Common use of Application for Certification Clause in Contracts

Application for Certification. A. The Director of AZ DPS, or his or her designee, shall complete and submit the NATION’s Peace Officer Commission Card form (Exhibit 1) for each AZ DPS officer who is qualified for a mutual aid law enforcement certification. An AZ DPS officer is qualified if he or she completes the required training pursuant to Subsection B, satisfactorily meets all requirements on the Peace Officer Commission Card form, and the Director of DPS, or his or her designee, submits a statement of qualifications that includes certification of a satisfactory background check conducted within the last five years of the date of the application and copies of a currently valid State of Arizona driver’s license and a valid Arizona Department of Public Safety law enforcement certification card for each applicant. B. AZ DPS officers shall complete a 16-hour training course at the NATION’s police academy, or at such other location agreed upon by the Parties, prior to receiving a mutual aid law enforcement certification by the NATION. C. The NATION shall, without undue delay, certify each applicant upon determining that the applicant is qualified for mutual aid law enforcement certification. No applicant shall be denied a mutual aid law enforcement certification on the basis of race, creed, sex, or color. D. An AZ DPS officer shall remain commissioned under this AGREEMENT unless and until he or she resigns his or her employment as an AZ DPS officer. AZ DPS shall timely notify the NATION of such resignation, and AZ DPS shall return the AZ DPS officer’s Navajo mutual law enforcement certification card within ten (10) calendar days of the date of resignation to the official and address shown in Section XXI. E. AZ DPS agrees to timely notify the NATION if an AZ DPS officer who holds a Navajo mutual aid law enforcement certification under this AGREEMENT is being considered for termination from AZ DPS employment or has been charged with or convicted of a felony or misdemeanor. F. The NATION may, at any time, suspend or revoke any mutual aid law enforcement certification issued pursuant to this AGREEMENT for reasons solely within the NATION’s discretion. The NATION shall notify, in writing, the official and address shown in Section XXI of the suspension or revocation of any certified AZ DPS officer. AZ DPS shall return the officer’s Navajo mutual law enforcement certification card within ten (10) calendar days of the date of the suspension or revocation to the official and address shown in Section XXI.

Application for Certification. A. The Director of AZ DPS, or his or her designee, shall complete and submit the NATION’s Peace Officer Commission Card form (Exhibit 1) for each AZ DPS officer who is qualified for a mutual aid law enforcement certification. An AZ DPS officer is qualified if he or she completes the required training pursuant to Subsection B, satisfactorily meets all requirements on the Peace Officer Commission Card form, and the Director of DPS, or his or her designee, submits a statement of qualifications that includes certification of a satisfactory background check conducted within the last five years of the date of the application and copies of a currently valid State of Arizona driver’s license and a valid Arizona Department of Public Safety law enforcement certification card for each applicant. B. AZ DPS officers shall complete a 16-hour training course at the NATION’s police academy, or at such other location agreed upon by the Parties, prior to receiving a mutual aid law enforcement certification by the NATION. C. The NATION shall, without undue delay, certify each applicant upon determining that the applicant is qualified for mutual aid law enforcement certification. No applicant shall be denied a mutual aid law enforcement certification on the basis of race, creed, sex, or color. D. An AZ DPS officer shall remain commissioned under this AGREEMENT unless and until he or she resigns his or her employment as an AZ DPS officer. AZ DPS shall timely notify the NATION of such resignation, and AZ DPS shall return the AZ DPS officer’s Navajo mutual law enforcement certification card within ten (10) calendar days of the date of resignation to the official and address shown in Section XXI. E. AZ DPS agrees to timely notify the NATION if an AZ DPS officer who holds a Navajo mutual aid law enforcement certification under this AGREEMENT is being considered for termination from AZ DPS employment or has been charged with or convicted of a felony or misdemeanor. F. The NATION may, at any time, suspend suspect or revoke any mutual aid law enforcement certification issued pursuant to this AGREEMENT for reasons solely within the NATION’s discretion. The NATION shall notify, in writing, the official and address shown in Section XXI of the suspension or revocation of any certified AZ DPS officer. AZ DPS shall return the officer’s Navajo mutual law enforcement certification card within ten (10) calendar days of the date of the suspension or revocation to the official and address shown in Section XXI.