POST management certification recognizes the training and
experience of patrol, detention and emergency communications officers in
positions between a first-line supervisor and an executive, with responsibility
for direct supervision of supervisory personnel and/or command duties. POST
management certification is also available to city police chiefs or
administrators within state agencies having law enforcement powers whose duties
are primarily administrative. In addition to the requirements otherwise set
forth in these rules, the following are required for an award of a management
certificate.
01.
Position. An applicant must be employed by an agency for a minimum
of six (6) months in a management or executive position with primary
responsibilities that are administrative or managerial in nature, including
direct supervision of supervisory personnel and/or command duties, and which is
typically occupied by a person holding the rank of lieutenant or higher, or
equivalent title.
02.
Certification. An applicant must possess POST certification as a
peace officer, detention officer, or emergency communications officer;
certification from another state that has minimum peace officer standards; or a
certificate of completion from a city, county, state, or federal law
enforcement academy that meets that state's minimum training
standards.
03.
Training. An applicant must have completed one hundred (100) hours
of POST certified management-level training, of which fifty (50) hours shall
have been completed within three (3) years immediately prior to submitting an
application for the Management Certificate.
04.
Police Chiefs, Agency
Administrators. City police chiefs or administrators within state
agencies having law enforcement powers who have duties which are primarily
administrative may satisfy the certification requirement of Section
19-5109(2), Idaho
Code, by obtaining this certificate. All other city police chiefs or state
agency administrators having law enforcement powers may be awarded this
certificate upon meeting the requirements, but shall also complete the
requirements necessary to obtain a Basic Certificate.
