MUTUAL AID: LAW ENFORCEMENT - S.B. 806 (S-1): FLOOR ANALYSIS
Senate Bill 806 (Substitute S-1 as reported)
Sponsor: Senator Philip E. Hoffman
Committee: Local, Urban and State Affairs
CONTENT
The bill would create a new act to allow a county, city, village, or township law enforcement agency of this State to enter into a mutual aid agreement with a law enforcement agency of a physically adjacent state. An agreement first would have to be authorized by the governing bodies of the law enforcement agencies of this State and the physically adjacent state, and would have to include at least all of the following:
-- The name and title of the official who could initiate a mutual aid request and a mutual aid response under the agreement.
-- The nature of an emergency situation that could initiate a request or a response of the law enforcement agency to or from the law enforcement agency of the physically adjacent state.
-- The arrest authority of the officers responding from the law enforcement agency of the physically adjacent state.
-- The chain of command for the supervision of the responding officers from the physically adjacent state.
The bill provides that a law enforcement officer from a physically adjacent state, who responded under the terms of an agreement entered into the bill, would have the same authority and immunity from criminal and civil liability as a law enforcement or police officer of this State.
(Under the bill, "law enforcement agency" would mean a police or sheriff's department that had the authority to enforce the general criminal laws of this State or a similar governmental organization of a physically adjacent state.)
The bill is tie-barred to Senate Bill 1184, which would amend the Code of Criminal Procedure to provide that a law enforcement officer of an adjacent state would have the same authority and immunity as a law enforcement officer of Michigan under specific circumstances.
- Legislative Analyst: N. Nagata
FISCAL IMPACT
The bill would have no fiscal impact on State or local government.
Date Completed: 5-19-00 - Fiscal Analyst: B. Baker
floor\sb806 (S-1) - Analysis available @ http://www.michiganlegislature.org
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.