7-13-411. Apprehension of violators.
(a) A probation and parole agent may, in the performance of his duties:
(i) Repealed By Laws 2011, Ch. 30, § 2.
(ii) Repealed By Laws 2011, Ch. 30, § 2.
(iii) Request a peace officer to arrest without warrant any probationer or parolee if the probation and parole agent has probable cause to believe the person has violated the conditions of his probation or parole. A person arrested under this paragraph 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.
(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 violated the conditions of his probation or parole. 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.
(c) A peace officer may take into custody and hold a person granted parole or on probation from another state when requested to do so by the probation and parole agent or the proper authorities from the other state.
(d) A parole or probation violator apprehended shall be accepted and held in the county jail at the request of the probation and parole agent.
(e) Any expense incurred in holding a parolee in county jail at the request of a probation and parole agent or pending proceedings under W.S. 7-13-408, including costs of shelter, food, clothing, and necessary medical, dental and hospital care and any expense for transporting the parolee shall be paid by the department unless there are local charges pending. The per diem cost of holding parolees under this section shall be agreed upon by the sheriff and the department, but shall not exceed the amount established by the department based on funds appropriated to the department for housing of offenders.