Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 501 - Law Enforcement Academy › Chapter 2 - Minimum Standards for Iowa Law Enforcement Officers › Rule 501-2.1 - General Requirements for Law Enforcement Officers

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
In no case shall any person hereafter be selected or appointed
				as a law enforcement officer unless the person:
(1) Is a citizen of the United States and a
			 resident of Iowa or intends to become a resident upon being employed; provided
			 that the state residency requirement under this subrule shall not apply to
			 employees of a city or county that has adopted an ordinance to allow employees
			 of the city or county to reside in another state and shall not apply to an
			 employee of a city or county that later repeals such an ordinance if the
			 employee resides in another state at the time of the repeal. A city or county
			 that has adopted an ordinance to allow the employees of the city or county to
			 reside in another state shall provide a current copy of the ordinance to the
			 Iowa law enforcement academy. Railway special agents who are approved by the
			 commissioner of public safety as special agents of the department shall be
			 exempt from the Iowa residency requirement.
(2) Is 18 years of age at the time of
			 appointment.
(3) Has a valid
			 driver's or chauffeur's license issued by the state of Iowa. Railway special
			 agents who are approved by the commissioner of public safety as special agents
			 of the department and officers who are allowed to reside in an adjacent state
			 shall be required to possess a valid driver's or chauffeur's license of the
			 state of residence of the officer.
(4) Is not addicted to drugs or
			 alcohol.
(5) Is of good moral
			 character as determined by a thorough background investigation including a
			 fingerprint search conducted on local, state and national fingerprint files and
			 has not been convicted of a felony or a crime involving moral turpitude. "Moral
			 turpitude" is defined as an act of baseness, vileness, or depravity in the
			 private and social duties which a person owes to another person or to society
			 in general, contrary to the accepted and customary rule of right and duty
			 between person and person. Moral turpitude is conduct that is contrary to
			 justice, honesty or good morals.
a. The
			 following nonexclusive list of acts has been found by the Iowa law enforcement
			 academy council to involve moral turpitude:
(1) Any felony. As used in this section, the
			 word "felony" means any offense punishable in the jurisdiction where it
			 occurred by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year, but does not include
			 any offense, other than an offense involving a firearm or explosive, classified
			 as a misdemeanor under the laws of the state and punishable by a term of
			 imprisonment of two years or less.
(2) A misdemeanor crime of domestic violence
			 as defined by Iowa Code section 724.26(2)
"c,"
or other
			 offenses of domestic violence.
(3)
			 An adjudication of delinquency as a juvenile based on conduct that would
			 constitute a felony if committed by an adult.
(4) Assault or harassment.
(5) Stalking.
(6) Any offense in which a weapon was used in
			 the commission.
(7) Income tax
			 evasion.
(8) Perjury or its
			 subornation.
(9) Theft, aggravated
			 theft, fraudulent practices, robbery or burglary.
(10) Any sex crime or crime listed in Iowa
			 Code chapter 709.
(11) Conspiracy
			 or solicitation to commit a crime listed in this rule.
(12) Defrauding the government.
(13) Delivering, manufacturing or possessing
			 with the intent to deliver or manufacture a controlled substance.
(14) Convictions by any other state or by the
			 federal government under statutes substantially corresponding to the crimes
			 listed in this rule.
(15) Any crime
			 as an adult that resulted in the requirement of being listed on a sex offender
			 registry.
(16) An adjudication of
			 delinquency as a juvenile based on conduct that would constitute a crime as an
			 adult that resulted in the requirement of being listed on a sex offender
			 registry.