HB332

ENROLLED, An Act,

Relating to Miles College; to amend Section 16-22-1, Code of Alabama 1975, to remove certain jurisdictional restrictions on Miles College police officers.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:Section 1. Section 16-22-1, Code of Alabama 1975, is amended to read as follows:

§16-22-1.

"(a) The president or chief executive officer of any state college or university, the president or chief executive officer of the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind, the Presidents of Talladega College, Concordia College, Samford University, Birmingham-Southern College, Miles College, Stillman College, Tuskegee University, Spring Hill College, Faulkner University, and Selma University may appoint and employ one or more suitable persons to act as police officers to keep off intruders and prevent trespass upon and damage to the property of the college or university or of the institute. These persons shall be charged with all the duties and invested with all the powers of police officers. Any police officer appointed by the President of Miles College shall be restricted to the campus and property of Miles College.

"(b) Any person appointed to act as a police officer, pursuant to subsection (a), while on duty, shall carry and be trained in the proper use of a nonlethal weapon. For the purposes of this subsection, a nonlethal weapon is a weapon that is explicitly designed and primarily employed to immediately incapacitate the targeted person while minimizing fatalities and permanent injury. A nonlethal weapon is intended to have a reversible effect on the targeted person.

"(c) A person appointed as a police officer pursuant to subsection (a) shall be certified through the Alabama Peace Officers' Standards and Training Commission.

"(c) This section is cumulative.

Section 2. This act shall become effective immediately following its passage and approval by the Governor, or its otherwise becoming law.

Miles College

Law Enforcement Officers

Colleges and Universities

Code Amended