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Disqualification Guidelines for Police Officer & CSO Applicants
The following behaviors may cause the disqualification of an applicant from the Police Officer and/or CSO selection process:
INTEGRITY
- Any commission or conviction for a felony offense other than described in the Narcotics Behavior section
- Any commission or conviction for a misdemeanor, not including traffic within the last three years
- Falsification of any official document (i.e. any business record) within the last three years
- Knowingly offering, soliciting or accepting a bribe
NARCOTICS BEHAVIOR
- Any distribution or manufacture of a controlled substance
- Any use or possession of any form of marijuana within the last year
- Any use of an illicit drug, including but not limited to cocaine, LSD, mushrooms, steroids, or amphetamines, within the last five years
- Any use of an illegal drug, on or off duty, while employed as a law enforcement officer
DRIVING HISTORY
- Any suspension, revocation or denial of a request for a driver’s license within the last five years
- Receipt of two or more traffic convictions (6 points or more each) within the last three years
- Receipt of more than three traffic convictions (5 points or less each) within the last three years
- Any conviction for DUI/DWAI/DUID within the past five years
- More than one conviction for DUI/DWAI/DUID regardless of the time period
EXCESSIVE FORCE/VIOLENCE
- Any use of physical force against another person resulting in physical harm, requiring medical attention except as authorized by law within the last three years
- More than one sustained complaint or any suspension for excessive force within the last three years.
- Any commission or conviction of any unlawful sexual contact or activity involving a child
- Any commission or conviction of child abuse resulting in any injury or any involvement in any chargeable child abuse incidents
- Any conviction for domestic abuse that prohibits the carrying of a firearm
FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
- Any individual debt or debts totaling $1000.00 or more that is or was 90 days delinquent over the last two years not the result of unexpected loss of employment, divorce, injury, or illness.
-Knowingly writing two or more non-sufficient funds checks totaling $500.00 or more in aggregate within the last three years
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY AND DISCIPLINE (including school & military)
- Any intentional omission or falsification of any question contained in the Town of Breckenridge employment application
- Any court martial resulting in dismissal from military service within the last five years