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2017 SESSION
HB 2062 Law-enforcement officer; definition, municipal park rangers training.
Introduced by: Michael P. Mullin | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Definition of law-enforcement officer; municipal park rangers. Requires sworn municipal park rangers to be certified through completion of training at an approved criminal justice training academy. The bill authorizes sworn municipal park rangers to access criminal history record information for the purposes of the administration of criminal justice and the screening of an employment application. The bill provides that any sworn municipal park ranger who is a conservator of the peace shall be considered a law-enforcement officer or member of a law-enforcement agency for the purposes of (i) execution and issuance of warrants; (ii) exemption from regulations in certain situations; (iii) obtaining criminal record information; (iv) use of flashing blue warning lights; (v) possession of controlled substances, including marijuana, in the performance of his duties; (vi) penalties for eluding a law-enforcement officer; (vii) penalties for obstruction of justice; (viii) penalties for false reporting; (ix) penalties for escapes from jail; and (x) penalties for resisting arrest.
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HISTORY
- 01/10/17 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101650D
- 01/10/17 House: Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety
- 01/17/17 House: Assigned MPPS sub: #2
- 02/07/17 House: Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety