Bill Text: DE SB243 | 2013-2014 | 147th General Assembly | Draft
Bill Title: An Act To Amend Title 11 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Crimes And Criminal Procedure.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-4)
Status: (Passed) 2014-07-21 - Signed by Governor [SB243 Detail]
Download: Delaware-2013-SB243-Draft.html
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SPONSOR: |
Sen. Poore & Rep. Longhurst |
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Sens. Ennis, Hall-Long, Lopez, Pettyjohn, Townsend, Venables; Reps. Baumbach, Brady, Jaques, J. Johnson, Potter, M. Smith |
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DELAWARE STATE SENATE 147th GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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SENATE BILL NO. 243 |
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AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE. |
Section 1. Amend Chapter 2, Title 11 of the Delaware Code by making deletions as shown by strike through and insertions as shown by underline as follows:
§ 222 General definitions.
(15) "Law-enforcement officer" includes police officers, the Attorney General and the Attorney General's deputies, agents of the State Division of Alcohol and Tobacco Enforcement, agents employed by a state, county or municipal law-enforcement agency engaged in monitoring sex offenders, correctional officers, probation and parole officers, state fire marshals, municipal fire marshals that are graduates of a Delaware Police Academy which is accredited/authorized by the Council on Police Training, sworn members of the City of Wilmington Fire Department who have graduated from a Delaware Police Academy which is authorized/accredited by the Council on Police Training, environmental protection officers, enforcement agents of the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control, and constables. A sheriff or deputy sheriff shall be considered a "law-enforcement officer" when acting upon a specific order of a judge or commissioner of Superior Court. Sheriffs and deputy sheriffs shall not have any arrest authority. However, sheriffs and deputy sheriffs may take into custody and transport a person when specifically so ordered by a judge or commissioner of Superior Court.
SYNOPSIS
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This bill specifies that probation and parole officers are included in the definition of "law-enforcement officer" for the purposes of the Delaware Criminal Code in Title 11 of the Delaware Code. |
Author: Senator Poore
