23.13.209    REQUIREMENTS FOR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICER SUPERVISORY CERTIFICATE

(1) POST will issue supervisory 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, the applicant for an award of the supervisory certificate:

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

(b) must have successfully completed a minimum of 32 hours of POST-approved training in a supervisory,  management, or leadership topic matter; and

(c) must have served satisfactorily as a first-level supervisor currently and for one year prior to the date of application, as attested to by the head of the appointing authority.

(3) A first-level supervisor is a position above the operational level for which commensurate pay is authorized, is occupied by an officer who, in the upward chain of command, principally is responsible for the direct supervision of employees of an agency or is subject to assignment of such responsibilities.

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

(5) A misdemeanor probation/pretrial services officer who possessed a probation and parole intermediate certificate before March 28, 2020, meets the requirement of (2)(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. 580, Eff. 3/28/20; AMD, 2024 MAR p. 607, Eff. 3/23/24.