PRIVATE COLLEGE SECURITY OFFICERS H.B. 4588 (H-1):
SUMMARY OF BILL
REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE
House Bill 4588 (Substitute H-1 reported without amendment)
Sponsor: Representative Kurt Heise
CONTENT
The bill would amend the Private Security Business and Security Alarm Act to do the following:
-- Allow a private college security officer appointed under the Act to be sworn and fully empowered by a local chief of police or deputized by a county sheriff.
-- Allow a private college security officer who was sworn and fully empowered under the bill to exercise the authority and power of a peace officer.
-- Specify that, unless sworn and fully empowered under the bill, a private college security officer would have the limited arrest authority otherwise allowed under the Act.
The bill is tie-barred to Senate Bill 92, which would amend the Commission on Law Enforcement Standards Act to revise the licensure of police officers.
The Private Security Business and Security Alarm Act permits a private college or university that has students residing in college or university housing to authorize a private college security force through action of its governing board, with the approval of certain local officials. The Department of State Police administers the licensure of private college security forces. Private college security officers have the power to make arrests only on property owned or leased by the private college or university and they are not certified as law enforcement officers.
Under House Bill 4588 (H-1), a private college security officer appointed under the Act could be sworn and fully empowered by the chief of police of a village, city, or township law enforcement agency, or deputized by a sheriff as a deputy sheriff, as provided in Section 9d of the Commission on Law Enforcement Standards Act. (Under Senate Bill 92, Section 9d would provide for the licensure of private college security officers who were sworn and fully empowered by a local chief of police or deputized by a county sheriff.)
A private college security officer sworn and fully empowered as provided in the bill could exercise the authority and power of a peace officer as prescribed in an oath of office administered by a village, city, or township chief of police or a county sheriff as provided in Section 9d.
MCL 338.1087 et al. Legislative Analyst: Patrick Affholter
FISCAL IMPACT
The bill would have no fiscal impact on State or local government.
Date Completed: 9-27-16 Fiscal Analyst: Bruce Baker
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.