(1) Detention officers must meet or
exceed the minimum employment standards established for such officers.
(2) Detention
officers must, within their first year of initial employment, complete a
detention officers basic course as provided by MLEA or equivalent training as
determined by the POST advisory council.
(3) Shall have
served at least one year with the present employing agency and has completed a
one year probationary period and is satisfactorily performing his duties as
attested to by the head of that agency.
(4) As a
requirement for continuing employment, any detention officer employed before
the effective date of this rule must, within 24 months of the effective date of
this rule, complete the educational requirements of this rule or submit
evidence of having completed an equivalent course as determined by the POST
advisory council or forfeit the position of detention officer.
(5) A detention
officer who has successfully met the employment standards and qualifications
and the educational requirements of this section and who has completed a one
year probationary term of employment shall, upon application to the POST
advisory council, be issued a basic certificate by the council certifying that
the detention officer has met all the basic qualifying detention officer
standards of this state.