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TEXT OF RULE
Section 1. SPS 30.02 (2m) is created to read:
SPS 30.02 (2m) “Electric weapon” has the meaning given in s. 941.295 (1c) (a), Stats. Section 2. SPS 33.025 is amended to read:
SPS 33.025 Private security persons to carry permits. A private security person shall have on his or her personpossess while on duty as a private security person the private security permit issued to him or her by the department and, if carrying a firearm or electric weapon, the firearms permit issued to him or her by the department if a permit is required.
Section 3. SPS 34.065 is created to read:
SPS 34.065 Electric weapons. An owner or employee of an agency may only be armed with an electric weapon while on duty if the owner or employee of the agency has been issued a permit under s. SPS 34.015 (2) to carry a firearm, or is exempt from the permit requirement under s. SPS 34.01 (5) to (8). Section 4. SPS 34.07 is amended to read:
SPS 34.07 Other dangerous weapons. An owner or employee of an agency may only be armed with a dangerous weapon other than a firearm or electric weapon, which he or she, based on their training, isthey are proficient in handling. The person shall understand the legal limits of force with the weapon, the dangers andof misuse of the weapon and the safety rules relating to the weapon. The agency shall, upon request of the department, provide documentation of the training or experience which prepared the person to be proficient in the use of the weapon.
Section 5. SPS 35.01 (4m) is amended to read:
SPS 35.01 (4m) Failing to have on his or her personpossess a private security permit while on duty as a private security person and, if carrying a firearm on, about or near his or her person or electric weapon while on duty, failing to have on his or her personpossess the firearms permit issued by the department if a permit is required.
Section 6. EFFECTIVE DATE. The rules adopted in this order shall take effect on the first day of the month following publication in the Wisconsin Administrative Register, pursuant to s. 227.22 (2) (intro.), Stats. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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