§ 9-1-633 — Wyoming law enforcement academy; director; appointment; term; qualifications; employees; salaries; curriculum and training programs; fees; disposition

(a) A director of the Wyoming law enforcement academy
shall be appointed by the attorney general with the consent of
the governor. The director shall serve at the pleasure of the
attorney general. He shall have administrative and operational
experience in criminal justice and such other qualifications as
are satisfactory to the attorney general.
(b) The director may employ assistants, instructors and
other personnel as approved by the attorney general with the
consent of the governor. The attorney general may appoint the
director as a peace officer, if qualified pursuant to W.S.
9-1-701 through 9-1-707. The director may appoint full-time
staff instructors who qualify pursuant to W.S. 9-1-701 through
9-1-707 to perform as peace officers. Persons appointed as
peace officers pursuant to this subsection shall be considered
peace officers only:
(i) When on law enforcement academy property;
(ii) When providing security for state personnel or
at designated state events or activities;
(iii) When providing security for designated
individuals on or about state property; or
(iv) While acting pursuant to W.S. 7-2-106.
(c) The director and staff shall receive salaries fixed by
the Wyoming personnel division, department of administration and
information.
(d) The academy shall provide education in law enforcement
related areas to Wyoming peace officers. The attorney general
shall be assisted by, and shall have the curriculum and training
programs at the academy evaluated by the Wyoming peace officer
standards and training commission.
(e) The director shall charge and collect a fee of at
least fifteen dollars ($15.00) per student per day for advanced
courses which exceed the basic statutory requirements. The
director shall waive the fees for the division of criminal
investigation and may waive the fees for offices, departments or
agencies which allow their officers to instruct at the academy
at no charge.
(f) The director shall charge and collect a fee sufficient
to cover actual direct and indirect costs of coroner basic
courses. The fee shall be at least three hundred dollars
($300.00) per student attending the coroner basic courses.
(g) The director may allow the use of academy facilities
by governmental agencies other than law enforcement and shall
charge a fee based on actual direct and indirect costs for that
use.
(h) No fees shall be charged for:
(i) Peace officer basic courses;
(ii) Detention officer basic courses;
(iii) Repealed By Laws 1999, ch. 148, § 2.
(j) To the extent space is available and under policies
established by the director and approved by the attorney
general, the academy may permit persons other than peace
officers to attend training courses it offers and to charge a
fee to recover, at a minimum, the cost of the training and all
services provided in conjunction therewith. Prior to admittance
a person shall meet all requirements of W.S. 9-1-704(b)(i)
through (viii) providing for any background investigation and
examinations at the cost of the applicant.
(k) Repealed by Laws 2003, Ch. 120, § 3.
(m) The director shall establish an outreach training
services program whereby certain updates, specialized or
advanced training courses may be provided locally. The director
may seek assistance from the appropriate entities in determining
the amount and the specific courses to be offered under the
program. The director shall charge and collect a fee to cover
the development, delivery and material costs of the training
offered by the program.
(n) Revenues received pursuant to subsections (e), (f),
(g), (j) and (m) of this section and W.S. 9-1-635 and
31-5-1201(h) shall be credited to an account in the enterprise
fund and are continuously appropriated to the attorney general
to be expended for the actual direct and indirect costs of
providing the services for which the revenues are generated.
(o) As used in this section "full-time staff instructor"
means an instructor employed at the academy who works on a
yearly basis, with a normal work week of thirty-two (32) or more
hours.