§ 7-31-202 — Qualifications For Public Safety Communications Officers

Montana § 7-31-202

• Jurisdiction: Montana
• Title 7: LOCAL GOVERNMENT
• Ch. 31: GENERAL EMERGENCY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES
• Part 2: Public Safety Communications Officer

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7-31-202 . Qualifications for public safety communications officers. To be appointed a public safety communications officer, a person:
(1) must be a citizen of the United States;
(2) must be at least 18 years of age;
(3) must be fingerprinted and a search must be made of local, state, and national fingerprint files to disclose any criminal record;
(4) may not have been convicted of a crime for which the person could have been imprisoned in a federal or state penitentiary;
(5) must be of good moral character, as determined by a thorough background investigation;
(6) must be a high school graduate or have been issued a high school equivalency diploma by the superintendent of public instruction or by an appropriate issuing agency of another state or of the federal government; and
(7) must meet any additional qualifications established by the council.

Legislative History

En. Sec. 2, Ch. 58, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 671, Ch. 61, L. 2007; amd. Sec. 8, Ch. 506, L. 2007; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 55, L. 2015.