Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Safety and Professional Services › SPS 1-299 - Professional Services › SPS 30-49 - Private Detectives › Chapter SPS 34 - Firearms And Other Dangerous Weapons › Section SPS 34.04 - Approval as a firearms proficiency certifier

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) Before
				  certifying the proficiency of an owner or employee to carry a firearm pursuant
				  to s.
				  SPS
				  34.02, an individual shall obtain the approval of the
				  department by submitting an application to the department on a form prepared by
				  the department.
Note
Form #1912, Application For Approval of
					 Firearms Proficiency Certifier, may be obtained from the Department of Safety
					 and Professional Services, Division of Professional Credential Processing, 1400
					 East Washington Avenue, P.O. Box 8935, Madison, Wisconsin 53708-8935 or
					 download from the department's webpage:
http://dsps.wi.gov/Licenses-Permits/FirearmsCertifier/FIRECforms
.
(1m) A peace officer is not
				  required to file with the department fingerprints under sub. (5), provided that
				  the peace officer submits with the application for approval a letter from his
				  or her employing law enforcement agency, written not more than one month before
				  the date of the application and stating that the person is currently employed
				  as a peace officer by the law enforcement agency.
(2) An applicant for approval as a firearms
				  proficiency certifier shall at the time of application meet all of the
				  following qualifications:
(a) The individual
				  shall have received training as a police or security firearms instructor and
				  shall provide evidence of one of the following:
1. Current approval as a firearms instructor
				  by the Wisconsin law enforcement standards board.
2. Current certification as a law enforcement
				  firearms instructor by the national rifle association of America,
				  inc.
3. At any time on or after
				  January 1, 1995, was approved as a firearms instructor by the Wisconsin law
				  enforcement standards board, or certified as a law enforcement firearms
				  instructor, or a substantially equivalent designation, by the national rifle
				  association of America, inc. and has completed a 6-hour firearms instructor
				  refresher course within 12 months before application for approval by the
				  department. The refresher course shall be presented by a regional training
				  school approved by the Wisconsin law enforcement standards board or by a staff
				  instructor in the law enforcement activities division of the national rifle
				  association.
4. Current
				  certification or approval as a firearms instructor from a school in the
				  Wisconsin technical college system, that certifies or approves firearms
				  instructors in a manner which the department determines achieves equivalency to
				  one of the outcomes prescribed in subds. 1. to 3.
5. Current certification or approval as a
				  firearms instructor from an institution approved by the U.S. department of
				  education, that certifies or approves firearms instructors in a manner which
				  the department determines achieves equivalency to one of the outcomes
				  prescribed in subds. 1. to 3.