POST Certified Application Packet

Requirements

You will not be considered an applicant and we will take no further action unless your application includes all of the following documents noted:

• POST Certified Applicant Checklist (PDF) to manage your application forms
• Standard Application for Position of Peace Officer (PDF) in the State of Montana signed by the applicant
• Missoula Police Department Personal History Statement (PDF) signed by the applicant
• Missoula Police Department Drug Use Questionnaire (PDF) completed by the applicant
• Missoula Police Applicant Letter of Understanding (PDF) signed by the applicant and witnessed by a notary public
• Authorization to Release Information (PDF) signed by the applicant and witnessed by a notary public
• Applicant Certification and Penalty Form (PDF) signed by the applicant and witnessed by a notary public
• Military Records SF180 (PDF) signed by the applicant
• Court-ordered Child Support Disclosure Form (PDF) signed by the applicant and witnessed by a notary public
• Voluntary Self-Reporting Form (PDF) (not required but the City of Missoula Human Resource Office would appreciate it if applicants would voluntarily submit the form provided)
• Montana Preference Law & Act (PDF) signed by the applicant
• Certified copy of the applicant’s birth certificate
• Photocopy of the applicant’s driver’s license
• Photocopy of Selective Service Registration card, if applicable
• All marriage licenses and divorce decrees, if applicable
• Any name change documents, if applicable
• Military discharge papers (DD Form 214), if applicable
• GED certificate, if applicable
• Certified copies of all high school and/or college transcripts from which the applicant reports credits earned or graduation; These must be submitted with your application, and they must be in the original, sealed unopened envelope the school sent them in
• Do not have them sent directly to the Police Department but do not break the seal on the envelope when you receive it
• Copy of citizenship or naturalization papers, if applicable
• One credit report from each of the three major credit reporting bureaus dated no more than 30 days prior to the application submission. Do not provide any form of a "Three in One" free credit report.
• Documentation of any other factors that the applicant wishes to have considered