80B.11E - ACADEMY TRAINING -- APPLICATION BY INDIVIDUAL -- INDIVIDUAL EXPENSE.
80B.11E ACADEMY TRAINING -- APPLICATION BY INDIVIDUAL
-- INDIVIDUAL EXPENSE.
1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, an
individual who is not a certified law enforcement officer may apply
for attendance at the law enforcement academy at their own expense if
such individual is sponsored by a law enforcement agency that either
intends to hire or has hired the individual as a law enforcement
officer on the condition that the individual meets the minimum
eligibility standards described in subsection 2.
2. An individual who submits an application pursuant to
subsection 1 shall, at a minimum, meet all minimum hiring standards
as established by academy rules, including the successful completion
of certain psychological and physical testing examinations. In
addition, such individual shall be of good moral character as
determined by a thorough background investigation by the academy for
a fee. For such purposes, the academy shall have the authority to
conduct a background investigation of the individual, including a
fingerprint search of local, state, and national fingerprint files.
3. An individual shall not be granted permission to attend an
academy training program if such acceptance would result in the
nonacceptance of another qualifying applicant who is a law
enforcement officer.
4. An individual who has not been hired by a law enforcement
agency must be hired by a law enforcement agency within eighteen
months of completing the appropriate coursework at the law
enforcement academy in order to obtain certification pursuant to this
chapter. Section History: Recent Form
2003 Acts, ch 178, §16; 2004 Acts, ch 1086, §20