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VII. NOMINATION OF PERSONNEL The Cabarrus County Sheriffs Office will nominate candidates for initial training and certification under this MOA. For each candidate, ICE may request any information necessary for a background check and to evaluate a candidate's suitability to participate in the enforcement of immigration authorities under this MOA. All candidates must be United States citizens. All candidates must have at least two years of LEA work experience. All candidates must be approved by ICE and must be able to qualify for appropriate federal security clearances. Should a candidate not be approved, a substitute candidate may be submitted if time permits such substitution to occur without delaying the start of training. Any future expansion in the number of participating LEA personnel or scheduling of additional training classes may be based on an oral agreement of the parties, but will be subject to all the requirements of this MOA. VIII. TRAINING OF PERSONNEL ICE will provide participating LEA personnel with the mandatory 4-week training tailored to the immigration functions to be performed. Training will take place at a mutually designated site in Cabarrus County Sheriff's Office Jurisdiction, and will utilize ICE-designed curriculum and competency testing. Training will include, among other things: (i) discussion of the terms and limitations of this MOA; (ii) the scope of immigration officer authority; (iii) relevant immigration law; (iv) the ICE Use of Force Policy; (v) Civil Rights laws; (vi) the U.S. Department of Justice "Guidance Regarding the Use Of Race By Federal Law Enforcement Agencies," dated June 2003; (vii) public outreach and complaint procedures; (viii) liability issues; (ix) cross-cultural issues; and (x) the obligation under federal law and the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations to make proper notification upon the arrest or detention of a foreign national. Approximately one year after the participating LEA personnel are trained and certified, ICE may provide additional updated training on relevant administrative, legal, and operational issues related to the performance of immigration officer functions, unless either party terminates this MOA pursuant to Section XX, below. Local training on relevant issues will be provided on an ongoing basis by ICE supervisors or a designated team leader. IX. CERTIFICATION AND AUTHORIZATION The ]CE Training Division will certify in writing to the ICE Assistant Field Office Director in Charlotte, North Carolina the names of those LEA personnel who successfully complete training and pass all required testing. Upon receipt of Training Division certification, the ICE Assistant Field Office Director in Charlotte, North Carolina will provide the participating LEA personnel with a signed authorization to perform specified functions of an immigration officer for an initial period of one year from the date of the authorization. ICE will also provide a copy of the authorization to the LEA. The ICE supervisory oflcer, or designated team leader, will evaluate the activities of all personnel certified under this MOA. -~