For purposes of education and community outreach, and to promote public trust, the superintendent may permit a nonmember of the highway patrol to participate in job shadowing activities, including:

1.    Participating in a ride-along program with a member of the highway patrol while on duty; 2.    Operating a highway patrol motor vehicle on a closed course under the supervision of a member of the highway patrol; and

3.    Discharging a firearm owned and used by the highway patrol while at a training facility and under the supervision of a member of the highway patrol.