E3. Tara Oster Officer ConfirmationKalispell Police Department
312 151 Ave East - PO Box 1997 - Kalispell, MT 59903
Telephone (406) 758-778o - Fax (4o6) 758-7799
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Striving to Exceed Expectations'
REPORT TO: Doug Russell, City Manager
FROM: Doug Overman, Chief of Police
SUBJECT: Confirmation of Officer Tara Oster
MEETING DATE: December 2, 2019
BACKGROUND: Mayor and council, I respectfully request Officer Tara Oster be
confirmed as a patrol officer for the Kalispell Police Department. Officer Oster has
successfully completed the one year probationary period effective November 26, 2019.
Officer Oster is a University of Montana graduate. She has previously worked for the
Flathead 911 center as a dispatcher. While attending the Montana Law Enforcement
Academy, Officer Oster received the Jack Wiseman Award, which is given to the officer
in each class who is selected by his peers as the most outstanding officer. The officers of
each class select the recipient by pondering two questions:
• If you were a law enforcement agency administrator, who would you most want
to hire?
• If it was 2 a.m. and things were going bad quickly, who would you most want to
know was coming to help you?
Officer Oster has excelled throughout the probationary period, earned respect from peers
and clearly meets the high moral and ethical standards of the Kalispell Police Department.
It is my pleasure to recommend that Officer Tara Oster be confirmed as a police officer
with the Kalispell Police Department.
RECOMMENDATION: Approve the confirmation of Officer Tara Oster as a patrol
officer for the Kalispell Police Department.
DOUG OVERMAN, CHIEF OF POLICE