(1) Before an
individual may commence employment on a probationary, temporary, part-time or
full-time basis as a law enforcement, tribal law enforcement, jail or secure
detention officer, that individual must have met recruit qualifications
established by the board. The minimum qualifications for recruitment shall be:
(a) The applicant shall possess a valid
Wisconsin driver's license or such other valid operator's permit recognized by
the Wisconsin department of transportation as authorizing operation of a motor
vehicle in Wisconsin prior to completion of the preparatory training course.
The results of a check of the issuing agency's motor vehicle files shall
constitute evidence of driver's status.
(b) The applicant shall have attained a
minimum age of 18 years. A birth or naturalization certificate shall serve as
evidence of applicant's date of birth.
(c) The applicant shall not have been
convicted of any federal felony or of any offense which if committed in
Wisconsin could be punished as a felony unless the applicant has been granted
an absolute and unconditional pardon.
(d) The applicant shall possess a Wisconsin
high school diploma or a diploma issued by an out of state high school
accredited by an appropriate agency of the state or shall have passed the
general education development diploma test or any other test recommended by the
Wisconsin department of public instruction as indicating high school diploma
level.
(e) An applicant for
employment as a law enforcement or tribal law enforcement officer shall possess
either a 2 year associate degree from a Wisconsin technical college system
district or its accredited equivalent from another state or a minimum of 60
fully accredited college level credits. An applicant who has not met this
standard at the time of employment shall meet this standard as a requirement of
recertification by the board at the end of his or her fifth year of employment
as a law enforcement or tribal law enforcement officer. At the request of an
applicant and upon documentation of experiences that have enhanced his or her
writing, problem solving and other communication skills, the board may waive a
maximum of 30 college level credits. This educational standard shall apply to
applicants first employed as law enforcement or tribal law enforcement officers
on or after February 1, 1993.
(f)
The applicant shall be of good character as determined from a written report
containing the results of the following:
1.
The fingerprinting of the applicant and with a search of local, state and
national fingerprint records.
2. A
background investigation conducted by or on behalf of an employer. The employer
shall certify in a document subscribed and sworn to by the affiant that a
reasonably appropriate background investigation has been conducted, what
persons or agency conducted the investigation and where written results of the
investigation are maintained on file.
3. Such other investigation as may be deemed
necessary to provide a basis of judgment on the applicant's loyalty to the
United States or to detect conditions which adversely affect performance of
one's duty as a law enforcement, tribal law enforcement, jail or secure
detention officer.
(g)
The applicant shall be free from any physical, emotional or mental condition
which might adversely affect performance of duties as a law enforcement, tribal
law enforcement, jail or secure detention officer.
1. The applicant shall complete a personal
medical history, a copy of which is to be submitted to the examining
physician.
2. The examination shall
be by a Wisconsin licensed physician who shall provide a written report on the
results of the examination.
(h) The applicant shall submit to and
complete with satisfactory results, an oral interview to be conducted by the
employing authority or its representative or representatives. "Satisfactory
results" shall be determined from the contents of a written rating by the
interviewer expressing an opinion concerning the applicant's appearance,
personality, and ability to communicate as observed during the
interview.
(2) The
employing authority shall supply the training and standards bureau with copies
of the documentation and reports concerning the above listed qualifications.
Personal history, rating and report forms currently used by the employing
authority are acceptable for this purpose. If such forms are not available, the
bureau will supply forms for this purpose upon request.
(3) If the applicant is employed on a
probationary or temporary basis, the bureau shall be immediately informed. The
bureau shall maintain a permanent file on each applicant.
(4) The foregoing are minimum qualifications.
Higher qualifications are strongly recommended where the employing authority is
in a position to require them.
