BILL NUMBER: AB 2361INTRODUCED 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.