HR: Certified college safety
officer Qualifications
CERTIFIED COLLEGE SAFETY OFFICER
Minimum Qualifications to Apply
- Current Arizona POST active or inactive peace officer certificate
If an applicant had prior certification and service as a peace officer in Arizona and the date of the last separation of service is (3) three years or more from the new date of appointment, his/her training status is inactive and "lapsed". Persons in an inactive status and eligible to be reinstated must complete the Arizona Post reinstatement process. Applicants will be required to submit documentation establishing that they meet the minimum Arizona POST training requirements and successfully complete the Arizona POST waiver examination. This process takes approximately three months.
- OR: Current or prior experience as a peace officer with a law enforcement agency in a U.S. state other than Arizona or the federal government (including the Armed Forces), and whose training substantially conforms to the basic course of the state of Arizona.
Persons ineligible to be reinstated from an inactive status as specified by Arizona POST Rule R13-4-104.E or who have served as a peace officer in another state or with the federal government must successfully complete the Arizona POST waiver examination prior to employment with MCCCD.
- Applicant must be 21 years of age.
- Applicant must have graduated from high school or hold a GED certificate.
- Applicant must be a United States citizen.
- Applicant must have at least 20/20 vision uncorrected or 20/20 vision corrected by glasses or hard contact lenses if uncorrected acuity is 20/80 or better, or 20/20 vision corrected by soft contact lenses if uncorrected acuity is 20/200 or better.
- Applicant must have vision capable of distinguishing basic color groups against a favorable background.
- Honorable discharge from the United States Armed Forces (if served).
Automatic Disqualifiers
- Conviction of a felony or any offense legally considered a felony if committed in Arizona.
- Previous denial or revocation of certified status.
- Current suspension of certification status pursuant to Arizona POST Rule R13-4-109.
- Illegal sale, production, cultivation, or transportation of marijuana for sale.
- Illegal use of marijuana for any purpose within the past three years.
- Illegal use of marijuana other than for experimentation.
- Illegal use of marijuana while employed or appointed as a peace officer.
- Illegal sale, production, cultivation, or transportation for sale of any dangerous drugs or narcotics, other than marijuana.
- Illegal use of dangerous drugs or narcotics, other than marijuana, for any purpose within the past seven years.
- Illegal use of dangerous drugs or narcotics other than for experimentation.
- Illegal use of dangerous drugs or narcotics while employed or appointed as a peace officer.
- A recognized pattern of abuse of prescription medication.
- Conviction or judgment to have violated traffic regulations governing the movement of vehicles with such a frequency so as to indicate a disrespect for traffic laws and a disregard for the safety of other persons on the highway with the past three years.
Illegal drug use is presumed not to be for experimentation if:
- The use of marijuana exceeds a total of twenty times or exceeds five times since the age of 21 years.
- The use of dangerous drugs or narcotics, other than marijuana, exceeds a total of five times, or exceeds one time since the age of 21 years.
For Hire by MCCCD and Certified by AZPOST also requires:
- Successful completion of a background investigation which meets the standards of Section R13-4-106. The investigation shall affirm that the applicant meets the minimum qualifications, has not engaged in conduct or a pattern of conduct that would jeopardize public trust in the law enforcement profession, and is of good moral character.
- Successful completion of a job related physical examination, visual examination, and drug screen.
- Reading and affirmation by signature the applicant's understanding and agreement to abide by the code.
