Form F5 filing is required when which occurs?

Form F5 filing is required when which occurs?

• A. Officer requesting a transfer
• B. Officer leaving their current agency
• C. Officer retiring from service
• D. Officer promotions

Answer: (B)

Form F5 is the official notice to TCOLE when a peace officer ends employment with their current agency. This filing records the departure and updates the officer’s licensure and employment history so the records show who is currently employing the officer, or that the officer is no longer employed by that agency. The situation described—an officer leaving the current agency—triggers this filing because it marks a change in the officer’s employment status with that agency. A transfer request doesn’t necessarily indicate a complete departure from the current agency, and retirement or a promotion involve different processes that don’t reflect an immediate end of employment with the current agency in the same way.

Form F5 is the official notice to TCOLE when a peace officer ends employment with their current agency. This filing records the departure and updates the officer’s licensure and employment history so the records show who is currently employing the officer, or that the officer is no longer employed by that agency. The situation described—an officer leaving the current agency—triggers this filing because it marks a change in the officer’s employment status with that agency.

A transfer request doesn’t necessarily indicate a complete departure from the current agency, and retirement or a promotion involve different processes that don’t reflect an immediate end of employment with the current agency in the same way.