AB 165

Current law generally prohibits a person from going armed with a concealed

and dangerous weapon. This prohibition has many exceptions, including an

exception for former law enforcement officers who have one of the following: 1) a

photographic identification issued by the law enforcement agency that formerly

employed him or her that indicates that, within the previous 12 months, that agency

found him or her to meet the firearms training standards the law enforcement

agency sets for active law enforcement officers to carry the type of firearm the former

officer is carrying; or 2) both a photographic identification issued by the law

enforcement agency that formerly employed the officer and a certification card

issued in Wisconsin, if the former officer resides in Wisconsin, or a certification card

issued by the state in which the former officer resides. The certification card must

indicate that, within the previous 12 months, the former officer's state of residence,

or a certified firearms instructor if such an instructor may conduct a firearms

qualification test for active law enforcement officers in that state, has found the

former officer to meet the firearms training standards for active law enforcement

officers to carry the type of firearm he or she is carrying. Current law permits a

qualified former law enforcement officer who was employed by a state or local

Wisconsin law enforcement agency to receive a certification card from the law

enforcement agency that employed him or her. Current law permits the Department

of Justice (DOJ) to issue a certification card to a qualified former federal law

enforcement officer who resides in Wisconsin. This bill permits DOJ to issue a

certification card also to a qualified former law enforcement officer who was

employed by a state or local law enforcement agency in another state but who resides

in Wisconsin.