(1) A person seeking appointment to the office of chief of police or marshal, of a city or town, including a code city, with a population in excess of one thousand, is ineligible unless that person: (a) Is a citizen of the United States of America; (b) Has obtained a high school diploma or high school equivalency certificate as provided in RCW 28B.50.536; (c) Has not been convicted under the laws of this state, another state, or the United States of a felony; (d) Has not been convicted of a gross misdemeanor or any crime involving moral turpitude within five years of the date of application; (e) Has received at least a general discharge under honorable conditions from any branch of the armed services for any military service if the person was in the military service; (f) Has completed at least two years of regular, uninterrupted, full-time commissioned law enforcement employment involving enforcement responsibilities with a government law enforcement agency; and (g) The person has been certified as a regular and commissioned enforcement officer through compliance with this state's basic training requirement or equivalency. (2) A person seeking appointment to the office of chief of police or marshal, of a city or town, including a code city, with a population of one thousand or less, is ineligible unless that person conforms with the requirements of subsection (1) (a) through (e) of this section. A person so appointed as chief of police or marshal must successfully complete the state's basic training requirement or equivalency within nine months after such appointment, unless an extension has been granted by the criminal justice training commission. (3) A person seeking appointment to the office of chief of police or marshal shall provide a sworn statement under penalty of perjury to the appointing authority stating that the person meets the requirements of this section. [ 2013 c 39 s 17; 1987 c 339 s 4.]
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