HB0317 - University of Wyoming police department-mutual aid.

2001

State of Wyoming

01LSO-0658

HOUSE BILL NO. HB0317

University of Wyoming police department-mutual aid.

Sponsored by: Representative(s) Slater and Nicholas

A BILL

for

1 AN ACT relating to University of Wyoming police;
2 authorizing mutual aid agreements between University of
3 Wyoming police and certain other entities; specifying
4 responsibility for worker's compensation, salary and
5 equipment damage coverage; and providing for an effective
6 date.

8 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

10 Section 1. W.S. 7-2-106(b) and by creating new
11 subsections (c) and (d) is amended to read:

13 7-2-106. Requests for temporary assignment of peace
14 officers; extraterritorial authority of peace officers;
15 liability; compensation.

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1 (b) A peace officer designated in subsection (a) or
2 (c) of this section who makes an arrest or issues a
3 citation pursuant to this section outside his own
4 jurisdiction shall be deemed to be acting within the scope
5 of his duties for purposes of the Wyoming Governmental
6 Claims Act and the state self-insurance program, W.S.
7 1-41-101 through 1-41-111. All privileges and immunities
8 from liability, and all pension, disability, worker's
9 compensation and other benefits which normally apply to
10 peace officers while they perform their duties in their own
11 jurisdiction shall also apply to them when acting as
12 provided in subsection (a) or (c) of this section. For
13 purposes of W.S. 27-14-104, the requesting and assigning
14 law enforcement agencies under subsection (a) of this
15 section shall be a joint employer as defined under W.S.
16 27-14-102(a)(xix) and the designated peace officer shall be
17 a joint employee as defined under W.S. 27-14-102(a)(xxi).
18 The cost of salary and benefits accruing to a peace
19 officer, while performing duties at the request of another
20 law enforcement jurisdiction under subsection (a) of this
21 section, shall be borne by the individual peace officer's
22 own employing agency. The cost of any damage to equipment
23 belonging to the officer or his employer occurring while

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1 acting under the provisions of this section shall be borne
2 by the requesting law enforcement agency.

4 (c) The chief of police of the University of Wyoming,
5 the chief of police of the city of Laramie and the sheriff
6 of Albany county may enter into a mutual aid agreement
7 between or among any or all of them regarding the
8 assignment of peace officers upon terms and conditions
9 satisfactory to them, subject to rules and procedures
10 established by the governing body of the university, city
11 and county, respectively. Direction and control of peace
12 officers while performing duties under a mutual aid
13 agreement established pursuant to this subsection shall be
14 specified in the agreement. Peace officers performing
15 duties under a mutual aid agreement established pursuant to
16 this subsection shall have the authority of a peace officer
17 within the territorial jurisdiction of the parties to the
18 agreement to the extent provided in the agreement.

20 (d) For purposes of worker's compensation under W.S.
21 27-14-104, the peace officer remains the employee of his
22 agency and is not a joint employee when the peace officer
23 is acting under a mutual aid agreement established under
24 subsection (c) of this section. The cost of salary and

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1 benefits accruing to a peace officer, and the cost of
2 damage incurred to equipment owned by a peace officer or
3 his employing agency while performing duties under a mutual
4 aid agreement established under subsection (c) of this
5 section shall be borne by the peace officer's own employing
6 agency or the peace officer, if the equipment is owned by
7 the peace officer.

9 Section 2. This act is effective July 1, 2001.

11 (END)

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