Neil Melton

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  It just is and we should be grateful for it," said Neil Melton with the Minnesota Board of Peace Officer Standards and Training.

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  Neil Melton, executive director of the Minnesota Board of Peace Officer Standards and Training -- an occupational licensing agency overseeing more than 9,700 active peace officers -- said in 32 years of experience he's never heard of an officer writing a ticket to himself.
  
  "But we don't have any purview or standing in a case like this," Melton said.
  
  Nelson's situation is not a licensing matter, he said, but an employment issue to be handled by the city.
  
  "That's up to them," Melton said.

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  "It's a huge violation," says POST's Neil Melton.

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  Neil Melton, executive director of the Minnesota Board of Peace Officer Standards and Training - an occupational licensing agency overseeing more than 9,700 active peace officers - said in 32 years of experience he's never heard of an officer writing a ticket to himself.
  
  "But we don't have any purview or standing in a case like this," Melton said.
  
  Nelson's situation is not a licensing matter, he said, but an employment issue to be handled by the city.
  
  "That's up to them," Melton said.

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  "It's not an exact science, but they are looking for red flags," said Neil Melton, executive director of the Minnesota Board of Peace Officer Standards and Training.The evaluation helps law enforcement agencies determine if a job applicant is "someone we want to hire, pin a badge on their chest and put a gun in their hand," he added.
  
  An off-duty sheriff's deputy in Forest County, Wis., opened fire at a party this weekend, killing six people before he was shot by a sniper.
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  The board was created in 1977, and Minnesota became the first state in the country to license its peace officers, Melton said.
  
  The process to get a license is extensive.First, prospective officers must have a two- or four-year law enforcement or criminal justice degree from an approved program, or equivalent training such as military experience.The Web site of the POST board says a student won't even be admitted to an educational program if he or she poses "a serious threat to the health or safety of themselves or others."
  
  Prospective officers also must submit to a thorough background check, in which authorities will examine an applicant's criminal record, social ties, financial problems and other aspects of their lives, Melton said.Physical tests and a medical exam are also part of the process.
  
  In one of the final steps before hiring, a prospective officer must pass an evaluation, including an oral interview, by a licensed psychologist to determine that he or she is "free from any emotional or mental condition which might adversely affect the performance of peace officer duties," according to the board's Web site.
  
  The POST board has issued guidelines for those psychological evaluations, suggesting that several traits be evaluated including stress resistance, mental stability, anger management, moral development such as integrity and honesty, and the absence of serious psychopathology.

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  "It's not an exact science, but they are looking for red flags," said Neil Melton, executive director of the Minnesota Board of Peace Officer Standards and Training.
  
  The evaluation helps law enforcement agencies determine if a job applicant is "someone we want to hire, pin a badge on their chest and put a gun in their hand," he added.
  
  An off-duty sheriff's deputy in Forest County, Wis., opened fire at a party this weekend, killing six people before he was shot by a sniper.
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  The board was created in 1977, and Minnesota became the first state in the country to license its peace officers, Melton said.
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  Prospective officers also must submit to a thorough background check, in which authorities will examine an applicant's criminal record, social ties, financial problems and other aspects of their lives, Melton said.Physical tests and a medical exam are also part of the process.
  
  In one of the final steps before hiring, a prospective officer must pass an evaluation, including an oral interview, by a licensed psychologist to determine that he or she is "free from any emotional or mental condition which might adversely affect the performance of peace officer duties," according to the board's Web site.
  
  The POST board has issued guidelines for those psychological evaluations, suggesting that several traits be evaluated including stress resistance, mental stability, anger management, moral development such as integrity and honesty, and the absence of serious psychopathology.

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  "I just find it troubling," said Neil Melton, the Executive Director of the Minnesota Board of Peace Officer Standards and Training, after learning Peterson received no psychological testing.
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  "This is an incredible job," Melton said."You're giving people a lot of authority.Authority to take away your personal freedom.Authority to use deadly force.So we don't want to take this lightly."
  
  Melton said for thirty years Minnesota has required prospective peace officers to submit to an evaluation and oral interview by a licensed psychologist.
  
  Even so, Melton said, a psych exam still might not stop a tragedy like the one in Crandon.
  
  "I think we've taken some incredible steps to minimize it," Melton said.

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  Minnesota Board of Peace Officer Standards and Training director Neil Melton said residents of these small towns often find it hard to give up their local police.
  
  "They really don't care what's written on the side of the truck that plows the snow in the winter, but for some reason they really like to have their town sort of emblazoned on the side of a patrol car," said Melton.

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  Minnesota Board of Peace Officer Standards and Training director Neil Melton said residents of these small towns often find it hard to give up their local police.
  
  "They really don't care what's written on the side of the truck that plows the snow in the winter, but for some reason they really like to have their town sort of emblazoned on the side of a patrol car," said Melton.

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  The Minnesota Board of Peace Officer Standards and Training automatically revokes the peace officer licenses of law enforcement officers convicted of felonies, said Neil Melton, the board's executive director.
  
  Officers convicted of assaults, including domestic assaults and regardless of whether the offense is a felony, also lose their licenses, Melton said.

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