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Wyoming Administrative Code
Agency 015 - Attorney GeneralSubagency 0009 - Peace Officers Standards & Training Commission
Chapter 3 - CERTIFICATION, EMPLOYMENT, AND TRAINING STANDARDS FOR PEACE OFFICERS
Section 3-5 - Professional Peace Officer Certification

015-3 Wyo. Code R. § 3-5

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Current through April 27, 2019
Section 3-5 - Professional Peace Officer Certification

(a) Professional certification shall be awarded to an officer who meets any of the following requirements:

  • (i) Has been awarded advanced certification, has completed an additional eighty (80) hours of Commission approved training, and has acquired three (3) additional years of experience as a full-time peace officer; or
  • (ii) Has been awarded an associate's degree, has been awarded advanced certification, has completed an additional forty (40) hours of Commission approved training, and has two (2) additional years of experience as a full-time peace officer; or
  • (iii) Has been awarded a baccalaureate degree or beyond, has been awarded advanced certification, and has completed one (1) year additional experience as a full-time peace officer.

(b) The professional training requirements of this section shall be completed no later than three (3) years following the date of advanced certification.

(c) A peace officer awarded professional certification shall complete forty (40) hours of continuing training every two (2) years.

(d) All peace officers below the middle management position and assigned to patrol, traffic, or investigation, who routinely effect the physical arrest of criminal suspects are required to complete 10 hours, of the prescribed hours of additional training listed in subsection (c), in the perishable skills areas of Custody and Control, Firearms, Use of Force, Search and Seizure, Emergency Vehicle Operations, CPR/First Aid, Crisis Intervention Training or any other training the Director determines to meet the definition of perishable skills.

(e) Verification of required training shall be provided to the Commission within two (2) years following the date of professional certification, and every two (2) years thereafter.

(f) Failure of any officer to complete the requirements of professional training as provided by this section shall result in the denial of recertification.

015-3 Wyo. Code R. § 3-5

Amended, Eff. 1/5/2018.