OUT-OF-STATE POLICE - S.B. 1184: COMMITTEE SUMMARY
Senate Bill 1184 (as introduced 3-29-00)
Sponsor: Senator Don Koivisto
Committee: Local, Urban and State Affairs
Date Completed: 5-17-00
CONTENT
The bill would amend the Code of Criminal Procedure to provide that a law enforcement officer of an adjacent state (Indiana, Ohio, Minnesota, or Wisconsin) or of a county, city, village, township, or other political subdivision of an adjacent state, which political subdivision was adjacent to this State, would have the same authority and immunity as a law enforcement officer of the State, if the law enforcement officer were authorized to arrest a person, with or without a warrant, for a violation of a penal statute or law in the adjacent state; if the law enforcement officer were on duty as a law enforcement officer in the adjacent state; and if one or more of the following applied:
-- The law enforcement officer was engaged in pursuing, arresting, or attempting to arrest an individual for a violation of a law in the adjacent state.
-- The law enforcement officer notified a law enforcement officer or agency in Michigan that he or she was in this State.
-- The law enforcement officer was in this State at the request of a law enforcement officer of Michigan or of a county, city, village, township of this State.
-- The law enforcement officer was responding to an emergency.
("Emergency" would mean a sudden or unexpected circumstance that required immediate action to protect the health, safety, welfare, or property of an individual from actual or threatened harm or from an unlawful act.)
Proposed MCL 764.2b - Legislative Analyst: N. Nagata
FISCAL IMPACT
The bill would have no fiscal impact on State or local government.
- Fiscal Analyst: B. BakerS9900\s1184sa
This analysis was prepared by nonpartisan Senate staff for use by the Senate in its deliberations and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent.