Wyo. Code R. 015-0009-5
Peace Officers Standards & Training Commission
Chapter 5: Certification & Training Standards for Dispatchers
Effective Date: 05/20/2002 to 01/17/2008
Rule Type: Superceded Rules & Regulations
Reference Number: 015.0009.5.05202002
(a) No person shall receive a dispatcher certification unless such person has completed a Commission approved dispatcher basic training program and is employed as a dispatcher in Wyoming.
(b) A dispatcher shall have two (2) years from the date of employment to complete a Commission approved dispatcher basic training program.
(i) The basic course curriculum and number of training hours shall be approved yearly by the Commission.
(c) Dispatcher certification shall be valid for two years from the date of issuance.
(d) Dispatchers awarded certification shall complete twenty (20) hours of continuing training every two (2) years. Verification of required training shall be provided to the Commission within two (2) years of certification date, and every two (2) years thereafter.
(e) At the expiration of each dispatcher's certification, the Commission shall evaluate the training record to verify completion of required training and re-issue certification if appropriate.
(f) Failure of any dispatcher to complete the continuing training requirements shall result in the denial of recertification by the Commission.
The Commission may grant an extension of the two (2) year time requirement upon the written application of the dispatcher and their employer. The application shall explain the circumstances which make an extension necessary. Factors which the Commission may consider in granting or denying an extension include the illness of the dispatcher or a member of their immediate family, or the absence of reasonable access to the basic course. The Commission shall not grant an extension exceeding two hundred and ten (210) days.
The Commission may grant an extension of time limit for completion of continuing training required by these rules upon a presentation of evidence by the department that an officer is unable to complete the required training within the time limit prescribed because of illness, injury, military service, special duty assigned or required in the public interest of the concerned jurisdiction, or because of restriction on the availability of required training.
(a) Currently certified Wyoming dispatchers
(i) The employing agency shall submit a Re-entry Employment Form to the Commission within fifteen (15) days of appointment.
(b) Previously certified Wyoming dispatcher
(i) A dispatcher unemployed as a dispatcher for less than three (3) years may be recertified.
(ii) Dispatchers unemployed for more than three (3) years but less than five (5) years may be recertified providing they successfully pass the challenge exam provided by the Commission. (An applicant shall not apply for and take the written exam for waiver more than twice.)
(ii) Dispatchers unemployed for more than five (5) years shall attend the current Commission approved dispatcher basic training course.
(a) Job related semester credits will be equivalent to ten (10) Commission training hours.
(b) If a college is using the quarter system, the quarter hours are equivalent to seven (7) Commission training hours.
(c) College hours can only be applied to continuing training requirements.