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EDUCATION CODE
SECTION 72330-72332



72330.  (a) The governing board of a community college district may
establish a community college police department under the supervision
of a community college chief of police and, in accordance with
Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 88000) of Part 51, may employ
personnel as necessary to enforce the law on or near the campus of
the community college and on or near other grounds or properties
owned, operated, controlled, or administered by the community college
or by the state acting on behalf of the community college. Each
campus of a multicampus community college district may designate a
chief of police.
   (b) The governing board of a community college district that
establishes a community college police department under subdivision
(a) may also establish a police reserve officer program to supplement
that police department.
   (c) Persons employed and compensated as members of a community
college police department, when so appointed and duly sworn, are
peace officers as defined in Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section
830) of Title 3 of Part 2 of the Penal Code.
   (d) The governing board of a community college district that
establishes a community college police department shall set minimum
qualifications of employment for the community college chief of
police, including, but not limited to, prior employment as a peace
officer or completion of any peace officer training course approved
by the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training. A chief of
security or chief of police shall be required to comply with the
prior employment or training requirement set forth in this
subdivision as of January 1, 1993, or a date one year subsequent to
the initial employment of the chief of security or chief of police by
the community college district, whichever occurs later. This
subdivision may not be construed to require the employment by a
community college district of any additional personnel.




72330.2.  Every member of a California Community College police
department first employed by a California Community College district
before July 1, 1999, shall, in order to retain his or her employment,
fulfill both of the following conditions:
   (a) The employee shall submit to the district one copy of his or
her fingerprints on forms prescribed by the Department of Justice.
The Department of Justice shall forward this copy to the United
States Federal Bureau of Investigation.
   (b) The employee shall be determined to be a person who is not
prohibited from employment by the California Community College
district, and, if the employee is required to carry a firearm, shall
be determined by the Department of Justice to be a person who is not
prohibited from possessing a firearm.
   The Department of Justice may participate in the National Instant
Criminal Background Check System (NICS) in lieu of submitting
fingerprints to the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation in
order to meet the requirements of this section relating to firearms.




72330.5.  (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to ensure the
safety of pupils, staff, and the public on or near California's
community colleges, by providing community college security officers
with training that will enable them to deal with the increasingly
diverse and dangerous situations they encounter.
   (b) After July 1, 2000, every school security officer employed by
a community college district who works more than 20 hours a week as a
school security officer shall complete a course of training
developed no later than July 1, 1999, by the Bureau of Security and
Investigative Services of the Department of Consumer Affairs in
consultation with the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and
Training pursuant to Section 7583.31 of the Business and Professions
Code. If any community college security officer subject to the
requirements of this subdivision is required to carry a firearm while
employed, that security officer shall additionally satisfy the
training requirements of Section 832 of the Penal Code.
   (c) For purposes of this chapter, "security officer" means any
person primarily employed or assigned pursuant to subdivision (b) to
provide security services as a watchperson, security guard, or
patrolperson on or about premises owned or operated by the community
college district to protect persons or property or to prevent the
theft or unlawful taking of district property of any kind or to
report any unlawful activity to the district and local law
enforcement.
   (d) No security officer shall be employed or shall continue to be
employed by the district after July 1, 2000, until both of the
following conditions have been met:
   (1) (A) The applicant or employee has submitted to the district
two copies of his or her fingerprints on forms or electronically, as
prescribed by the Department of Justice. The district shall submit
the fingerprints to the Department of Justice, which shall submit one
copy of the fingerprints to the United States Federal Bureau of
Investigation.
   (B) An applicant or employee who holds a permanent registration
with the Bureau of Security and Investigative Services of the
Department of Consumer Affairs as a security guard need only submit
one copy of his or her fingerprints, which copy shall be submitted to
the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation.
   (C) An applicant or employee who is registered by the Bureau of
Security and Investigative Services of the Department of Consumer
Affairs, and who holds a firearms qualification card as specified in
Section 7583.22 of the Business and Professions Code, is exempt from
the requirements of this subdivision.
   (2) The applicant or employee has been determined not to be a
person legally prohibited from employment by the community college
and has been determined by the Department of Justice not to be a
person prohibited from possessing a firearm if the applicant is
required to carry a firearm.
   The Department of Justice may participate in the National Instant
Criminal Background Check System (NICS) in lieu of submitting
fingerprints to the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation in
order to meet the requirements of this subdivision relating to
firearms.
   (e) Every security officer employed by a community college
district prior to July 1, 2000, who works more than 20 hours a week
as a school security officer shall meet the requirements of
subdivision (b) by July 1, 2002, unless he or she has completed an
equivalent course of instruction pursuant to Section 832.2 of the
Penal Code.



72331.  Every member of a community college police department shall
be supplied with, and authorized to wear, a badge bearing the words
"Community College Police", prefaced by the name of the district, and
shall be issued a suitable identification card bearing his or her
physical description, photograph, and authority for peace officer
status, and such other identification data as may be required by
local law enforcement agencies, countersigned by the chief
administrative officer of the district. The governing board may
direct the wearing of a distinctive uniform and shall prescribe such
a uniform. The governing board shall pay for the required uniforms,
equipment, identification cards, and badges.



72332.  Any vehicle, when operated in the performance of his or her
duties by any member of the police department, is an authorized
emergency vehicle and may be equipped and operated as such as
provided by the Vehicle Code.

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Statutes > California > Edc > 72330-72332

EDUCATION CODE
SECTION 72330-72332



72330.  (a) The governing board of a community college district may
establish a community college police department under the supervision
of a community college chief of police and, in accordance with
Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 88000) of Part 51, may employ
personnel as necessary to enforce the law on or near the campus of
the community college and on or near other grounds or properties
owned, operated, controlled, or administered by the community college
or by the state acting on behalf of the community college. Each
campus of a multicampus community college district may designate a
chief of police.
   (b) The governing board of a community college district that
establishes a community college police department under subdivision
(a) may also establish a police reserve officer program to supplement
that police department.
   (c) Persons employed and compensated as members of a community
college police department, when so appointed and duly sworn, are
peace officers as defined in Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section
830) of Title 3 of Part 2 of the Penal Code.
   (d) The governing board of a community college district that
establishes a community college police department shall set minimum
qualifications of employment for the community college chief of
police, including, but not limited to, prior employment as a peace
officer or completion of any peace officer training course approved
by the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training. A chief of
security or chief of police shall be required to comply with the
prior employment or training requirement set forth in this
subdivision as of January 1, 1993, or a date one year subsequent to
the initial employment of the chief of security or chief of police by
the community college district, whichever occurs later. This
subdivision may not be construed to require the employment by a
community college district of any additional personnel.




72330.2.  Every member of a California Community College police
department first employed by a California Community College district
before July 1, 1999, shall, in order to retain his or her employment,
fulfill both of the following conditions:
   (a) The employee shall submit to the district one copy of his or
her fingerprints on forms prescribed by the Department of Justice.
The Department of Justice shall forward this copy to the United
States Federal Bureau of Investigation.
   (b) The employee shall be determined to be a person who is not
prohibited from employment by the California Community College
district, and, if the employee is required to carry a firearm, shall
be determined by the Department of Justice to be a person who is not
prohibited from possessing a firearm.
   The Department of Justice may participate in the National Instant
Criminal Background Check System (NICS) in lieu of submitting
fingerprints to the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation in
order to meet the requirements of this section relating to firearms.




72330.5.  (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to ensure the
safety of pupils, staff, and the public on or near California's
community colleges, by providing community college security officers
with training that will enable them to deal with the increasingly
diverse and dangerous situations they encounter.
   (b) After July 1, 2000, every school security officer employed by
a community college district who works more than 20 hours a week as a
school security officer shall complete a course of training
developed no later than July 1, 1999, by the Bureau of Security and
Investigative Services of the Department of Consumer Affairs in
consultation with the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and
Training pursuant to Section 7583.31 of the Business and Professions
Code. If any community college security officer subject to the
requirements of this subdivision is required to carry a firearm while
employed, that security officer shall additionally satisfy the
training requirements of Section 832 of the Penal Code.
   (c) For purposes of this chapter, "security officer" means any
person primarily employed or assigned pursuant to subdivision (b) to
provide security services as a watchperson, security guard, or
patrolperson on or about premises owned or operated by the community
college district to protect persons or property or to prevent the
theft or unlawful taking of district property of any kind or to
report any unlawful activity to the district and local law
enforcement.
   (d) No security officer shall be employed or shall continue to be
employed by the district after July 1, 2000, until both of the
following conditions have been met:
   (1) (A) The applicant or employee has submitted to the district
two copies of his or her fingerprints on forms or electronically, as
prescribed by the Department of Justice. The district shall submit
the fingerprints to the Department of Justice, which shall submit one
copy of the fingerprints to the United States Federal Bureau of
Investigation.
   (B) An applicant or employee who holds a permanent registration
with the Bureau of Security and Investigative Services of the
Department of Consumer Affairs as a security guard need only submit
one copy of his or her fingerprints, which copy shall be submitted to
the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation.
   (C) An applicant or employee who is registered by the Bureau of
Security and Investigative Services of the Department of Consumer
Affairs, and who holds a firearms qualification card as specified in
Section 7583.22 of the Business and Professions Code, is exempt from
the requirements of this subdivision.
   (2) The applicant or employee has been determined not to be a
person legally prohibited from employment by the community college
and has been determined by the Department of Justice not to be a
person prohibited from possessing a firearm if the applicant is
required to carry a firearm.
   The Department of Justice may participate in the National Instant
Criminal Background Check System (NICS) in lieu of submitting
fingerprints to the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation in
order to meet the requirements of this subdivision relating to
firearms.
   (e) Every security officer employed by a community college
district prior to July 1, 2000, who works more than 20 hours a week
as a school security officer shall meet the requirements of
subdivision (b) by July 1, 2002, unless he or she has completed an
equivalent course of instruction pursuant to Section 832.2 of the
Penal Code.



72331.  Every member of a community college police department shall
be supplied with, and authorized to wear, a badge bearing the words
"Community College Police", prefaced by the name of the district, and
shall be issued a suitable identification card bearing his or her
physical description, photograph, and authority for peace officer
status, and such other identification data as may be required by
local law enforcement agencies, countersigned by the chief
administrative officer of the district. The governing board may
direct the wearing of a distinctive uniform and shall prescribe such
a uniform. The governing board shall pay for the required uniforms,
equipment, identification cards, and badges.



72332.  Any vehicle, when operated in the performance of his or her
duties by any member of the police department, is an authorized
emergency vehicle and may be equipped and operated as such as
provided by the Vehicle Code.


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Statutes > California > Edc > 72330-72332

EDUCATION CODE
SECTION 72330-72332



72330.  (a) The governing board of a community college district may
establish a community college police department under the supervision
of a community college chief of police and, in accordance with
Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 88000) of Part 51, may employ
personnel as necessary to enforce the law on or near the campus of
the community college and on or near other grounds or properties
owned, operated, controlled, or administered by the community college
or by the state acting on behalf of the community college. Each
campus of a multicampus community college district may designate a
chief of police.
   (b) The governing board of a community college district that
establishes a community college police department under subdivision
(a) may also establish a police reserve officer program to supplement
that police department.
   (c) Persons employed and compensated as members of a community
college police department, when so appointed and duly sworn, are
peace officers as defined in Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section
830) of Title 3 of Part 2 of the Penal Code.
   (d) The governing board of a community college district that
establishes a community college police department shall set minimum
qualifications of employment for the community college chief of
police, including, but not limited to, prior employment as a peace
officer or completion of any peace officer training course approved
by the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training. A chief of
security or chief of police shall be required to comply with the
prior employment or training requirement set forth in this
subdivision as of January 1, 1993, or a date one year subsequent to
the initial employment of the chief of security or chief of police by
the community college district, whichever occurs later. This
subdivision may not be construed to require the employment by a
community college district of any additional personnel.




72330.2.  Every member of a California Community College police
department first employed by a California Community College district
before July 1, 1999, shall, in order to retain his or her employment,
fulfill both of the following conditions:
   (a) The employee shall submit to the district one copy of his or
her fingerprints on forms prescribed by the Department of Justice.
The Department of Justice shall forward this copy to the United
States Federal Bureau of Investigation.
   (b) The employee shall be determined to be a person who is not
prohibited from employment by the California Community College
district, and, if the employee is required to carry a firearm, shall
be determined by the Department of Justice to be a person who is not
prohibited from possessing a firearm.
   The Department of Justice may participate in the National Instant
Criminal Background Check System (NICS) in lieu of submitting
fingerprints to the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation in
order to meet the requirements of this section relating to firearms.




72330.5.  (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to ensure the
safety of pupils, staff, and the public on or near California's
community colleges, by providing community college security officers
with training that will enable them to deal with the increasingly
diverse and dangerous situations they encounter.
   (b) After July 1, 2000, every school security officer employed by
a community college district who works more than 20 hours a week as a
school security officer shall complete a course of training
developed no later than July 1, 1999, by the Bureau of Security and
Investigative Services of the Department of Consumer Affairs in
consultation with the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and
Training pursuant to Section 7583.31 of the Business and Professions
Code. If any community college security officer subject to the
requirements of this subdivision is required to carry a firearm while
employed, that security officer shall additionally satisfy the
training requirements of Section 832 of the Penal Code.
   (c) For purposes of this chapter, "security officer" means any
person primarily employed or assigned pursuant to subdivision (b) to
provide security services as a watchperson, security guard, or
patrolperson on or about premises owned or operated by the community
college district to protect persons or property or to prevent the
theft or unlawful taking of district property of any kind or to
report any unlawful activity to the district and local law
enforcement.
   (d) No security officer shall be employed or shall continue to be
employed by the district after July 1, 2000, until both of the
following conditions have been met:
   (1) (A) The applicant or employee has submitted to the district
two copies of his or her fingerprints on forms or electronically, as
prescribed by the Department of Justice. The district shall submit
the fingerprints to the Department of Justice, which shall submit one
copy of the fingerprints to the United States Federal Bureau of
Investigation.
   (B) An applicant or employee who holds a permanent registration
with the Bureau of Security and Investigative Services of the
Department of Consumer Affairs as a security guard need only submit
one copy of his or her fingerprints, which copy shall be submitted to
the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation.
   (C) An applicant or employee who is registered by the Bureau of
Security and Investigative Services of the Department of Consumer
Affairs, and who holds a firearms qualification card as specified in
Section 7583.22 of the Business and Professions Code, is exempt from
the requirements of this subdivision.
   (2) The applicant or employee has been determined not to be a
person legally prohibited from employment by the community college
and has been determined by the Department of Justice not to be a
person prohibited from possessing a firearm if the applicant is
required to carry a firearm.
   The Department of Justice may participate in the National Instant
Criminal Background Check System (NICS) in lieu of submitting
fingerprints to the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation in
order to meet the requirements of this subdivision relating to
firearms.
   (e) Every security officer employed by a community college
district prior to July 1, 2000, who works more than 20 hours a week
as a school security officer shall meet the requirements of
subdivision (b) by July 1, 2002, unless he or she has completed an
equivalent course of instruction pursuant to Section 832.2 of the
Penal Code.



72331.  Every member of a community college police department shall
be supplied with, and authorized to wear, a badge bearing the words
"Community College Police", prefaced by the name of the district, and
shall be issued a suitable identification card bearing his or her
physical description, photograph, and authority for peace officer
status, and such other identification data as may be required by
local law enforcement agencies, countersigned by the chief
administrative officer of the district. The governing board may
direct the wearing of a distinctive uniform and shall prescribe such
a uniform. The governing board shall pay for the required uniforms,
equipment, identification cards, and badges.



72332.  Any vehicle, when operated in the performance of his or her
duties by any member of the police department, is an authorized
emergency vehicle and may be equipped and operated as such as
provided by the Vehicle Code.