9-1-633. Wyoming law enforcement academy; director; appointment; term; qualifications; employees; salaries; curriculum and training programs; fees; disposition.

(a) A director of the Wyoming law enforcement academy shall be appointed by the attorney general with the consent of the governor. The director shall serve at the pleasure of the attorney general. He shall have administrative and operational experience in criminal justice and such other qualifications as are satisfactory to the attorney general.

(b) The director may employ assistants, instructors and other personnel as approved by the attorney general with the consent of the governor. The attorney general may appoint the director as a peace officer, if qualified pursuant to W.S. 9-1-701 through 9-1-707. The director may appoint full-time staff instructors who qualify pursuant to W.S. 9-1-701 through 9-1-707 to perform as peace officers. Persons appointed as peace officers pursuant to this subsection shall be considered peace officers only:

(i) When on law enforcement academy property;

(ii) When providing security for state personnel or at designated state events or activities;

(iii) When providing security for designated individuals on or about state property; or

(iv) While acting pursuant to W.S. 7-2-106.

(c) The director and staff shall receive salaries fixed by the Wyoming personnel division, department of administration and information.

(d) The academy shall provide education in law enforcement related areas to Wyoming peace officers. The attorney general shall be assisted by, and shall have the curriculum and training programs at the academy evaluated by the Wyoming peace officer standards and training commission.

(e) The director shall charge and collect a fee of at least fifteen dollars ($15.00) per student per day for advanced courses which exceed the basic statutory requirements. The director shall waive the fees for the division of criminal investigation and may waive the fees for offices, departments or agencies which allow their officers to instruct at the academy at no charge.

(f) The director shall charge and collect a fee sufficient to cover actual direct and indirect costs of coroner basic courses. The fee shall be at least three hundred dollars ($300.00) per student attending the coroner basic courses.

(g) The director may allow the use of academy facilities by governmental agencies other than law enforcement and shall charge a fee based on actual direct and indirect costs for that use.

(h) No fees shall be charged for:

(i) Peace officer basic courses;

(ii) Detention officer basic courses;

(iii) Repealed By Laws 1999, ch. 148, § 2.

(j) To the extent space is available and under policies established by the director and approved by the attorney general, the academy may permit persons other than peace officers to attend training courses it offers and to charge a fee to recover, at a minimum, the cost of the training and all services provided in conjunction therewith. Prior to admittance a person shall meet all requirements of W.S. 9-1-704(b)(i) through (viii) providing for any background investigation and examinations at the cost of the applicant.

(k) Repealed by Laws 2003, Ch. 120, § 3.

(m) The director shall establish an outreach training services program whereby certain updates, specialized or advanced training courses may be provided locally. The director may seek assistance from the appropriate entities in determining the amount and the specific courses to be offered under the program. The director shall charge and collect a fee to cover the development, delivery and material costs of the training offered by the program.

(n) Revenues received pursuant to subsections (e), (f), (g), (j) and (m) of this section and W.S. 9-1-635 and 31-5-1201(h) shall be credited to an account in the enterprise fund and are continuously appropriated to the attorney general to be expended for the actual direct and indirect costs of providing the services for which the revenues are generated.

(o) As used in this section "full-time staff instructor" means an instructor employed at the academy who works on a yearly basis, with a normal work week of thirty-two (32) or more hours.