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REFERENCE TITLE: detention officers; arrest warrant; custody |
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State of Arizona Senate Fifty-fourth Legislature First Regular Session 2019
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SB 1068 |
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Introduced by Senator Livingston
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AN ACT
amending section 13‑3907, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to detention officers.
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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 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 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 or a state, justice or municipal court facility.
3. 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.