§ 9-1-709 — Peace officers; retirement and disability credentials

Wyoming § 9-1-709

• 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 director of the peace officer standards and
training commission shall authorize the issuance of a retirement
or disability identification card to a retired or disabled peace
officer upon receipt of an application meeting the requirements
of subsection (b) of this section and payment of the required
fee.
(b) The application for an identification card under this
section shall be signed and verified by the applicant and shall
include:
(i) The applicant's name and any other identifying
information the commission may require;
(ii) Written verification from the employing agency,
in a form satisfactory to the director, that the applicant prior
to his retirement or disability was employed by a law
enforcement unit in this state and was certified as a peace
officer in good standing under this act;
(iii) Proof in a form satisfactory to the director,
that the applicant has qualified for retirement under a state or
local government retirement system as a peace officer member or
suffered injury in the line of duty as a peace officer in this
state which resulted in total or partial disability. For
purposes of this section total or partial disability shall be
determined by provisions of the retirement system of which the
applicant was a member at the time of his injury, but the
applicant need not qualify for disability benefits under the
system in order to meet the requirements of this section.
(c) At the request of the director of the peace officer
standards and training commission, the department of
transportation shall prepare and issue an identification card
under this section which shall contain:
(i) A distinguishing number assigned to the
applicant;
(ii) The applicant's full legal name and resident
address;
(iii) A brief description of the applicant including
sex, height and weight;
(iv) The applicant's picture;
(v) Information identifying the applicant as a
retired or disabled peace officer of the state of Wyoming
including the name of the law enforcement unit employing the
applicant and the highest rank held by the applicant;
(vi) The certification level held by the applicant
under the peace officers standards and training commission.
(d) Identification cards issued under this section shall
not expire. The commission shall keep records of data contained
in identification cards and may confirm the authenticity of the
card to any person.
(e) Upon submission by the applicant of a verified
statement to the peace officers standards and training
commission that an identification card issued under this section
has been lost, destroyed or mutilated, the person to whom it was
issued may obtain a new identification card upon furnishing the
same documentary evidence required for issuance of an original
identification card and paying the fee required by subsection
(f) of this section.
(f) Each applicant for an identification card under this
section shall pay to the commission a fee of ten dollars
($10.00) which shall be credited to the highway fund.
(g) No person shall:
(i) Possess any cancelled, fictitious, fraudulently
altered or fraudulently obtained identification card issued
under this section;
(ii) Lend his identification card to any other person
or knowingly permit its use by another;
(iii) Display or represent any identification card
not issued to him as being his card;
(iv) Photograph, photostat, duplicate or in any way
reproduce any identification card or facsimile thereof in such a
manner that it could be mistaken for a valid identification card
issued under this section;
(v) Procure an identification card under this section
by false swearing, fraud or false statement of any kind or in
any form.
(h) Any person who violates any provision of subsection
(g) of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a
fine of not more than seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), by
imprisonment for not more than ninety (90) days, or both.