Bill Text: CA AB2361 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Peace officers: independent institutions of higher education: security officers.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2016-09-14 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 356, Statutes of 2016. [AB2361 Detail]

Download: California-2015-AB2361-Chaptered.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 2361	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER  356
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 14, 2016
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 14, 2016
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 18, 2016
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 24, 2016
	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 16, 2016
	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 11, 2016
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 15, 2016
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 19, 2016

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Santiago
   (Coauthor: Assembly Member Jones-Sawyer)

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2016

   An act to add Section 830.75 to the Penal Code, relating to peace
officers.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2361, Santiago. Peace officers: independent institutions of
higher education: security officers.
   Existing law designates all persons who meet specified standards
as peace officers. Existing law requires any sheriff, undersheriff,
deputy sheriff or police officer, as specified, to successfully
complete a course of training prescribed by the Commission on Peace
Officer Standards and Training before exercising the powers of a
peace officer. Under existing law, a person regularly employed as a
security officer for an independent institution of higher education
is not a peace officer but may exercise the powers of arrest of a
peace officer during the course and within the scope of his or her
employment if the employing institution of higher education has
concluded a memorandum of understanding, permitting the exercise of
authority, with the sheriff or the chief of police within whose
jurisdiction the institution lies.
   This bill would allow a person regularly employed as a security
officer for an independent institution of higher education to be
deputized or appointed as a reserve deputy or officer by a sheriff or
chief of police if he or she has completed the basic training course
for deputy sheriffs and police officers prescribed by the Commission
on Peace Officer Standards and Training, and the institution of
higher education and the appropriate local law enforcement agency
have entered into a memorandum of understanding. The bill would
extend the authority of a person designated as a peace officer
pursuant to these provisions to any place in the state and would make
that authority applicable only while he or she is engaged in the
performance of his or her assigned duties, as specified.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 830.75 is added to the Penal Code, to read:
   830.75.  (a) Notwithstanding subdivision (b) of Section 830.7, a
person regularly employed as a security officer for an independent
institution of higher education recognized under subdivision (b) of
Section 66010 of the Education Code may be deputized or appointed by
the sheriff or the chief of police of the jurisdiction in which the
institution is located as a reserve deputy or officer pursuant to
Section 830.6, notwithstanding that he or she is compensated by the
institution of higher education or that the assigned specific law
enforcement functions and duties may be of a recurring or continuous
nature, if both of the following requirements are met:
   (1) The person meets the requirements specified in paragraph (1)
of subdivision (a) of Section 832.6.
   (2) The institution of higher education and the appropriate local
law enforcement agency have entered into a memorandum of
understanding.
   (b) The authority of a person designated as a peace officer
pursuant to this section extends to any place in the state and
applies only while he or she is engaged in the performance of his or
her assigned duties for his or her institution of higher education
pursuant to the memorandum entered into pursuant to paragraph (2) of
subdivision (a). The primary duty of a person designated as a peace
officer pursuant to this section shall be the enforcement of the law
upon the campuses of his or her institution of higher education and
within one mile of the exterior of those campuses, and in or about
other grounds and properties owned, operated, controlled, or
administered by that institution of higher education.
   (c) Vehicles owned by an independent institution of higher
education that are specifically designated for use by persons
designated as peace officers pursuant to this section shall be deemed
authorized emergency vehicles for all purposes of the law within the
institution's jurisdiction.