Wyo. Stat. § 9-1-701
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(a) As used in this act:
(i) "Commission" means the peace officer standards and training commission;
(ii) "County" means any county which has a law enforcement unit in its jurisdiction;
(iii) "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;
(iv) "Director" means the executive director of the commission;
(v) "Immediate family member" means a spouse, child or parent;
(vi) "Law enforcement unit" means a public agency having police power and charged with enforcing state criminal statutes or municipal ordinances;
(vii) "Municipality" means an incorporated city or town which has a law enforcement unit in its jurisdiction;
(viii) "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;
(ix) "Peace officer" means a person as defined by W.S. 7-2-101;
(x) "Peace officer training" means an approved school or local peace officer training program authorized by the commission to train peace officers;
(xi) "Permanent basis" means employed full time as a peace officer;
(xii) "This act" means W.S. 9-1-701 through 9-1-711;
(xiii) "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 nonemergency situations via designated law enforcement and emergency telecommunications equipment;
(xiv) "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 this act;
(xv) "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;
(xvi) "Correctional officer training" means an approved Wyoming department of corrections preservice academy or other correctional officer training program authorized by the commission to train correctional officers for the state;
(xvii) "Part-time correctional officer" means a person is 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.
(i) "Commission" means the peace officer standards and training commission;
(ii) "County" means any county which has a law enforcement unit in its jurisdiction;
(iii) "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;
(iv) "Director" means the executive director of the commission;
(v) "Immediate family member" means a spouse, child or parent;
(vi) "Law enforcement unit" means a public agency having police power and charged with enforcing state criminal statutes or municipal ordinances;
(vii) "Municipality" means an incorporated city or town which has a law enforcement unit in its jurisdiction;
(viii) "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;
(ix) "Peace officer" means a person as defined by W.S. 7-2-101;
(x) "Peace officer training" means an approved school or local peace officer training program authorized by the commission to train peace officers;
(xi) "Permanent basis" means employed full time as a peace officer;
(xii) "This act" means W.S. 9-1-701 through 9-1-711;
(xiii) "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 nonemergency situations via designated law enforcement and emergency telecommunications equipment;
(xiv) "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 this act;
(xv) "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;
(xvi) "Correctional officer training" means an approved Wyoming department of corrections preservice academy or other correctional officer training program authorized by the commission to train correctional officers for the state;
(xvii) "Part-time correctional officer" means a person is 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.
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