LAW ENFORCEMENT: "REGULARLY EMPLOYED" S.B. 449 (S-1):
FLOOR SUMMARY
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Senate Bill 449 (Substitute S-1 as reported)
Sponsor: Senator Cameron S. Brown
Committee: Homeland Security and Emerging Technologies
CONTENT
The bill would amend the Commission on Law Enforcement Standards Act to define the term "regularly employed" as being employed by a police force or law enforcement agency for more than 120 hours annually.
Under the Act, the definition of "police officer" or "law enforcement officer" includes a regularly employed member of a law enforcement agency authorized and established pursuant to law, including common law, who is responsible for the prevention and detection of crime and the enforcement of Michigan's general criminal laws.
A regularly employed person employed on or after January 1, 1977, as a member of a police force having a full-time officer is not empowered to exercise all the authority of a peace officer in Michigan, or be employed in a position for which the authority of a peace officer is conferred by statute, unless he or she has been certified by the Michigan Commission on Law Enforcement Standards.
MCL 28.602 & 28.609 Legislative Analyst: Julie Cassidy
FISCAL IMPACT
The bill would have no fiscal impact on State or local government.
Date Completed: 6-3-09 Fiscal Analyst: Bruce Baker
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. sb449/0910