Wisconsin Administrative Code › Law Enforcement Standards Board › Chapter LES 2 - Recruitment qualifications › Section LES 2.01 - Minimum qualifications for recruitment

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) Before an
			 individual may commence employment on a probationary, temporary, part-time or
			 full-time basis as a law enforcement, tribal law enforcement, jail or secure
			 detention officer, that individual must have met recruit qualifications
			 established by the board. The minimum qualifications for recruitment shall be:
(a) The applicant shall possess a valid
			 Wisconsin driver's license or such other valid operator's permit recognized by
			 the Wisconsin department of transportation as authorizing operation of a motor
			 vehicle in Wisconsin prior to completion of the preparatory training course.
			 The results of a check of the issuing agency's motor vehicle files shall
			 constitute evidence of driver's status.
(b) The applicant shall have attained a
			 minimum age of 18 years. A birth or naturalization certificate shall serve as
			 evidence of applicant's date of birth.
(c) The applicant shall not have been
			 convicted of any federal felony or of any offense which if committed in
			 Wisconsin could be punished as a felony unless the applicant has been granted
			 an absolute and unconditional pardon.
(d) The applicant shall possess a Wisconsin
			 high school diploma or a diploma issued by an out of state high school
			 accredited by an appropriate agency of the state or shall have passed the
			 general education development diploma test or any other test recommended by the
			 Wisconsin department of public instruction as indicating high school diploma
			 level.
(e) An applicant for
			 employment as a law enforcement or tribal law enforcement officer shall possess
			 either a 2 year associate degree from a Wisconsin technical college system
			 district or its accredited equivalent from another state or a minimum of 60
			 fully accredited college level credits. An applicant who has not met this
			 standard at the time of employment shall meet this standard as a requirement of
			 recertification by the board at the end of his or her fifth year of employment
			 as a law enforcement or tribal law enforcement officer. At the request of an
			 applicant and upon documentation of experiences that have enhanced his or her
			 writing, problem solving and other communication skills, the board may waive a
			 maximum of 30 college level credits. This educational standard shall apply to
			 applicants first employed as law enforcement or tribal law enforcement officers
			 on or after February 1, 1993.
(f)
			 The applicant shall be of good character as determined from a written report
			 containing the results of the following:
1.
			 The fingerprinting of the applicant and with a search of local, state and
			 national fingerprint records.
2. A
			 background investigation conducted by or on behalf of an employer. The employer
			 shall certify in a document subscribed and sworn to by the affiant that a
			 reasonably appropriate background investigation has been conducted, what
			 persons or agency conducted the investigation and where written results of the
			 investigation are maintained on file.
3. Such other investigation as may be deemed
			 necessary to provide a basis of judgment on the applicant's loyalty to the
			 United States or to detect conditions which adversely affect performance of
			 one's duty as a law enforcement, tribal law enforcement, jail or secure
			 detention officer.
(g)
			 The applicant shall be free from any physical, emotional or mental condition
			 which might adversely affect performance of duties as a law enforcement, tribal
			 law enforcement, jail or secure detention officer.
1. The applicant shall complete a personal
			 medical history, a copy of which is to be submitted to the examining
			 physician.
2. The examination shall
			 be by a Wisconsin licensed physician who shall provide a written report on the
			 results of the examination.
(h) The applicant shall submit to and
			 complete with satisfactory results, an oral interview to be conducted by the
			 employing authority or its representative or representatives. "Satisfactory
			 results" shall be determined from the contents of a written rating by the
			 interviewer expressing an opinion concerning the applicant's appearance,
			 personality, and ability to communicate as observed during the
			 interview.