23.13.207    REQUIREMENTS FOR THE PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICER INTERMEDIATE CERTIFICATE

(1) POST will issue intermediate certificates in the following disciplines:

(a) peace officer;

(b) detention/corrections officer;

(c) probation and parole officer;

(d) misdemeanor probation/pretrial services officer; and

(e) public safety communications officer.

(2) In addition to ARM 23.13.204 and 23.13.205, a peace officer or probation and parole officer who is an applicant for an award of the intermediate certificate:

(a) must possess the discipline-specific basic certificate;  

(b) must have four years of discipline-specific experience; and

(c) must have 200 combined POST-approved, in-service, or lateral POST training credit training hours as provided in these rules.

(3) In addition to ARM 23.13.204 and 23.13.205, a detention/corrections officer or a misdemeanor probation/pretrial services officer who is an applicant for an award of the intermediate certificate:

(a) must possess the discipline-specific basic certificate;  

(b) must have four years of discipline-specific experience; and

(c) must have 144 combined POST-approved, in-service, or lateral POST training credit training hours as provided in these rules.

(4) In addition to ARM 23.13.204 and 23.13.205, a public safety communication officer who is an applicant for an award of the intermediate certificate:

(a) must possess the discipline-specific basic certificate;  

(b) must have four years of discipline-specific experience; and

(c) must have 84 combined POST-approved, in-service, or lateral POST training credit training hours as provided in these rules.

(5) Officers who believe they are eligible for an intermediate certificate must submit a completed application pursuant to ARM 23.13.218.

(6) A misdemeanor probation/pretrial services officer who possessed a probation and parole basic certificate before March 28, 2020 meets the requirement of (3)(a). 

 

History: 2-15-2029, MCA; IMP, 2-15-2029, 44-4-403, MCA; NEW, 2008 MAR p. 1587, Eff. 8/1/08; AMD, 2014 MAR p. 2951, Eff. 12/12/14; AMD, 2017 MAR p. 1953, Eff. 10/28/17; AMD, 2018 MAR p. 2518, Eff. 12/22/18; AMD, 2020 MAR p. 664, Eff. 3/28/20; AMD, 2024 MAR p. 607, Eff. 3/23/24.