§ 35-8-13.1. Training and Certification of Municipal Probation Officers
Any person employed or appointed as a municipal probation officer on or after July 1, 2017, shall not be authorized to exercise the power of arrest as a municipal probation officer unless such person has successfully completed a training course and received certification for municipal probation officers approved by the Georgia Peace Officer Standards and […]
§ 35-8-15. Preparation and Maintenance of Employment Records by Law Enforcement Units and Council; Release of Records
Each law enforcement unit shall prepare duplicate records on any candidate or peace officer employed under this chapter as may be prescribed by the rules and regulations of the council. One copy of the records shall be maintained in the headquarters of the law enforcement unit; the second copy shall be forwarded to the council […]
§ 35-8-16. Effect of Standards and Training Requirements Provided in Chapter; Adoption of Additional Requirements by Law Enforcement Units
This chapter establishes only the minimum qualification standards and training requirements for peace officers in this state; each law enforcement unit is encouraged to prescribe such additional requirements as it deems necessary and appropriate. History. Ga. L. 1970, p. 208, § 11.
§ 35-8-17. Effect of Peace Officer’s Failure to Comply With Chapter Generally; Civil Actions Against Noncomplying Peace Officers and Law Enforcement Units
Any peace officer so employed who does not comply with this chapter shall not be authorized to exercise the powers of a law enforcement officer generally and particularly shall not be authorized to exercise the power of arrest. The council is authorized to bring a civil action against any peace officer who does not comply […]
§ 35-8-18. Applicability of Chapter to Emergency Peace Officers
This chapter shall not apply to emergency peace officers. History. Ga. L. 1970, p. 208, § 14; Ga. L. 1975, p. 1165, § 10.
§ 35-8-19. Appointment of Citizen of Adjoining State as Peace Officer
In each city of this state adjacent to the State of Georgia boundary line, the sheriff, mayor, or other person authorized to appoint peace officers may appoint as special deputy, special constable, marshal, policeman, or other peace officer a person who is not a citizen of Georgia but who is a citizen of an adjoining […]
§ 35-8-7. Powers and Duties of Council Generally
The council is vested with the following powers and duties: To meet at such times and places as it may deem necessary; To contract with other agencies, public or private, or persons as it deems necessary for the rendering and affording of such services, facilities, studies, and reports to the council as will best assist […]
§ 35-8-7.1. Authority of Council to Refuse Certificate to Applicant or to Discipline Council Certified Officer or Exempt Officer; Grounds; Restoration of Certificate; Emergency Suspension of Certification; Notice of Investigation; Retention of Records
The council shall have authority to refuse to grant a certificate to an applicant or to discipline a council certified officer or exempt officer under this chapter or any antecedent law upon a determination by the council that the applicant, council certified officer, or exempt officer has: Failed to demonstrate the qualifications or standards for […]
§ 35-8-7.2. Administrative Procedure; Hearings; Review
Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this Code section, proceedings of the council in the exercise of its authority to issue any certificate or discipline any peace officer under the terms of this chapter shall be conducted in accordance with Chapter 13 of Title 50, the “Georgia Administrative Procedure Act.” In all such […]
§ 35-8-7.3. Civil Suits by Peace Officers
A peace officer shall have the right to bring a civil suit against any person, group of persons, organization, or corporation, or the head of an organization or corporation, for damages, either pecuniary or otherwise, suffered during the officer’s performance of official duties, for abridgment of the officer’s civil rights arising out of the officer’s […]