CMH:cdc&amn
2021 - 2022 LEGISLATURE
August 5, 2021 - Introduced by Senators Roth,
L. Taylor, Wanggaard and
Ballweg, cosponsored by Representatives Steineke, Stubbs, Dittrich,
Armstrong, Baldeh, Cabral-Guevara, Duchow, Edming, Goyke, Gundrum,
Katsma, Kitchens, Krug, Kurtz, Loudenbeck, Macco, Milroy, Moses,
Mursau, Novak, Petryk, Schraa, Spiros, Steffen, Zimmerman, Wittke,
Tranel, Ohnstad and Vruwink. Referred to Committee on Judiciary and
Public Safety.
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1An Act to create 66.0512 and 165.28 (4) of the statutes;
relating to: school
2resource officers.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Current law provides standards and training requirements for law
enforcement officers, but current law does not provide specific standards or training
requirements for school resource officers, who are law enforcement officers assigned
by a law enforcement agency to work in collaboration with a school district, private
school, or independent charter school. This bill requires the Office of School Safety
in the Department of Justice to develop standards and approve a certified training
program for school resource officers. The bill prohibits law enforcement agencies
from assigning officers after September 1, 2022, as school resource officers unless
they have completed a training program that DOJ has approved.
The bill also requires the Office of School Safety to maintain a database of all
school resource officers. Under the bill, the office must include in the database the
school district, private school, or independent charter school to which each school
resource officer is assigned and when the officer completed the training required
under the bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
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3Section
1. 66.0512 of the statutes is created to read:
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166.0512 School resource officers. (1) In this section:
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(a) “Law enforcement agency” has the meaning given in s. 165.83 (1) (b).
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(b) “Law enforcement officer" means a person employed by the state or a
4political subdivision of the state for the purpose of detecting and preventing crime
5and enforcing laws or ordinances and who is authorized to make arrests for violations
6of the laws or ordinances that the person is employed to enforce.
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(c) “School resource officer” means a law enforcement officer who is deployed
8in community-oriented policing and assigned by the law enforcement agency that
9employs him or her to work in a full-time capacity in collaboration with a school
10district, a governing body of a private school, or an operator of a charter school
11authorized under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x).
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12(2) No law enforcement agency may assign a law enforcement officer to be a
13school resource officer unless the law enforcement officer completes a training
14program that is approved under s. 165.28 (4) (a).
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15(3) If a law enforcement agency assigns a law enforcement officer to be a school
16resource officer, the law enforcement agency shall provide the department of justice
17with the information the department requests for the database under s. 165.28 (4)
18(b).
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19Section
2. 165.28 (4) of the statutes is created to read:
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165.28
(4) (a) No later than 90 days after the effective date of this paragraph
21.... [LRB inserts date], develop standards and approve a certified training program
22regarding the role and function of school resource officers, deescalation techniques,
23and the employment of law enforcement officers in an educational environment. In
24this subsection, “school resource officer” has the meaning given in s. 66.0512 (1) (c).
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1(b) Maintain a database of individuals employed as school resource officers.
2The data shall include, for each school resource officer, the school district, the private
3school, or the charter school authorized under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x) to which the school
4resource officer is assigned and when the school resource officer completed the
5training program required under s. 66.0512 (2).
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6Section
3.
Initial applicability.
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(1) The treatment of s. 66.0512 (2) first applies to assignments made, renewed,
8or extended on the effective date of this subsection.
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9Section
4.
Effective dates. This act takes effect on September 1, 2022, except
10as follows:
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(1)
The treatment of s. 165.28 (4) (a) takes effect on the day after publication.
