HB-5121, As Passed House, March 16, 2004

SUBSTITUTE FOR

HOUSE BILL NO. 5121

                                                                             A bill to amend 1976 PA 451, entitled                                             

"The revised school code,"                                                  

(MCL 380.1 to 380.1852) by adding section 1240.                             

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

1   Sec. 1240.  (1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), the                     

2   board of a school district that has a membership of at least                

3   20,000 pupils and that includes in its territory a city with a              

4   population of at least 180,000 as of the most recent decennial              

5   census may employ public safety officers or police officers and             

6   may grant to the public safety officers or police officers of               

7   that school district the powers and authority of a peace or law             

8   enforcement officer.  Public safety officers or police officers             

9   granted the powers and authority under this section shall have              

10  the same powers and authority of a peace officer under the code             

11  of criminal procedure, 1927 PA 175, MCL 760.1 to 777.69, and as             

1   provided under the Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257.1            

2   to 257.923.                                                                 

3       (2) Before granting the powers and authority of a peace or                  

4   law enforcement officer as described in subsection (1), the board           

5   of a school district shall conduct at least 2 public hearings.              

6       (3) The board of a school district shall not grant the powers               

7   and authority described in subsection (1) unless the board                  

8   creates a public safety advisory committee.  The public safety              

9   advisory committee shall be composed of at least 3 and not more             

10  than 5 members appointed by the chief administrator of the school           

11  district with the concurrence of the board of the school                    

12  district.  The public safety advisory committee shall receive and           

13  address grievances by persons against the public safety officers            

14  or police officers or against the public safety department or               

15  police department of that school district.  The committee may               

16  recommend to the board or the administration of that school                 

17  district that disciplinary measures be taken against a public               

18  safety officer or police officer who is found responsible for               

19  misconduct in office.                                                       

20      (4) Subject to subsection (5), the jurisdiction of public                   

21  safety officers or police officers granted powers and authority             

22  of peace or law enforcement officers under this section shall               

23  include all territory within the boundaries of the school                   

24  district and all property outside the boundaries of the school              

25  district that is owned, leased, or rented by or is otherwise                

26  under the legal control of the school district that employs the             

27  public safety officers.                                                     

1   (5) The public safety department or police department of a                  

2   school district and each local law enforcement agency with which            

3   it has overlapping jurisdiction shall enter into a memorandum of            

4   understanding that establishes reasonable communication and                 

5   coordination efforts between the department and the agency.                 

6       (6) Public safety officers or police officers of a school                   

7   district to whom the powers and authority of a peace or law                 

8   enforcement officer are granted under this section shall meet the           

9   minimum standards of the commission on law enforcement standards            

10  act, 1965 PA 203, MCL 28.601 to 28.616.                                     

11      (7) The public safety department or police department of a                  

12  school district shall submit monthly uniform crime reports                  

13  pertaining to crimes within the department's jurisdiction to the            

14  department of state police in the same manner as uniform crime              

15  reports are submitted under section 1 of 1968 PA 319, MCL 28.251.