ARM 23.13.208. REQUIREMENTS FOR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICER ADVANCED CERTIFICATE

(1) POST will issue advanced 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, 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, lateral POST training credit 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 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 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).