Wisconsin 2023-2024 Regular Session

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4	4	2023 SENATE BILL 209
5	5	April 3, 2023 - Introduced by Senators JACQUE and TOMCZYK, cosponsored by
6	6	Representatives KRUG, CALLAHAN, ARMSTRONG, BEHNKE, BRANDTJEN, GREEN,
7	7	MOSES and MURSAU. Referred to Committee on Transportation and Local
8	8	Government.
9	9	*AUTHORS SUBJECT TO CHANGE*
10	10	AN ACT to amend 20.455 (2) (as) and 165.85 (5) (b); and to create 66.0512, 165.28
11	11	(4) and 165.85 (5) (bm) of the statutes; relating to: increasing the law
12	12	enforcement training reimbursement, school resource officers, and making an
13	13	appropriation.
14	14	Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
15	15	Under current law, the Law Enforcement Standards Board reimburses each
16	16	political subdivision for the costs associated with preparatory training and annual
17	17	recertification training for law enforcement officers, jail officers, and juvenile
18	18	detention officers. A “political subdivision" means a county, city, village, town, town
19	19	sanitary district, public inland lake protection and rehabilitation district, and
20	20	technical college district.
21	21	Under current law, reimbursement to a political subdivision for annual
22	22	recertification training must be at least $160 per officer. This bill increases the
23	23	reimbursement to at least $320 per officer.
24	24	The bill also requires LESB to reimburse the costs of preparatory training that
25	25	were paid by an individual who completed the training and subsequently became a
26	26	certified law enforcement officer, jail officer, or juvenile detention officer in addition
27	27	to those costs that were paid by a political subdivision on behalf of a recruit.
28	28	Current law provides standards and training requirements for law
29	29	enforcement officers, but current law does not provide specific standards or training
30	30	requirements for school resource officers, who are law enforcement officers assigned
31	31	by a law enforcement agency to work in collaboration with a school district, private
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38	38	school, or independent charter school. The bill requires the Office of School Safety
39	39	in the Department of Justice to develop standards and approve a certified training
40	40	program for school resource officers. The bill prohibits law enforcement agencies
41	41	from assigning officers after September 1, 2024, as school resource officers unless
42	42	they have completed a training program that OSS has approved.
43	43	The bill also requires OSS to maintain a database of all school resource officers.
44	44	Under the bill, OSS must include in the database the school district, private school,
45	45	or independent charter school to which each school resource officer is assigned and
46	46	when the officer completed the training required under the bill.
47	47	For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be
48	48	printed as an appendix to this bill.
49	49	The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
50	50	enact as follows:
51	51	SECTION 1. 20.455 (2) (as) of the statutes is amended to read:
52	52	20.455 (2) (as) Officer training reimbursements; supplemental funds. The
53	53	amounts in the schedule to make payments under s. 165.85 (5) (b) and (bm) and (5x).
54	54	SECTION 2. 66.0512 of the statutes is created to read:
55	55	66.0512 School resource officers. (1) In this section:
56	56	(a) “Law enforcement agency” has the meaning given in s. 165.83 (1) (b).
57	57	(b) “Law enforcement officer" means a person who is employed by the state or
58	58	a political subdivision of the state for the purpose of detecting and preventing crime
59	59	and enforcing laws or ordinances and who is authorized to make arrests for violations
60	60	of the laws or ordinances that the person is employed to enforce.
61	61	(c) “School resource officer” means a law enforcement officer who is deployed
62	62	in community-oriented policing and assigned by the law enforcement agency that
63	63	employs him or her to work in a full-time capacity in collaboration with a school
64	64	district, a governing body of a private school, or an operator of a charter school
65	65	authorized under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x).
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85	85	(2) No law enforcement agency may assign a law enforcement officer to be a
86	86	school resource officer unless the law enforcement officer completes a training
87	87	program that is approved under s. 165.28 (4) (a).
88	88	(3) If a law enforcement agency assigns a law enforcement officer to be a school
89	89	resource officer, the law enforcement agency shall provide the department of justice
90	90	with the information the department requests for the database under s. 165.28 (4)
91	91	(b).
92	92	SECTION 3. 165.28 (4) of the statutes is created to read:
93	93	165.28 (4) (a) No later than 90 days after the effective date of this paragraph
94	94	.... [LRB inserts date], develop standards and approve a certified training program
95	95	regarding the role and function of school resource officers, deescalation techniques,
96	96	and the employment of law enforcement officers in an educational environment. In
97	97	this subsection, “school resource officer” has the meaning given in s. 66.0512 (1) (c).
98	98	(b) Maintain a database of individuals employed as school resource officers.
99	99	The database shall include, for each school resource officer, the school district, the
100	100	private school, or the charter school authorized under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x) to which
101	101	the school resource officer is assigned and when the school resource officer completed
102	102	the training program required under s. 66.0512 (2).
103	103	SECTION 4. 165.85 (5) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
104	104	165.85 (5) (b) The board shall authorize the reimbursement to each political
105	105	subdivision of approved expenses incurred by recruits who satisfactorily complete
106	106	training at schools certified by the board. Reimbursement of these expenses for law
107	107	enforcement officer, jail officer and juvenile detention officer preparatory training
108	108	shall be for board approved tuition, living, and travel expenses. Reimbursement of
109	109	approved expenses for completion of annual recertification training under sub. (4)
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137	137	shall include at least $160 $320 per officer thereafter. Funds may also be distributed
138	138	for attendance at other training programs and courses or for training services on a
139	139	priority basis to be decided by the department of justice.
140	140	SECTION 5. 165.85 (5) (bm) of the statutes is created to read:
141	141	165.85 (5) (bm) The board shall reimburse approved expenses for an individual
142	142	who satisfactorily completes preparatory training at a board-certified school and
143	143	who subsequently becomes certified as a law enforcement officer, jail officer, or
144	144	juvenile detention officer. Expenses eligible for reimbursement under this
145	145	paragraph include tuition and living and travel expenses.
146	146	SECTION 6.0Fiscal changes.
147	147	(1) In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the department
148	148	of justice under s. 20.455 (2) (as), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2023-24 is
149	149	increased by $4,480,000. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation
150	150	to the department of justice under s. 20.455 (2) (as), the dollar amount for fiscal year
151	151	2024-25 is increased by $4,480,000.
152	152	SECTION 7.0Initial applicability.
153	153	(1) The treatment of s. 66.0512 (2) first applies to assignments made, renewed,
154	154	or extended on the effective date of this subsection.
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