15-5-114. Persons not eligible for appointment; criminal history record information.
(a) No person may be appointed or employed as a regular policeman or officer of the police department or as a fireman or officer of a fire department who:
(i) Has been convicted of, or against whom any indictment or information is pending for any offense, the punishment for which may be confinement in any penitentiary;
(ii) Is a notoriously bad character;
(iii) Is unable to read and write the English language; or
(iv) Lacks ordinary physical courage.
(b) A fire department may, as a condition for a position with the department, require applicants to submit to fingerprinting in order to obtain state and national criminal history record information.