Rule 23.13.208 - REQUIREMENTS FOR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICER ADVANCED CERTIFICATE(1) POST will issue advanced certificates in the following disciplines: (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 advanced certificate: (a) must possess the discipline-specific intermediate certificate; and(b) must have eight years of discipline-specific experience and 400 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 advanced certificate: (a) must possess the discipline-specific intermediate certificate; and(b) must have eight years of discipline-specific experience and 304 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 communications officer who is an applicant for an award of the advanced certificate: (a) must possess the discipline-specific intermediate certificate; and(b) must have eight years of discipline-specific experience and 184 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 advanced 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 intermediate certificate before March 28, 2020, meets the requirement of (3)(a).Mont. Admin. r. 23.13.208
NEW, 2008 MAR p. 1587, Eff. 8/1/08; AMD, 2014 MAR p. 2951, Eff. 12/12/14; AMD, 2017 MAR p. 1953, Eff. 10/28/2017; AMD,2018 MAR p. 2518, Eff.12/22/2018; AMD,2020 MAR p. 580, Eff.3/28/2020; AMD, 2020 MAR p. 664, Eff. 4/18/2020; AMD, 2024 MAR p. 607, Eff. 3/23/2024AUTH: 2-15-2029, MCA; IMP: 2-15-2029, 44-4-403, MCA