§ 9-1-702 — Created; membership; removal; compensation; meetings; publication of procedures; standards for certified training; powers and duties

Wyoming § 9-1-702

• Jurisdiction: Wyoming
• Title 09: Administration of the Government
• Ch. 1: STATE OFFICERS
• Art. 7: PEACE OFFICER STANDARDS AND TRAINING COMMISSION

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(a) The peace officer standards and training commission is
created. It shall be composed of the attorney general and the
following six (6) members who shall be appointed by the governor
for a term of three (3) years commencing July 1, 1991, who may
be reappointed to subsequent terms and who may be removed by the
governor as provided by W.S. 9-1-202:
(i) One (1) representative of a municipal law
enforcement agency;
(ii) One (1) representative of a county law
enforcement agency;
(iii) One (1) representative of a state law
enforcement agency;
(iv) One (1) person who is actively engaged in law
enforcement training; and
(v) Two (2) persons at large.
(b) Members of the commission shall receive no
compensation, but shall be reimbursed under W.S. 9-3-102 and
9-3-103 for travel and per diem expenses incurred in the
performance of their duties.
(c) The commission shall hold at least two (2) meetings
per year.
(d) With the approval of the governor, the commission
shall establish and publish its procedures.
(e) The commission shall establish standards for
certification of peace officer training. The commission shall
establish:
(i) Requirements concerning courses of study,
attendance, equipment and facilities for peace officer training;
(ii) Qualifications for peace officer training
instructors;
(iii) Basic training requirements for peace officers
appointed on a permanent basis;
(iv) Basic training requirements for part-time or
reserve peace officers;
(v) Basic training requirements for detention
officers;
(vi) Categories or classifications of advanced
in-service training programs and minimum courses of study and
attendance requirements with respect to the categories or
classifications.
(f) The commission shall:
(i) Recommend to the director studies, surveys and
reports regarding the purposes of this act;
(ii) Visit and inspect any peace officer training
program at any appropriate time;
(iii) Adopt reasonable rules and regulations pursuant
to the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act;
(iv) Prescribe reasonable minimum qualifications
relating solely to physical, mental and moral fitness for
persons recruited, appointed or retained as peace officers or
dispatchers by the state or a political subdivision;
(v) Grant, suspend or revoke certification of peace
officers or dispatchers for substantial failure to comply with
this act or the rules of the commission, subject to the
contested case procedures of the Wyoming Administrative
Procedure Act.
(g) The commission shall establish course requirements and
continuing education requirements for coroner training.
(h) The commission shall establish course requirements and
continuing education requirements for public safety dispatcher
training.
(j) The commission may establish examination and
certification fees for administering its duties under this
article in accordance with W.S. 33-1-201. Revenues received
pursuant to this subsection shall be credited to a separate
account and are continuously appropriated to the attorney
general to be expended for the actual direct and indirect costs
of providing the services generating the revenues.
(k) The commission shall adopt rules and regulations to:
(i) Establish course requirements and continuing
education requirements for correctional officer training; and
(ii) Establish procedures and criteria for the
issuance, denial, renewal, suspension and revocation of
correctional officer certification. Grounds for denial,
suspension or revocation of certification shall include the
substantial failure to comply with this act or the rules of the
commission. Proceedings regarding a denial, suspension or
revocation of certification shall be subject to the contested
case procedures of the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act.