§ 12-2-1. Commissioning of special police — Revocation of commission. The governor may from time to time, upon the application of any common carrier of passengers, or of the director of transportation, commission for an indefinite term one or more persons designated by that common carrier or the director of transportation who, having been duly […]
§ 12-2-2. Badges to be worn or carried by officers. Every officer commissioned under this chapter shall, when on duty and in uniform, wear in plain sight a metallic badge inscribed with the words “railroad police” and the name or initials of the corporation for which he or she is appointed, or “steamboat police” according […]
§ 12-2-3. Power to preserve order. (a) Railroad police officers may: (1) Preserve order within and upon the premises and cars of the corporation upon whose petition they were appointed; (2) Arrest without a warrant intoxicated or disorderly persons frequenting the premises or cars and by their presence or conduct, or by profane or indecent […]
§ 12-2-4. Arrest and detention of disorderly persons and persons refusing to pay. If a passenger upon a railroad train refuses to pay his or her fare, or is noisy or disorderly, a railroad police officer may arrest him or her without a warrant, and remove him or her to the baggage or other suitable […]
§ 12-2-5. Powers of steamboat police. Steamboat police officers shall have similar powers upon the vessels and boats of the carriers upon whose petition they were appointed, and upon the premises and at the wharves and landing places owned or used by the carrier, to those given by §§ 12-2-3 and 12-2-4 to railroad police […]
§ 12-2-6. Detention of persons arrested without warrant — Jurisdiction of offenses — Penalty. Any person arrested without a warrant under the provisions of §§ 12-2-3 — 12-2-5 may be detained until a complaint can be made against him or her, and he or she is taken upon a warrant issued upon the complaint; provided, […]
§ 12-2-7. Payment of officers — Liability for misconduct. Railroad and steamboat police officers shall be paid by the corporation or carrier upon whose petition they were appointed, and the corporation or carrier shall be liable to parties for any official misconduct of the officers to the same extent as for torts of agents and […]
§ 12-2-8. Bridge police included in chapter. Whenever in this chapter, there appear the words “railroad police,” “steamboat police,” and/or “railroad and/or steamboat police,”, they are deemed to include “bridge police”. History of Section.P.L. 1951, ch. 2847, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 12-2-8; P.L. 2001, ch. 86, § 22.
