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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2023 | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- ARREST | |
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Introduced By: Representatives Craven, Shanley, Vella-Wilkinson, Noret, and | |
Date Introduced: January 19, 2023 | |
Referred To: House Judiciary | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Chapter 12-7 of the General Laws entitled "Arrest" is hereby amended by |
2 | adding thereto the following section: |
3 | 12-7-1.1. Detention by university or college security. |
4 | (a) Any duly trained public safety officer, including non-sworn security personnel and |
5 | guards, employed by any private college or university may, without a warrant, detain any person |
6 | for any offense, whenever the public safety officer or security guard has reasonable grounds to |
7 | believe that an offense has been committed within the jurisdiction of that public safety officer or |
8 | security guard and the officer or guard has reason to believe that the person being detained is |
9 | responsible for the commission of said criminal offense. |
10 | (b) Any public safety officer or security guard that detains any individual for the suspected |
11 | commission of a criminal offense, shall immediately request assistance from either the state police |
12 | or the local police department having jurisdiction over the private college or university and shall |
13 | not detain any person beyond a reasonable period while waiting for state or local police assistance. |
14 | Reasonable period for purposes of this section shall mean a period of time no greater than thirty |
15 | (30) minutes. |
16 | (c) All public safety officers and security guards employed by any private college or |
17 | university subject to this section, shall be trained in the proper use of restraint devices and shall |
18 | abide by locally or nationally recognized use of force policies. |
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1 | 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 CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- ARREST | |
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1 | This act would permit non-sworn public safety officers and non-sworn security guards at |
2 | private colleges and universities to detain individuals within the campus’s jurisdiction when the |
3 | officer or guard has reasonable grounds to believe that the person has committed a criminal offense. |
4 | Upon detaining said person, the non-sworn public safety officers/security guards, must |
5 | immediately request the assistance of the state police or local police having jurisdiction and may |
6 | not detain the person for a period of time longer than thirty (30) minutes. |
7 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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