT currently certified under MPOETC must also submit the LWTA Verification Procedure for Renewal Training Waiver form (SP 8-204B). NOTE: Retired State Police and 120 Officers are not waived of Renewal Training.

NOTE: This application, if approved, establishes eligibility to enroll in a renewal lethal weapons training course conducted at a school or training facility certified by the Pennsylvania State Police.

TO BE COMPLETED BY APPLICANT

SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER

PA DRIVER’S LICENSE NUMBER OR PA PHOTO ID NO.

ARE YOU A POLICE OFFICER WHO IS CERTIFIED UNDER MPOETC?

YESNO

1. LAST NAME

FIRST

MIDDLE

2. DATE OF BIRTH (MO.-DAY-YR.) 3. TELEPHONE NO. (INCLUDE AREA CODE)

4. ADDRESS

CITY/BORO

COUNTY

STATE ZIP CODE

 

5. CERTIFICATION NO. (INCL. CLASS)

 

6. PRESENT EMPLOYER & TELEPHONE NO.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7. ADDRESS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HAVE YOU EVER BEEN ARRESTED OR CHARGED WITH VIOLATION OF THE LAW? (INCLUDING TRAFFIC VIOLATION)

YES

NO

 

 

(IF YES, EXPLAIN BELOW AND INDICATE ALL ARRESTS AND DISPOSITIONS, EXCLUDING PARKING TICKETS)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DATE

 

LOCATION

 

CHARGE

 

DISPOSITION

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

B.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

C.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

D.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HAVE YOU EVER BEEN CONVICTED OF A CRIME ENUMERATED IN SECTION 6105(b)?

(READ INFORMATION ON

YES

NO

 

 

BACK PRIOR TO ANSWERING.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARE YOU NOW CHARGED WITH, OR HAVE YOU EVER BEEN CONVICTED OF A CRIME PUNISHABLE BY

YES

NO

 

 

IMPRISONMENT FOR A TERM EXCEEDING ONE YEAR? (THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE FEDERAL OR STATE OFFENSES

 

 

 

 

PERTAINING TO ANTITRUST, UNFAIR TRADE PRACTICES, RESTRAINTS OF TRADE, OR REGULATION OF BUSINESS;

 

 

 

 

OR STATE OFFENSES CLASSIFIED AS MISDEMEANORS AND PUNISHABLE BY A TERM OF IMPRISONMENT NOT TO

 

 

 

 

EXCEED TWO YEARS.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HAVE YOU EVER BEEN CONVICTED OF AN OFFENSE UNDER THE ACT OF APRIL 14, 1972 (P.L. 233, NO. 64), KNOWN

YES

NO

 

 

AS THE CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, DRUG, DEVICE AND COSMETIC ACT?

 

 

 

 

 

 

12.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARE YOU AN INDIVIDUAL WHO, WITHIN THE PAST TEN YEARS, HAS BEEN ADJUDICATED A DELINQUENT FOR A

YES

NO

 

 

CRIME ENUMERATED IN SECTION 6105(b)? (REFER TO INFORMATION ON BACK.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

13.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARE YOU AN INDIVIDUAL WHO IS NOT OF SOUND MIND OR WHO HAS EVER BEEN COMMITTED TO A MENTAL

YES

NO

 

 

INSTITUTION?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

14.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARE YOU A UNITED STATES CITIZEN?

 

 

 

YES

NO

 

 

IF NO, ENTER IMMIGRATION IDENTIFICATION NUMBER: ______________________________________

 

 

 

 

15.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARE YOU AN INDIVIDUAL WHO HAS BEEN DISCHARGED FROM THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES

YES

NO

 

 

UNDER DISHONORABLE CONDITIONS?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

16.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IS YOUR CHARACTER AND REPUTATION SUCH THAT YOU WOULD BE LIKELY TO ACT IN A MANNER DANGEROUS

YES

NO

 

 

TO PUBLIC SAFETY?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

17.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARE YOU A HABITUAL DRUNKARD?

 

 

 

YES

NO

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

18.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HAVE YOU EVER BEEN CONVICTED OF A CRIME OF VIOLENCE IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA OR

YES

NO

 

 

ELSEWHERE?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARE YOU A PERSON WHO?

19.

 

 

 

 

 

IS A FUGITIVE FROM JUSTICE?

 

 

 

YES

NO

 

 

 

 

 

 

20.

 

 

 

 

 

HAS BEEN CONVICTED OF AN OFFENSE UNDER THE ACT OF APRIL 14, 1972 (P.L. 233, NO. 64), KNOWN AS THE

 

YES

NO

CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE DRUG, DEVICE AND COSMETIC ACT, THAT MAY BE PUNISHABLE BY A TERM OF

 

 

 

IMPRISONMENT EXCEEDING TWO YEARS?

 

 

 

 

 

21.

 

 

 

 

 

HAS BEEN CONVICTED OF DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL OR CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE AS

 

YES

NO

PROVIDED IN TITLE 75, VEHICLE CODE, SECTIONS 3731 AND/OR 3802 (RELATING TO DRIVING UNDER THE

 

 

 

INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL OR CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE) ON THREE OR MORE SEPARATE OCCASIONS WITHIN A

 

 

 

FIVE-YEAR PERIOD?

 

 

 

 

 

22.

 

 

 

 

 

HAS BEEN ADJUDICATED AS AN INCOMPETENT OR WHO HAS BEEN INVOLUNTARILY COMMITTED TO A MENTAL

 

YES

NO

INSTITUTION FOR INPATIENT CARE AND TREATMENT UNDER SECTION 302, 303, OR 304 OF THE PROVISIONS OF THE

 

 

 

ACT OF JULY 9, 1976 (P.L. 817, NO. 143), KNOWN AS THE MENTAL HEALTH PROCEDURES ACT?

 

 

 

23.

 

 

 

 

 

BEING AN ALIEN, IS ILLEGALLY OR UNLAWFULLY IN THE UNITED STATES?

 

 

YES

NO

 

 

 

 

 

 

24.

 

 

 

 

 

IS THE SUBJECT OF AN ACTIVE PROTECTION FROM ABUSE ORDER ISSUED PURSUANT TO 23 Pa.C.S. SECTION 6108

 

YES

NO

(RELATING TO RELIEF), WHICH ORDER PROVIDES FOR THE CONFISCATION OF FIREARMS DURING THE PERIOD OF

 

 

 

TIME THE ORDER IS IN EFFECT. THIS PROHIBITION SHALL TERMINATE UPON THE EXPIRATION OR VACATION OF AN

 

 

 

ACTIVE PROTECTION FROM ABUSE ORDER OR PORTION THEREOF RELATING TO THE CONFISCATION OF

 

 

 

FIREARMS?

 

 

 

 

 

25.

 

 

 

 

 

WAS ADJUDICATED DELINQUENT BY A COURT PURSUANT

TO 42 Pa.C.S. SECTION 6341 (RELATING TO

 

YES

NO

ADJUDICATION) OR UNDER ANY EQUIVALENT FEDERAL STATUTE OR STATUTE OF ANY OTHER STATE AS A RESULT

 

 

 

OF CONDUCT WHICH IS COMMITTED BY AN ADULT WOULD CONSTITUTE AN OFFENSE UNDER SECTIONS 2502, 2503,

 

 

 

2702, 2703, 2704, 2901, 3121, 3123, 3301, 3502, 3701, AND 3923 (LISTED BELOW)?

 

 

 

 

26.

 

 

 

 

 

WAS ADJUDICATED DELINQUENT BY A COURT PURSUANT TO 42 Pa.C.S. SECTION 6341 OR UNDER ANY EQUIVALENT

 

YES

NO

FEDERAL STATUTE OR STATUTE OF ANY OTHER STATE AS A RESULT OF CONDUCT WHICH IF COMMITTED BY AN

 

 

 

ADULT WOULD CONSTITUTE AN OFFENSE ENUMERATED IN SECTION 6105(b)? (SEE BELOW.) THE PROHIBITION

 

 

 

SHALL TERMINATE 15 YEARS AFTER THE LAST APPLICATION DELINQUENT ADJUDICATION OR UPON THE PERSON

 

 

 

REACHING THE AGE OF 30, WHICHEVER IS EARLIER.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

§ 6105(b):

 

 

 

 

 

§ 908 PROHIBITED OFFENSIVE WEAPONS.

* § 3701

ROBBERY.

 

 

§ 911 CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS.

§ 3702

ROBBERY OF MOTOR VEHICLE.

 

 

§ 912 POSSESSION OF WEAPON ON SCHOOL PROPERTY.

§ 3921

THEFT BY UNLAWFUL TAKING OR DISPOSITION, UPON

* § 2502 MURDER.

 

CONVICTION OF THE SECOND FELONY OFFENSE.

 

* § 2503 VOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER.

* § 3923

THEFT BY EXTORTION, WHEN THE OFFENSE IS

§ 2504 INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER, IF THE OFFENSE IS BASED

 

ACCOMPANIED BY THREATS OF VIOLENCE.

 

 

ON THE RECKLESS USE OF A FIREARM.

§ 3925

RECEIVING STOLEN PROPERTY, UPON CONVICTION OF

* § 2702 AGGRAVATED ASSAULT.

 

THE SECOND FELONY OFFENSE.

 

 

* § 2703 ASSAULT BY PRISONER.

§ 4912

IMPERSONATING A PUBLIC SERVANT, IF THE PERSON IS

* § 2704 ASSAULT BY LIFE PRISONER.

 

IMPERSONATING A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER.

 

§ 2709 HARASSMENT AND STALKING, IF THE OFFENSE RELATES

§ 4952

INTIMIDATION OF WITNESSES OR VICTIMS.

 

 

TO STALKING.

§ 4953

RETALIATION AGAINST WITNESS OR VICTIM.

 

 

* § 2901 KIDNAPPING.

§ 5121

ESCAPE.

 

 

§ 2902 UNLAWFUL RESTRAINT.

§ 5122

WEAPONS OR IMPLEMENTS FOR ESCAPE.

 

 

§ 2910 LURING A CHILD INTO A MOTOR VEHICLE.

§ 5501

RIOT, IF THE OFFENSE RELATES TO A FIREARM OR

* § 3121 RAPE.

 

OTHER DEADLY WEAPON.

 

 

* § 3123 INVOLUNTARY DEVIATE SEXUAL INTERCOURSE.

§ 5515

PROHIBITING OF PARAMILITARY TRAINING.

 

 

§ 3125 AGGRAVATED INDECENT ASSAULT.

§ 6110.1 POSSESSION OF FIREARM BY MINOR.

 

 

* § 3301 ARSON AND RELATED OFFENSES.

§ 6301

CORRUPTION OF MINORS.

 

 

§ 3302 CAUSING OR RISKING CATASTROPHE.

§ 6302

SALE OR LEASE OF WEAPONS AND EXPLOSIVES.

 

* § 3502 BURGLARY.

 

 

 

 

 

§ 3503 CRIMINAL TRESPASS, IF THE OFFENSE IS GRADED A

ANY OFFENSE EQUIVALENT TO ANY OF THE ABOVE-ENUMERATED

FELONY OF THE SECOND DEGREE OR HIGHER.

OFFENSES UNDER THE PRIOR LAWS OF THIS COMMONWEALTH, OR

 

ANY OFFENSE EQUIVALENT TO ANY OF THE ABOVE-ENUMERATED

 

OFFENSES UNDER THE STATUTES OF ANY OTHER STATE OR OF

 

THE UNITED STATES.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CERTIFICATION

I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS FORM CONTAINS NO MISREPRESENTATION OR FALSIFICATIONS, OMISSIONS, OR CONCEALMENT OF MATERIAL FACT AND THAT THE INFORMATION GIVEN IS TRUE AND COMPLETE TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE AND BELIEF AND THAT I AM SIGNING THIS DOCUMENT WITH THE FULL UNDERSTANDING THAT ANY FALSE INFORMATION OR STATEMENT WILL SUBJECT ME TO THE CRIMINAL PENALTIES OF TITLE 18, CRIMES CODE, SECTION 4904, RELATING TO UNSWORN FALSIFICATION TO AUTHORITIES, AND COULD RESULT IN PERMANENT DISQUALIFICATION OF A LETHAL WEAPONS AGENT.

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SIGNATURE - APPLICANT

DATE

If you have any questions or concerns, you can contact the Lethal Weapons Unit at 717-346-4087 or via email.

www.lethalweapons.state.pa.us