This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Georgia Public Safety Training Center Act.” History. Ga. L. 1980, p. 429, § 1; Ga. L. 1993, p. 91, § 35. Cross references. Use of retired unmarked pursuit cars for training, § 35-2-57 .
The Board of Public Safety is authorized: To establish, operate, and maintain the Georgia Public Safety Training Center for the purpose of providing facilities and programs for the training of state and local law enforcement officers, firefighters, correctional personnel, emergency medical personnel, behavioral health co-responders, and others; and To do all things and take any […]
The center is assigned to the Department of Public Safety for administrative purposes only as prescribed in Code Section 50-4-3. The board is authorized to solicit and accept gifts, grants, donations, property, both real and personal, and services for the purpose of carrying out this chapter. History. Ga. L. 1980, p. 429, § 4; Ga. […]
The administrator of the center shall select the necessary staff and shall administer the policies and programs of the board regarding the center. The administrator shall be responsible to the board for the management and operation of the center and shall report directly to the board. History. Ga. L. 1980, p. 429, § 3. Cross […]
Subject to such rules and regulations as shall be prescribed by the board, the facilities of the center may be made available to all state and local law enforcement officers, firefighters, emergency medical personnel, and correctional personnel and may also be made available to other persons who evidence interest in entering the fields of law […]
Nothing in this chapter shall be considered as altering current state laws establishing the powers and authority of the Board of Corrections or the State Board of Pardons and Paroles. Furthermore, nothing in this chapter shall prevent the Technical College System of Georgia from providing any course of instruction including, but not limited to, instructional […]
The administrator of the center, with the approval of the board, is authorized to establish a security police force within the Georgia Public Safety Training Center. While in the performance of their duties on property of the Georgia Public Safety Training Center, such security police shall have the same law enforcement powers, including the power […]
