175.49 Former law enforcement officers seeking to carry concealed weapons.
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175.49 Former law enforcement officers seeking to carry concealed weapons.
(1)Definitions. In this section:
(a)“Department” means the department of justice.
(b)“Destructive device” has the meaning given in 18 USC 921
(a)(4).
(c)“Firearm silencer” has the meaning given in s. 941.298
(1).
(d)“Former federal law enforcement officer” means a person who separated from service as a law enforcement officer at a federal law enforcement agency and who resides in Wisconsin.
(e)“Former law enforcement officer” means a person who separated from service as a law enforcement officer at a state or local law enforcement agency in Wisconsin.
(em)“Former out-of-state law enforcement officer” means a person who separated from service as a law enforcement officer at a state or local law enforcement agency in a state other than Wisconsin and who resides in Wisconsin.
(f)“Law enforcement agency” means an agency that consists of one or more persons employed by the federal government, including any agency described under 18 USC 926C
(e)(2); a state, or a political subdivision of a state; the U.S. armed forces; or the national guard, that has as its purposes the prevention and detection of crime and the enforcement of laws or ordinances, and that is authorized to make arrests for crimes.
(g)“Law enforcement officer” means a person who is employed by a law enforcement agency for the purpose of engaging in, or supervising others engaging in, the prevention, detection, investigation, or prosecution of, or the incarceration of any person for, any violation of law and who has statutory powers of arrest.