Cheyenne Police Chief Brian Kozak says any decision on possible charges against transgender people using a public shower in Cheyenne would have to be decided by the Laramie County District Attorney's office.

A story that ran on KGAB.com recently included the chief saying transgender shower users could be charged in the title. But that article did not say the police would file charges, only that the shower user "could be charged."

The chief says he wants to be clear that although his department would investigate complaints that someone used the shower designated for people of the opposite biological sex, it would not decide whether the person would be charged with a crime. The information revealed in the investigation would be turned over to the Laramie County District Attorney's office.

Kozak says the person would not be arrested or ticketed on the spot, and might or might not face charges later, depending on what action the District Attorney decided to take, if any.

The chief says under Wyoming state law a variety of factors go into consideration of whether a person can be charged for indecent exposure.

They include such factors as whether exposure occurred in a private or public place, whether the person in question derived sexual gratification from the exposure, and several other factors.

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