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| 5 | 5 | | 2025 -- S 0516 |
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| 7 | 7 | | LC001958 |
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| 9 | 9 | | S T A T E O F R H O D E I S L A N D |
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| 10 | 10 | | IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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| 11 | 11 | | JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2025 |
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| 12 | 12 | | ____________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | A N A C T |
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| 15 | 15 | | RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- ARREST |
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| 16 | 16 | | Introduced By: Senators Patalano, Dimitri, Appollonio, Pearson, Thompson, Burke, |
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| 17 | 17 | | Britto, Tikoian, Ciccone, and Felag |
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| 18 | 18 | | Date Introduced: February 26, 2025 |
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| 19 | 19 | | Referred To: Senate Judiciary |
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| 22 | 22 | | It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: |
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| 23 | 23 | | SECTION 1. Chapter 12-7 of the General Laws entitled "Arrest" is hereby amended by 1 |
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| 24 | 24 | | adding thereto the following section: 2 |
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| 25 | 25 | | 12-7-1.1. Detention by university or college security. 3 |
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| 26 | 26 | | (a) The governing board of any private state-charted institution of higher education which 4 |
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| 27 | 27 | | maintains a campus or other real property for educational purposes may establish a security, public 5 |
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| 28 | 28 | | safety office, or similar department, which employs or contracts with special police officers, public 6 |
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| 29 | 29 | | safety officers, security personnel or similar individuals. The appointment of special police officers, 7 |
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| 30 | 30 | | and the powers granted to those individuals shall be governed by chapter 2.1 of title 12. If so 8 |
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| 31 | 31 | | appointed by an institution, other duly trained members of such a department, including non-sworn 9 |
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| 32 | 32 | | public safety officers and security guards may, without a warrant, detain any person for any 10 |
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| 33 | 33 | | criminal offense, whenever the public safety officer or security guard has reasonable grounds to 11 |
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| 34 | 34 | | believe that an offense has been committed within the jurisdiction of that public safety officer or 12 |
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| 35 | 35 | | security guard and the officer or guard has reason to believe that the person being detained, is 13 |
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| 36 | 36 | | responsible for the commission of said criminal offense. 14 |
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| 37 | 37 | | (b) Any public safety officer or security guard that detains any individual for the suspected 15 |
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| 38 | 38 | | commission of a criminal offense shall immediately request assistance from either the state police 16 |
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| 39 | 39 | | or the local police department having jurisdiction over the private college or university and shall 17 |
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| 40 | 40 | | not detain any person beyond a reasonable period of not greater than thirty (30) minutes, while 18 |
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| 41 | 41 | | waiting for state or local police assistance. 19 |
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| 45 | 45 | | (c) All public safety officers and security guards employed by any private college or 1 |
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| 46 | 46 | | university subject to this section shall be trained in the proper use of restraint devices and shall 2 |
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| 47 | 47 | | abide by locally or nationally recognized use of force policies. 3 |
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| 48 | 48 | | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. 4 |
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| 50 | 50 | | LC001958 |
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| 54 | 54 | | LC001958 - Page 3 of 3 |
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| 55 | 55 | | EXPLANATION |
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| 56 | 56 | | BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL |
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| 57 | 57 | | OF |
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| 58 | 58 | | A N A C T |
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| 59 | 59 | | RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- ARREST |
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| 60 | 60 | | *** |
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| 61 | 61 | | This act would permit non-sworn public safety officers and security guards at private 1 |
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| 62 | 62 | | colleges and universities, to detain individuals for no longer than thirty (30) minutes, within the 2 |
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| 63 | 63 | | campus jurisdiction, when the officer or guard has reasonable grounds to believe that the person 3 |
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| 64 | 64 | | has committed a criminal offense. 4 |
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| 65 | 65 | | This act would take effect upon passage. 5 |
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