REFERENCE TITLE: detention officers;
arrest warrant; custody |
State of
Arizona Senate Fifty-fourth
Legislature Second Regular
Session 2020 |
SB 1141 |
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Introduced by Senators Livingston: Pratt |
AN ACT
AMENDING SECTION
13‑3907, ARIZONA REVISED STATUTES; RELATING TO DETENTION OFFICERS.
(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Section 13-3907, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
13-3907. Arrest with existing warrant; detention officer; definition
A. A detention officer who is acting in the
officer's official capacity at a jail facility at which the
detention officer is employed and pursuant to a an existing warrant may arrest a person who is any
of the following:
1. Already incarcerated in that a jail facility or who surrenders to that a jail facility at which the detention officer is employed.
2. At a hospital facility to which
the detention officer is assigned, and the person to be arrested is under law
enforcement supervision or custody while in the facility.
3. At a superior, justice or
municipal court facility to which the detention officer is assigned.
4. Within a jail facility as a
visitor and the person is found to have an outstanding warrant.
B. A detention officer who is acting
in the officer's official capacity may take custody of a person whom a judicial
officer remands into custody during a court proceeding.
B. C. For
the purposes of this section, "detention officer" means a person
other than an elected official who is employed by a county, city or town and
who is responsible for the supervision, protection, care, custody or control of
inmates in a county or municipal correctional institution. Detention
officer does not include counselors or secretarial, clerical or professionally
trained personnel.