9-1-702. Created; membership; removal; compensation; meetings; publication of procedures; standards for certified training; powers and duties.

(a) The peace officer standards and training commission is created. It shall be composed of the attorney general and the following six (6) members who shall be appointed by the governor for a term of three (3) years commencing July 1, 1991, who may be reappointed to subsequent terms and who may be removed by the governor as provided by W.S. 9-1-202:

(i) One (1) representative of a municipal law enforcement agency;

(ii) One (1) representative of a county law enforcement agency;

(iii) One (1) representative of a state law enforcement agency;

(iv) One (1) person who is actively engaged in law enforcement training; and

(v) Two (2) persons at large.

(b) Members of the commission shall receive no compensation, but shall be reimbursed under W.S. 9-3-102 and 9-3-103 for travel and per diem expenses incurred in the performance of their duties.

(c) The commission shall hold at least two (2) meetings per year.

(d) With the approval of the governor, the commission shall establish and publish its procedures.

(e) The commission shall establish standards for certification of peace officer training. The commission shall establish:

(i) Requirements concerning courses of study, attendance, equipment and facilities for peace officer training;

(ii) Qualifications for peace officer training instructors;

(iii) Basic training requirements for peace officers appointed on a permanent basis;

(iv) Basic training requirements for part-time or reserve peace officers;

(v) Basic training requirements for detention officers;

(vi) Categories or classifications of advanced in-service training programs and minimum courses of study and attendance requirements with respect to the categories or classifications.

(f) The commission shall:

(i) Recommend to the director studies, surveys and reports regarding the purposes of this act;

(ii) Visit and inspect any peace officer training program at any appropriate time;

(iii) Adopt reasonable rules and regulations pursuant to the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act;

(iv) Prescribe reasonable minimum qualifications relating solely to physical, mental and moral fitness for persons recruited, appointed or retained as peace officers or dispatchers by the state or a political subdivision;

(v) Grant, suspend or revoke certification of peace officers or dispatchers for substantial failure to comply with this act or the rules of the commission, subject to the contested case procedures of the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act.

(g) The commission shall establish course requirements and continuing education requirements for coroner training.

(h) The commission shall establish course requirements and continuing education requirements for public safety dispatcher training.

(j) The commission may establish examination and certification fees for administering its duties under this article in accordance with W.S. 33-1-201. Revenues received pursuant to this subsection shall be credited to a separate account and are continuously appropriated to the attorney general to be expended for the actual direct and indirect costs of providing the services generating the revenues.

(k) The commission shall adopt rules and regulations to:

(i) Establish course requirements and continuing education requirements for correctional officer training; and

(ii) Establish procedures and criteria for the issuance, denial, renewal, suspension and revocation of correctional officer certification. Grounds for denial, suspension or revocation of certification shall include the substantial failure to comply with this act or the rules of the commission. Proceedings regarding a denial, suspension or revocation of certification shall be subject to the contested case procedures of the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act.