2015 Wyoming Code
TITLE 15 - CITIES AND TOWNS
CHAPTER 5 - FIRE AND POLICE DEPARTMENTS
ARTICLE 1 - CIVIL SERVICE
SECTION 15-5-114. - Persons not eligible for appointment; criminal history record information.
15-5-114. Persons not eligible for appointment; criminal history record information.
(a) No person may be appointed or employed as a regular policeman or officer of the police department or as a fireman or officer of a fire department who:
(i) Has been convicted of, or against whom any indictment or information is pending for any offense, the punishment for which may be confinement in any penitentiary;
(ii) Is a notoriously bad character;
(iii) Is unable to read and write the English language; or
(iv) Lacks ordinary physical courage.
(b) A fire department may, as a condition for a position with the department, require applicants to submit to fingerprinting in order to obtain state and national criminal history record information.
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