Mont. Code Ann. § 44-1-612
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44-1-612 Cause for suspension, demotion, or discharge
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44-1-612 . Cause for suspension, demotion, or discharge. Cause for suspension, demotion, or discharge is:
(1) conviction of any crime involving moral turpitude in any court of competent jurisdiction subsequent to the commencement of such employment;
(2) gross neglect of duty or willful violation or disobedience of orders or regulations;
(3) loitering about or entering places of ill fame or ill repute or in which illegal gambling is known to be conducted or to be in progress, except in the immediate discharge of duty;
(4) conduct unbecoming an officer;
(5) drinking intoxicating liquor while using state-owned cars or in uniform or being intoxicated in a public place;
(6) sleeping while on duty;
(7) incapacity or partial incapacity materially affecting ability to perform official duties;
(8) gross inefficiency in performing duties; or
(9) willful disobedience of rules adopted by the department of justice governing the conduct and discipline of members of the patrol.
(1) conviction of any crime involving moral turpitude in any court of competent jurisdiction subsequent to the commencement of such employment;
(2) gross neglect of duty or willful violation or disobedience of orders or regulations;
(3) loitering about or entering places of ill fame or ill repute or in which illegal gambling is known to be conducted or to be in progress, except in the immediate discharge of duty;
(4) conduct unbecoming an officer;
(5) drinking intoxicating liquor while using state-owned cars or in uniform or being intoxicated in a public place;
(6) sleeping while on duty;
(7) incapacity or partial incapacity materially affecting ability to perform official duties;
(8) gross inefficiency in performing duties; or
(9) willful disobedience of rules adopted by the department of justice governing the conduct and discipline of members of the patrol.
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