{"data":{"id":"us-wy/wyo.-stat.-15-5-114","jurisdiction":"us-wy","citation":"Wyo. Stat. § 15-5-114","heading":"Persons not eligible for appointment; criminal history record information.","body":"(a) No person may be appointed or employed as a regular policeman or officer of the police department or as a fireman or officer of a fire department who:\n(i) Has been convicted of, or against whom any indictment or information is pending for any offense, the punishment for which may be confinement in any penitentiary;\n(ii) Is a notoriously bad character;\n(iii) Is unable to read and write the English language; or\n(iv) Lacks ordinary physical courage.\n(b) A fire department may, as a condition for a position with the department, require applicants to submit to fingerprinting in order to obtain state and national criminal history record information.","path":["TITLE 15 - CITIES AND TOWNS","CHAPTER 5 - FIRE AND POLICE DEPARTMENTS","ARTICLE 1 - CIVIL SERVICE"],"source_url":"https://wyoleg.gov/statutes/compress/title15.pdf","current_through":"2026 Budget Session; as of 2026-07-01","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T00:16:32Z","sha256":"fbbc5a54f5313197b1266c60a44a619391bfd0b67d197bbfc6e204599316b02f","source_id":"us-wy","stale":false,"prev":"us-wy/wyo.-stat.-15-5-113","next":"us-wy/wyo.-stat.-15-5-115"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}