23.13.306    PROCESS FOR OBTAINING POST TRAINING CREDIT HOURS FOR INDIVIDUAL PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICERS

(1) POST may provide POST training credit hours to individual public safety officers who submit an application after attending a training which was not approved. 

(2) To receive POST training credit, a public safety officer must, after successful completion of a course, submit an application for accreditation to the director, or the director's designee, and retain documentation of:

(a) if the instructor was a POST-certified instructor, a copy of the instructor's instructor certificate; or

(b) if the instructor is not a Montana public safety officer, a copy of the instructor's biography;

(c)  material showing course content, including an agenda, syllabus and/or lesson plan, and student handouts;

(d) a copy of the course advertisement;

(e) a copy of the officer's certificate of completion; and

(f) an endorsement from the officer's appointing authority, recommending that the POST training credit hours be awarded.

(3) Any application for POST training credit hours must be submitted within one year of the end of the course.

(4) It is the responsibility of the public safety officer or the appointing authority of the public safety officer to retain the required documentation set forth in these rules and comply with the standards for training, trainee attendance, and performance as set by the council. Records maintained under this rule are subject to audit by the director or the director's designee during normal business hours upon reasonable notice to the agency. 

(5) The director or the director's designee will review the application and approve or reject the application, unless the director determines, as a matter of discretion, that the council's review is necessary due to extenuating circumstances.

History: 2-15-2029, MCA; IMP, 44-4-403, MCA; NEW, 2024 MAR p. 607, Eff. 3/23/24.