Posted: 6/25/2008 3:12:14 PM EDT
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Hi. I'm a resident of PA, and I'm entering into a regional police academy this fall to get my ACT 120become a municipal officer. My question is, if after I get my ACT 120 to be certified to be an officer in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, would that enable me to also get a job in a different state? Would I need to take a re-certification course for any other state's different laws, or would I need to complete training in another state's police academy? Thank you for the help. I appreciate it greatly! |
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You will have to contact a specific state and see what the requirement is. Here in Florida, I had to take a 90 hour course to transfer from South Carolina. That's granted the fact that you are provided with an approved exception from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. In South Carolina, I remember out-of-state officers only had to successfully complete the first three weeks of the academy (legals section) but that may have changed by now. I'm not aware of a state that offers an across-the-board transfer, but I could be wrong. Maybe POST states do it. Try looking up a specific state and see what the process is for out-of-state transfers. |
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At least you coppers have POST that will (usually) transfer. AFAIK there's no standard for firefighter training that's as widely accepted. My VFD Captain 'retired' with 20+ years of service in IL and a slew of certs and was going to take a job as a Brigade Chief at a plant up in northern WI/UP, until he found out that they wouldn't recognize any of his certs - or allow him to 'test in'; he was going to have to take FF I on up all over again. IIRC they found a way around the requirement for state certification (think they added an "or equivalent" clause in his job description). |
How widely accepted is 'ProBoard'? Virginia just went to that in the last few years... |
Not sure - IL still does the POST thing; out of staters with the following:
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