Wyo. Code R. 015-0009-1
Peace Officers Standards & Training Commission
Chapter 1: General Provisions
Effective Date: 12/04/2012 to 01/05/2018
Rule Type: Superceded Rules & Regulations
Reference Number: 015.0009.1.12042012
Section 1. Statutory Authority. Pursuant to W.S. 9-1-701 through 9-1-711 the Wyoming Peace Officer Standards and Training Commission is required to adopt rules and standards which shall be in accordance with provisions of the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act (W.S. 16-3-101 to 16-3-115).
Section 2. Purpose. The purpose of the Peace Officer Standards and Training Commission is to raise and maintain the level of competence within the law enforcement community by:
(a) 'Accredited college' means a junior college, college, or university accredited as such by the Department of Education of the state in which the junior college, college, or university is located, a recognized national accrediting body, the state university in the state in which the junior college or university is located, or the Commission;
(b) 'Commission' means the Wyoming Peace Officer's Standards and Training Commission, or employees thereof acting on its behalf;
(c) 'Detention officer' means a person who is employed by a county or municipality on a full-time basis to care for, supervise, and control persons detained in a jail or holding facility;
(d) 'Detention officer training' means training received from an approved school or local detention officer training program authorized by the Commission to train detention officers;
(e) 'Department' means a police department, sheriff's department, highway patrol, state division of criminal investigation, game and fish department, campus police, or any other law enforcement unit;
(f) 'Director' means the executive director of the Commission;
(g) 'Inactive' means a status assigned to a peace officer, detention officer or dispatcher who has been certified by the State of Wyoming but is no longer employed by a municipal, county, the State of Wyoming, or political subdivision in Wyoming.
(h) 'Law enforcement unit' means a public agency having police power and charged with enforcing state criminal statutes or municipal ordinances;
(i) 'Peace officer' means a person as defined by W.S. 7-2-101;
(j) 'Peace officer training' means training received from an approved school or local peace officer training program authorized by the Commission to train peace officers;
(k) 'Permanent appointment' means an appointment having permanent full-time status as a peace officer in a law enforcement agency as described in these rules;
(l) 'Part-time or reserve peace officer' means any person having peace officer authority acting less than full time in the service of any county, municipality, or state agency, whether compensated or not;
(m) 'School' means any school, college, university, academy, or local training program which offers law enforcement, detention officer, dispatcher or correctional officer training. This term includes within its meaning a combination of courses, curriculum, instructors, and facilities;
(n) 'Temporary appointment' means an appointment as a peace officer, detention officer, dispatcher or correctional officer in a position which has a time limitation placed upon it or is not of a continuing nature;
(o) 'Dispatcher' means a person who is employed by a state, county, or municipal law enforcement agency, fire service or licensed ambulance service on a full or part-time basis, to answer and dispatch calls for emergency and non-emergency situations via designated law enforcement and emergency telecommunications equipment;
(p) 'The Act' means the Wyoming Peace Officer Standards and Training Act, W.S. 9-1-701 through 9-1-711.
(q) 'Certified correctional officer' means a person who is employed by the Wyoming Department of Corrections on a full-time basis to care for, supervise, control and maintain custody of persons confined in Wyoming Department of Corrections institutions and who has completed all requirements for certification as a correctional officer under the act;
(r) 'Correctional officer' means a person who is employed by the Wyoming Department of Corrections on a full-time basis to care for, supervise, and maintain custody of persons confined in Wyoming Department of Corrections institutions;
(s) “Correctional officer training” means an approved Wyoming Department of Corrections pre-service academy or other correctional officer training program authorized by the commission to train correctional officers for the state;
(t) “Part-time correctional officer” means a person employed by the Wyoming Department of Corrections on a part-time basis to care for, supervise and maintain custody of persons confined in Wyoming Department of Corrections institutions; and
(u) “High school diploma or equivalent achievement” means a diploma from a high school which is accredited by any State; a general equivalency diploma; a home school diploma which evidences successful completion of a home school curriculum which has been accredited by any nationally recognized accrediting organization; a home school diploma plus matriculation in a college which is accredited by any nationally recognized accrediting organization; or a degree issued by an institution of higher learning which is accredited by any nationally recognized accrediting association. For the purpose of this definition “nationally recognized accrediting organization” means an association which has been recognized by the Secretary of the United States Department of Education or the Council for Higher Education Accreditation.