Title: Expands Arrest Powers of Detention Officers
Vote to pass a bill that expands the arrest powers of detention officers.
Authorizes a detention officer acting in the officer’s official capacity pursuant to an existing warrant, to arrest a person who is (Sec. 1):
Already incarcerated in a jail facility or who surrenders to a jail facility at which the officer is employed;
At a hospital facility to which the detention officer is assigned, and the person to be arrested is under law enforcement supervision or custody while in the facility;
At a superior, justice, or municipal court facility to which the detention officer is assigned; or
Within a jail facility as a visitor and the person is found to have an outstanding warrant.
Authorizes a detention officer acting in the officer’s official capacity, to take custody of a person whom a judicial officer remands into custody during a court proceeding (Sec. 1).
Title: Expands Arrest Powers of Detention Officers