(1) Achievement awards will be presented by the academy administrator to students in each basic course class in the following categories:
- (a) Academic--awarded to the student that successfully passes all phases of training and attains the highest final grade in the class.
- (b) Firearms--awarded to the student that has the highest score on the firearms qualification course.
- (c) Physical fitness--awarded to the student that achieves the highest aggregate total of the four fitness tests in all three times it is taken.
- (d) Academy staff--awarded to the student that demonstrates all the requisite skills to become an exceptional law enforcement officer. The recipient is selected by a vote of the class students.
- (e) Representative--is selected by the class students to represent them as a body and deliver a graduation address at the graduation ceremonies.
- (2) Additional awards may be presented, when authorized by the academy administrator, for recognition of excellence or outstanding performance.
Authorizing statute(s): 44-10-202, MCA
Implementing statute(s): 44-10-202, MCA
History: NEW, 1990 MAR p. 1261, Eff. 7/1/90; AMD, 2006 MAR p. 2917, Eff. 11/23/06; TRANS, from ARM 23.17.316, 2008 MAR p. 1470, Eff. 7/18/08; TRANS, from ARM 23.12.1416, 2023 MAR p. 1090, Eff. 9/23/23.