REFERENCE TITLE: detention officers; arrest warrant; custody

State of Arizona

Senate

Fifty-fourth Legislature

Second Regular Session

2020

SB 1141

Introduced by

Senators Livingston: Pratt

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:

START_STATUTE13-3907.  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. END_STATUTE