§ 9-1-624 — Division of criminal investigation; uniform procedures and forms for collecting and disseminating identification data; missing persons repository; annual crime statistics report; cold case database; agencies to cooperate

(a) The division shall:
(i) Establish uniform procedures and forms for
collecting and disseminating criminal identification data;
(ii) Assist law enforcement agencies in establishing
and implementing uniform procedures;
(iii) Cooperate with the law enforcement academy to
provide to law enforcement agencies and their personnel
training, assistance and instruction in the gathering and
dissemination of criminal identification data;
(iv) Provide a system for communicating criminal
identification data among law enforcement agencies in and
outside the state;
(v) Act as a central repository of information and
operate a clearinghouse database on missing persons from
Wyoming. As a function of the central repository:
(A) The division shall prepare and make publicly
available an annual report on information compiled from the
missing person clearinghouse. The report shall include
biographical information collected on missing persons and
include information submitted by federal, state, tribal and
local law enforcement agencies located in Wyoming;
(B) The division may make publicly available
information about ongoing missing person investigations,
including reports of missing persons submitted to law
enforcement agencies under W.S. 7-2-109, to aid the efficient
investigation and swift recovery of missing persons or when
otherwise in the public interest.
(vi) At least annually, compile a report on Wyoming
crime statistics and make the report publicly available. The
report shall include crime statistics submitted by federal,
state, tribal and local law enforcement agencies in addition to
the information received pursuant to W.S. 7-19-407 and 7-20-107;
(vii) Develop and maintain a cold case database,
subject to the following:
(A) As used in this section, "cold case" means a
homicide or felony sexual offense that remains unsolved for two
(2) years or more after being reported to a law enforcement
agency;
(B) The division shall adopt rules specifying
the information for each cold case that shall be collected from
law enforcement agencies in the state and maintained in the
database;
(C) Each law enforcement agency in the state
that has a cold case committed or reported on or after January
1, 1972 shall provide to the division the information specified
by rule of the division for inclusion in the database.
(b) All law enforcement agencies within the state shall
cooperate with the division in establishing and maintaining an
efficient and coordinated system of identification and in
reporting missing persons and cold case information to the
division.