§ 12-2.1-1. Appointment of special police. The superintendent of state police, upon the petition of a private college, university, junior college, or other private educational institution of higher learning located in this state, may from time to time appoint qualified employees of those institutions as special police officers. The petition shall contain the name, address, […]
§ 12-2.1-2. Powers of special police officers. Upon issuance of a license under § 12-2.1-1, the person so designated as a special police officer shall have the same immunities and may exercise, in and upon the lands and buildings of the institution by which he or she is employed, and upon streets and highways immediately […]
§ 12-2.1-3. Record of appointments. A record of all appointments under this chapter shall be kept in the division of state police and shall be open to public inspection. History of Section.P.L. 1971, ch. 194, § 1.
§ 12-2.1-4. Badges. Any special police officer appointed under this chapter shall, when on duty and in uniform, wear in plain sight a metallic badge, inscribed with the words “college police,” “university police”, or “campus police” and the name or initials of the institution by which he or she is employed. When not in uniform, […]
§ 12-2.1-5. Continuing powers of state and local police. Appointment of special police officers under this chapter shall in no way limit the powers, authority, and responsibility of state police and police of the various cities and towns to enforce state law and municipal ordinances on property owned by the educational institutions employing the special […]
§ 12-2.1-6. Reciprocity. Any individual who has been appointed as a police officer in a sister state or one of its municipalities and who has satisfactorily completed a required course of police officer training recognized and certified by the sister state may apply, in writing, to the superintendent of state police for a certificate to […]
