RÉSUMÉ DIGEST
ACT 379 (HB 218) 2019 Regular Session Marcelle
New law authorizes the clerk of court and judicial administrator of Baton Rouge City Court
to commission Baton Rouge City Court probation officers. Provides that the Baton Rouge
City Court Probation Division shall be recognized as a law enforcement agency.
New law requires probation officers to be P.O.S.T.-certified, and provides that, upon
completion of such training, the officer shall be considered a La. peace officer and a
commissioned probation officer.
New law provides certain powers and authority of the probation officers, including the
authority to arrest.
Effective August 1, 2019.
(Adds R.S. 13:2071.1)