SENATE BILL NO. 1099


   May 5, 1998, Introduced by Senator CISKY and referred to the
        Committee on Judiciary.



        A bill to amend 1966 PA 331, entitled

   "Community college act of 1966,"

   by amending sections 128, 129, and 131 (MCL 389.128, 389.129, and

   389.131), as added by 1998 PA 51.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 1         Sec. 128.  (1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), the board

 2    of trustees of a community college created under this act may

 3    grant to the public safety officers or police officers of that

 4    community college the powers and authority of a peace or law

 5    enforcement officer.  Public safety officers or police officers

 6    granted the powers and authority under this act shall have the

 7    same powers and authority of a peace officer under the code of

 8    criminal procedure, 1927 PA 175, MCL 760.1 to 776.22, and as

 9    provided under the Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257.1

10    to 257.923.


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 1         (2) Before granting the powers and authority provided under

 2    subsection (1), a board of trustees of a community college shall

 3    conduct not less than 2 public hearings.

 4         (3) The board of trustees of a community college shall not

 5    grant the powers and authority described in subsection (1) unless

 6    that board of trustees creates a public safety  oversight
             

 7    ADVISORY committee.  The public safety  oversight 
             ADVISORY com-

 8    mittee shall be comprised of 2 members of the faculty and 2 mem-

 9    bers of the staff of the community college.  The public safety

10     oversight  ADVISORY committee shall receive and
             address griev-

11    ances by persons against the public safety officers or police

12    officers or against the public safety department or police

13    department of that community college.  The committee may recom-

14    mend to the board of trustees or the administration of that com-

15    munity college that disciplinary measures be taken against a

16    public safety officer or police officer who is found responsible

17    for misconduct in office.

18         Sec. 129.  (1) The jurisdiction of public safety officers or

19    police officers granted powers and authority of peace or law

20    enforcement officers under section 128 shall include all property

21    owned or leased by the community college in this state and

22    extends to the public right-of-way traversing or contiguous to

23    that property.

24         (2) The jurisdiction of public safety officers or police

25    officers under subsection (1) is limited to the protection of

26    persons and property on the property of that community college

27    unless  an emergency  A response is made off campus
             at the



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 1    specific request of another law enforcement agency OR UNDER A

 2    MUTUAL AID AGREEMENT WITH ANOTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.

 3         Sec. 131.  The public safety department or police department

 4    of each community college shall submit monthly uniform crime

 5    reports pertaining to crimes within the department's jurisdiction

 6    to the department of state police IN THE SAME MANNER as pre-

 7    scribed in section 1 of 1968 PA 319, MCL 28.251.










































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