Section 7-31-202 - Qualifications for public safety communications officersTo be appointed a public safety communications officer, a person:
(1) must be a citizen of the United States;(2) must be at least 18 years of age;(3) must be fingerprinted and a search must be made of local, state, and national fingerprint files to disclose any criminal record;(4) may not have been convicted of a crime for which the person could have been imprisoned in a federal or state penitentiary;(5) must be of good moral character, as determined by a thorough background investigation;(6) must be a high school graduate or have been issued a high school equivalency diploma by the superintendent of public instruction or by an appropriate issuing agency of another state or of the federal government; and(7) must meet any additional qualifications established by the council.Amended by Laws 2015, Ch. 55, Sec. 3, eff. 10/1/2015.En. Sec. 2, Ch. 58, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 671, Ch. 61, L. 2007; amd. Sec. 8, Ch. 506, L. 2007.