Division of criminal investigation; uniform procedures and forms for collecting and disseminating identification data; missing persons repository; annual crime statistics report; cold case database; agencies to cooperate.
Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 9-1-624
in effect(a) The division shall:
(i) Establish uniform procedures and forms for collecting and disseminating criminal identification data;
(ii) Assist law enforcement agencies in establishing and implementing uniform procedures;
(iii) Cooperate with the law enforcement academy to provide to law enforcement agencies and their personnel training, assistance and instruction in the gathering and dissemination of criminal identification data;
(iv) Provide a system for communicating criminal identification data among law enforcement agencies in and outside the state;
(v) Act as a central repository of information and operate a clearinghouse database on missing persons from Wyoming. As a function of the central repository:
(A) The division shall prepare and make publicly available an annual report on information compiled from the missing person clearinghouse. The report shall include biographical information collected on missing persons and include information submitted by federal, state, tribal and local law enforcement agencies located in Wyoming;
(B) The division may make publicly available information about ongoing missing person investigations, including reports of missing persons submitted to law enforcement agencies under W.S. 7-2-109, to aid the efficient investigation and swift recovery of missing persons or when otherwise in the public interest.
(vi) At least annually, compile a report on Wyoming crime statistics and make the report publicly available. The report shall include crime statistics submitted by federal, state, tribal and local law enforcement agencies in addition to the information received pursuant to W.S. 7-19-407 and 7-20-107;
(vii) Develop and maintain a cold case database, subject to the following:
(A) As used in this section, "cold case" means a homicide or felony sexual offense that remains unsolved for two (2) years or more after being reported to a law enforcement agency;
(B) The division shall adopt rules specifying the information for each cold case that shall be collected from law enforcement agencies in the state and maintained in the database;
(C) Each law enforcement agency in the state that has a cold case committed or reported on or after January 1, 1972 shall provide to the division the information specified by rule of the division for inclusion in the database.
(b) All law enforcement agencies within the state shall cooperate with the division in establishing and maintaining an efficient and coordinated system of identification and in reporting missing persons and cold case information to the division.
Source: WY Statutes (Official Site)URL: https://wyoleg.gov/statutes/compress/title09.pdfFetched: 10/4/2026