§ 7-20-105 — Peace officer education and training

(a) Law enforcement agencies and the Wyoming law
enforcement academy shall provide peace officers with a uniform
education and training program approved by the peace officer
standards and training commission designed to inform the
officers of the problems of family and household abuse,
procedures to deal with these problems, the provisions of this
chapter and the services and facilities available to abused
family and household members. The amount and degree of peace
officer training shall include the following:
(i) Officers who are currently employed by a law
enforcement agency and have already completed and been certified
through a state basic skills course shall be provided eight (8)
hours of training through the local law enforcement agency at
which the officer is employed. The law enforcement agency may
contact the family violence program in the county to assist in
designing and implementing this training;
(ii) Officers who have not yet completed and been
certified through the Wyoming state basic skills course shall be
provided twelve (12) hours of training as part of the basic
skills course at the Wyoming law enforcement academy. The
department of health may be contacted to assist in designing and
implementing this training.