Wisconsin 2023-2024 Regular Session

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4	4	2023 ASSEMBLY BILL 852
5	5	December 22, 2023 - Introduced by Representatives DONOVAN, C. ANDERSON,
6	6	ARMSTRONG, BARE, BEHNKE, BRANDTJEN, CONLEY, DITTRICH, EDMING, EMERSON,
7	7	GOEBEN, GUNDRUM, JACOBSON, S. JOHNSON, KITCHENS, KRUG, MAXEY, MELOTIK,
8	8	MURSAU, NEDWESKI, NOVAK, O'CONNOR, OHNSTAD, ORTIZ-VELEZ, PETRYK,
9	9	RATCLIFF, RETTINGER, SHANKLAND, SPIROS and TUSLER, cosponsored by
10	10	Senators JAMES, PFAFF, NASS, SMITH and SPREITZER. Referred to Committee on
11	11	Criminal Justice and Public Safety.
12	12	*AUTHORS SUBJECT TO CHANGE*
13	13	AN ACT to create 16.23 and 20.505 (1) (bm) of the statutes; relating to: small
14	14	law enforcement agency training grant pilot program, granting rule-making
15	15	authority, and making an appropriation.
16	16	Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
17	17	This bill requires the Department of Administration to establish and
18	18	administer a pilot program for grants for payment of training costs for new law
19	19	enforcement officers at small law enforcement agencies. Under the bill, “small law
20	20	enforcement agency” means a police department, tribal police department, combined
21	21	protective services department, or sheriff's office that employs fewer than 25
22	22	full-time equivalent law enforcement officers who are not supervisors. The grants
23	23	may be used to pay for training a preservice student who is enrolled in a program to
24	24	become a law enforcement officer or tribal law enforcement officer and to pay for
25	25	employment costs during the first six months of employment of such an officer. Also
26	26	under the bill, if a small law enforcement agency has received reimbursement for
27	27	training a preservice student or recruit from the Law Enforcement Standards Board,
28	28	the agency may not also receive a grant under the program that duplicates the
29	29	amounts reimbursed. The bill requires any individual whose training or recruitment
30	30	period of six months is paid for under the pilot program to commit to remain with the
31	31	employing small law enforcement agency for one year after the training or service
32	32	paid for with the grant has ended. If such an individual does not complete 12 months
33	33	of employment, the department may seek from the individual repayment of the grant
34	34	on a prorated basis. Under the bill, DOA must administer the pilot program until
35	35	the appropriation for the program is fully depleted.
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41	41	For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as
42	42	an appendix to this bill.
43	43	The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
44	44	enact as follows:
45	45	SECTION 1. 16.23 of the statutes is created to read:
46	46	16.23 Small law enforcement agency training pilot program. (1)
47	47	DEFINITIONS. In this section:
48	48	(a) “Preservice student” has the meaning given in s. 165.85 (2) (e).
49	49	(b) “Recruit” has the meaning given in s. 165.85 (2) (f).
50	50	(c) “Small law enforcement agency” means a police department, tribal police
51	51	department, combined protective services department under s. 60.553, 61.66, or
52	52	62.13 (2e), or sheriff's office that employs 25 or fewer full-time equivalent law
53	53	enforcement officers or tribal law enforcement officers who are not supervisors.
54	54	(2) ADMINISTRATION. The department shall establish and administer a pilot
55	55	program to provide training grants to small law enforcement agencies. The program
56	56	shall provide for all of the following:
57	57	(a) A small law enforcement agency may apply for a grant if the agency has been
58	58	notified that any law enforcement officer it employs will be retiring or leaving the
59	59	agency within 6 months, or the agency has a 20 percent or higher vacancy rate in its
60	60	authorized law enforcement officer positions.
61	61	(b) The grant application shall be on a form created by the department.
62	62	(c) The grant shall be used to pay costs for the following:
63	63	1. Preparatory training under s. 165.85 (4) (a) 1., for a preservice student who
64	64	will be employed by the small law enforcement agency after completion of the
65	65	training.
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91	91	2. Compensation and costs related to employment of a recruit whose
92	92	preparatory training costs were paid by the grant, for up to 6 months of on-the-job
93	93	training.
94	94	(d) A preservice student or recruit whose training or service as a recruit is paid
95	95	for with a grant under this section shall commit to working for the small law
96	96	enforcement agency that received the grant for one year after the training or service
97	97	paid for with the grant has ended. If such an individual does not work for one year
98	98	at the small law enforcement agency, the department may seek from the individual
99	99	repayment of the grant on a prorated basis.
100	100	(e) A small law enforcement agency that receives a grant under this section is
101	101	not required to include a recruit whose training costs were paid by the grant, in any
102	102	required maintenance of effort for law enforcement officer staffing for 6 months after
103	103	the recruit completes training.
104	104	(f) If a small law enforcement agency has received reimbursement for training
105	105	a preservice student or recruit from the law enforcement standards board under s.
106	106	165.85 (5) (b), the agency may not also receive a grant under the program that
107	107	duplicates the amounts reimbursed, but may receive a grant that is the difference
108	108	between the amount reimbursed and the actual costs the agency incurred.
109	109	(g) A list, maintained by the department, of small law enforcement agencies in
110	110	this state.
111	111	(h) If the department receives a grant application from a small law enforcement
112	112	agency on the list in par. (g), and money is available from the appropriation under
113	113	s. 20.505 (1) (bm), the department shall, within one week of receiving the application,
114	114	distribute sufficient moneys to pay for training under par. (c) 1. or 2. while the
115	115	application is being reviewed by the department.
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143	143	(i) If an application under par. (b) is approved, the department shall distribute
144	144	the grant money as soon as practicable after approving the application.
145	145	(j) If an application under par. (b) is denied, and the department distributed
146	146	money under par. (h), the department shall seek reimbursement from the small law
147	147	enforcement agency that received the money.
148	148	(k) The pilot program terminates 18 months after all moneys from the
149	149	appropriation under s. 20.505 (1) (bm) have been disbursed, and the department
150	150	shall continue to make reasonable efforts to seek repayment under par. (d).
151	151	(3) RULES. The department shall promulgate rules for the administration of
152	152	the small law enforcement agency training grant program.
153	153	SECTION 2. 20.005 (3) (schedule) of the statutes: at the appropriate place, insert
154	154	the following amounts for the purposes indicated:
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157	157	(1) SUPERVISION AND MANAGEMENT
158	158	(bm)Small law enforcement agency
159	159	training grants GPR C 4,000,000 -0-
160	160	SECTION 3. 20.505 (1) (bm) of the statutes is created to read:
161	161	20.505 (1) (bm) Small law enforcement agency training grants. As a continuing
162	162	appropriation, the amounts in the schedule to provide training grants to small law
163	163	enforcement agencies under s. 16.23 (2).
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