ARM 24.182.503. EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS

(1) Experience requirements for resident managers of contract security companies and proprietary security organizations are as follows: (a) two years full-time (35 or more hours per week) experience as: (i) an employee or employer in the field for which licensure is sought; (ii) a sworn member of any: (A) federal investigative agency; (B) military police; or (C) state, county, or city investigative or law enforcement group or police department; or (iii) a supervisor or administrator in industrial or governmental security; or (b) vocational training of at least four, 12-credit semesters in security company operations. (2) Experience requirements for resident managers of electronic security companies are as follows: (a) two years full-time (35 or more hours per week) experience as an employer or employee in the field for which licensure is sought. (3) Experience requirements for private investigators are as follows: (a) three years full-time experience: (i) engaged in the private investigative business; (ii) employed as a private investigator or having held a certificate of authority to conduct a private investigative business; or (iii) having been an investigator, detective, special agent, or peace officer of a city, county, or state government or of the United States government. (b) In determining experience qualifications for private investigator licensure, "three years" means an accumulation of 5400 hours of experience. Self-employment must be verified by tax returns. (c) One and one-half years experience as a licensed insurance investigator may be applied toward the three years of experience required for a private investigator. (4) Experience requirements for fire investigators are as follows: (a) three years full-time experience: (i) engaged in the fire investigative business; (ii) employed as a fire investigator or having held a certificate of authority to conduct a fire investigative business; or (iii) having been a fire investigator or held a similar position acceptable to the board with a city, county, or state government or with the United States government. (b) In determining experience qualifications for fire investigator licensure, "three years" means an accumulation of 5400 hours of experience. Self-employment must be verified by tax returns. (5) Proof of education and training must be submitted with the application and may include: (a) transcripts; (b) diplomas; (c) seminar certificates; (d) course completion certificates; or (e) other supporting evidence. (6) Six months of the experience requirement may be met by successful completion and verification of the basic course at the Montana Law Enforcement Academy. (7) A combination of experience, education and training may be used to meet the experience requirement, but education and training may not exceed 1/2 the experience required.