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

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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-Introduced.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 2361	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Santiago

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2016

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



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2361, as introduced, Santiago. Peace officers: independent
institutions of higher education.
   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.
   This bill would authorize an independent institution of higher
education, as defined, to designate a person regularly employed as a
security officer as a peace officer during the course of and within
the scope of his or her employment, as specified, provided that the
person successfully completes the course of training described above.

   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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) A person regularly employed as a security officer for
an independent institution of higher education as defined in
subdivision (b) of Section 66010 of the Education Code, may be
designated as a peace officer during the course and within the scope
of his or her employment, if the institution has, with the sheriff or
chief of police of within whose jurisdiction the institution is
located, entered into a memorandum of understanding that permits the
exercise of that authority.
   (b) Before exercising the powers of a peace officer, a person
designated as a peace officer pursuant to subdivision (a) shall
successfully complete a course of training prescribed by the
Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training pursuant to
Section 832.3.
   (c) A person designated as a peace officer pursuant to subdivision
(a) shall not be reimbursed with state funds for any training he or
she receives, and shall not be eligible to participate in any state
or municipal retirement system based on his or her designation as a
peace officer pursuant to subdivision (a).
   (d) A person designated as a peace officer pursuant to subdivision
(a) may carry a firearm in the course of his or her duties only if
authorized by and under the terms and conditions of his or her
employing agency.