2017 -- S 0231

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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2017

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A N   A C T

RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES - EMERGENCY POLICE POWER

     Introduced By: Senator Gayle L. Goldin

     Date Introduced: February 02, 2017

     Referred To: Senate Judiciary

     It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

     SECTION 1. Section 45-42-3 of the General Laws in Chapter 45-42 entitled "Emergency

Police Power" is hereby amended to read as follows:

     45-42-3. Mutual aid -- Campus police officer Mutual aid -- Campus police officer

and special police officer.

     (a) Any public or private educational institution of higher learning located in this state,

with a police or other public safety department consisting of campus police officers appointed

pursuant to chapter 52 of title 16, or special police officers appointed pursuant to chapter 2.1 of

title 12, may enter a mutual aid agreement with the city or town in which the institution is

primarily located, solely for the purpose of providing emergency assistance in response to

specific incidents at the request of the police chief of the city or town. Officers appointed under

this these chapter chapter's must have satisfactorily completed a training academy certified by the

Police Officer's Commission on Standards and Training.

     (b) The mutual aid agreement will not be effective until formally approved by the city or

town council in which the institution is located, after a public hearing and by the governing body

or office of the institution of higher learning.

     (c) The special police officers responding to a request for emergency assistance pursuant

to a duly approved mutual aid agreement shall have the same authority, powers, duties, privileges,

and immunities for jurisdictional purposes as a duly appointed police officer of the city or town

making the request.

     (d) The special police officers responding to the request for emergency assistance under

the mutual aid agreement shall be subject to, and considered within, the control and authority of

the requesting chief of police for the duration of the emergency and until released by the

requesting chief of police.

     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

OF

A N   A C T

RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES - EMERGENCY POLICE POWER

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     This act would amend the statutory provisions regarding emergency police powers to

clarify that higher learning institutions having special police officers are authorized to enter into

mutual aid agreements with the municipality where the institution is located for the purpose of

providing emergency assistance. Special police officers appointed under this chapter must

complete a training academy certified by the Police Officer's Commission on Standards and

Training.

     This act would take effect upon passage.

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