9-1-709. Peace officers; retirement and disability credentials.

(a) The director of the peace officer standards and training commission shall authorize the issuance of a retirement or disability identification card to a retired or disabled peace officer upon receipt of an application meeting the requirements of subsection (b) of this section and payment of the required fee.

(b) The application for an identification card under this section shall be signed and verified by the applicant and shall include:

(i) The applicant's name and any other identifying information the commission may require;

(ii) Written verification from the employing agency, in a form satisfactory to the director, that the applicant prior to his retirement or disability was employed by a law enforcement unit in this state and was certified as a peace officer in good standing under this act;

(iii) Proof in a form satisfactory to the director, that the applicant has qualified for retirement under a state or local government retirement system as a peace officer member or suffered injury in the line of duty as a peace officer in this state which resulted in total or partial disability. For purposes of this section total or partial disability shall be determined by provisions of the retirement system of which the applicant was a member at the time of his injury, but the applicant need not qualify for disability benefits under the system in order to meet the requirements of this section.

(c) At the request of the director of the peace officer standards and training commission, the department of transportation shall prepare and issue an identification card under this section which shall contain:

(i) A distinguishing number assigned to the applicant;

(ii) The applicant's full legal name and resident address;

(iii) A brief description of the applicant including sex, height and weight;

(iv) The applicant's picture;

(v) Information identifying the applicant as a retired or disabled peace officer of the state of Wyoming including the name of the law enforcement unit employing the applicant and the highest rank held by the applicant;

(vi) The certification level held by the applicant under the peace officers standards and training commission.

(d) Identification cards issued under this section shall not expire. The commission shall keep records of data contained in identification cards and may confirm the authenticity of the card to any person.

(e) Upon submission by the applicant of a verified statement to the peace officers standards and training commission that an identification card issued under this section has been lost, destroyed or mutilated, the person to whom it was issued may obtain a new identification card upon furnishing the same documentary evidence required for issuance of an original identification card and paying the fee required by subsection (f) of this section.

(f) Each applicant for an identification card under this section shall pay to the commission a fee of ten dollars ($10.00) which shall be credited to the highway fund.

(g) No person shall:

(i) Possess any cancelled, fictitious, fraudulently altered or fraudulently obtained identification card issued under this section;

(ii) Lend his identification card to any other person or knowingly permit its use by another;

(iii) Display or represent any identification card not issued to him as being his card;

(iv) Photograph, photostat, duplicate or in any way reproduce any identification card or facsimile thereof in such a manner that it could be mistaken for a valid identification card issued under this section;

(v) Procure an identification card under this section by false swearing, fraud or false statement of any kind or in any form.

(h) Any person who violates any provision of subsection (g) of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), by imprisonment for not more than ninety (90) days, or both.