Arrests for violation of probation.

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Official Summary Text

Summary for LSO115
Bill No.:
HB0150
Effective
:
7/1/2015

LSO No.:
15LSO-0417

Enrolled Act No.:
HEA 54

Chapter No.:
85

Prime Sponsor:
Krone

Catch Title:
Arrests for violation of probation.

Subject:
Expands the arrest authority
of peace officers who have probable cause to believe a probationer or parolee has violated the terms of probation or parole.

Summary/Major Elements:

Under current law
, a peace officer may arrest without warrant an alleged probation or parole violator upon receipt of a written statement from a probation and parole agent setting forth that the probationer or parolee has, in the judgment of the agent, violated the conditions of probation or parole.

This bill:

Allows a peace officer to arrest without warrant an alleged probation or parole violator at any time the peace officer has probable cause to believe the probationer or parolee has violated the conditions of his probation or parole.

Does not require a written statement from a probation and parole agent, provided the peace officer has probable cause to believe a violaton of the conditions of probation or parole has occurred.

Does not affect the authority of a probation and parole agent to request a peace officer to arrest a probationer or parolee who, in the judgment of the agent, has violated the conditions of his probation or parole.

The above summary is not an official publication of the Wyoming Legislature and is not an official statement of legislative intent. While the Legislative Service Office endeavored to provide accurate information in this summary, it should not be relied upon as a comprehensive abstract of the bill.

Current Bill Text

ORIGINAL
House
Bill No
.
HB0150

ENROLLED ACT NO.
54
,

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SIXTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2015 General Session

AN ACT relating to peace officers; expanding the arrest authority of peace officers for probation or parole violations as specified; and providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

Section 1
.

W.S. 7
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13
‑
411(b) is amended to read:

7
‑
13
‑
411
.

Apprehension of violators.

(b)

A peace officer may arrest without warrant an alleged probation or parole violator after receiving a written statement from a probation and parole agent setting forth that the probationer or parolee has, in the judgment of the probation and parole agent, violated the conditions of his probation or parole.
A peace officer may also arrest without warrant an alleged probation or parole violator
at any time
the peace officer
has probable cause to believe

the probationer or parolee
has
violat
ed
the conditions of
his
probation or p
a
ro
le
.
A person arrested under this subsection may be detained for a reasonable period of time until a legal warrant is obtained or pending further proceedings under W.S. 7
‑
13
‑
408.

Section
2
.

This
act is effective July 1,
2015
.

(END)

Speaker of the House

President of the Senate

Governor

TIME APPROVED: _________

DATE APPROVED: _________

I hereby certify that this act originated in the
House
.

Chief
Clerk

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