An Act To Update and ClarifY Statutes Related to or Administered by the Department of Public Safety
Maine Legislature, Session 124, LD 0915
Committee Amendment CA_A_H357 (House)
Amends: 25 MRSA §2803-A, 25 MRSA §2804-J, 25 MRSA §2902, 25 MRSA §2908, 29-A MRSA §2054

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to H.P. 633, L.D. 915, Bill, "An Act To 
Update and ClarifY Statutes Related to or Administered by the Department of Public 
Safety" 
Amend the bill in Part E by inserting before section 1 the following: 
'Sec. E-l. 25 MRSA §2803-A, sub-§8-A, as amended by PL 2005, c. 331, §12, 
is further amended to read: 
8-A. Training of police officers of the Bureau of Capitol Police. To establish 
certification standards and a training program for security police officers appointed' by the 
Commissioner of Public Safety pursuant to section 2908~ This program must include: 
A. The preservice law enforcement training under section 2804-8; 
B. An additional 120-hour field training program developed and approved by the 
. board that is specific to the duties of a security Capitol Police officer; and 
C. In-service law enforcement training that is specifically approved by the board as 
prescribed in section 2804-E. 
Security Capitol Police officers are exempt from section 2804-C; 
Sec. E-2. 25 MRSA §2804-J, as enacted by PL 2001, c. 559, Pt. KK, §3, is 
amended to read: 
§2804-J. Law enforcement training. for police officers of the Bureau of Capitol 
Police 
The following provIsIOns govern the training and cel1ification of security police 
officers appointed pursuant to section 2908. 
1. Security officers lIired 01' appointed before Mal'ell 1,2002. A security officer 
hired or appointed before March 1,2002 must successfully complete, before July 1, 2003, 
the requirements established in section 2803 A, subsection 8 A in order to have the 
Oo\Ner to make arrests or to carrv a firearm . 
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2. Police officers hired or appointed on or after March 1, 2002. A security police 
officer hired or appointed on or after March 1,2002 inust have successfully completed, at 
the time the person is hired or within the first 12 months of employment, the requirements 
established in section 2803-A, subsection 8-A in order to have the power to make arrests 
or to carry a firearm.' 
Amend the bill in Part E by striking out all of section 4 and inserting the following: . 
'Sec. E-4. 25 MRSA §2902, sub-§8, as enacted by PL 2001, c. 559, Pt. KK, §4, 
is amended to read: 
S. Bureau of Capitol Police. The Bureau of Capitol Security Police, which is under 
the direction of the Director Chief of the Bureau of Capitol Security Police. Security 
Police officers of this bureau are those appointed by the Commissioner of Public Safety 
pursuant to section 2908.' 
Amend the bill in Part E by striking out all of section 12 and inserting the following: 
'Sec. E-12. 25 MRSA §2908, as repealed and replaced by PL 1989, c. 857, §59, is 
repealed and the following enacted in its place: 
§290S. Police officers; powers and duties; cooperation 
1. 
Appointment of police officers. 
The Commissioner of Public Safety may 
appoint and employ police officers, subject to the Civil Service Law. The specific duties 
and powers of police officers appointed and employed are to patrol the public ways and 
parking areas, to provide security for all parks, grounds, buildings and appurtenances 
maintained by the State in the capitol area and other state-controlled locations designated 
by the commissioner and to enforce any rules adopted pursuant to this chapter. The 
commissioner may expand the duties and powers of police officers in the capitol area, 
other state-controlled locations and public ways designated by the commissioner beyond 
the duties and powers enumerated in this section to investigate, prosecute, serve process 
on and arrest violators of any law of th is State .. Pol ice officers may issue sum mons in the 
course of their duty to enforce this section. The commissioner may grant statewide 
power of enforcement of any law of this State to police officers described in this 
subsection. That power may be granted only to police officers who have completed a 
basic training course at the Maine Criminal Justice Academy or for whom the basic 
training course has been waived by the board of trustees of the academy because of 
equivalent training, as provided in section 2804-C, subsection 1 or 5. The commissioner 
shall provide forms and.standard operating procedures to police officers to carry out their 
functions under this section. 
2. Cooperation of other law enforcement agencies. The State Police, sheriffs, 
deputy sheriffs, constables and municipal police officers shall, as much as possible, 
cooperate with the police officers appointed and employed under this section in the 
enforcement of rules adopted pursuant to this chapter and any law of this State. 
Sec. E-13. Maine Revised Statutes amended; revision clause. Wherever in 
the Maine Revised Statutes the words "capital security officer" appear or reference is 
made to a security officer appointed by the Commissioner of Public Safety pursuant to 
the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 25, section 2908, they are amended to read or mean, as 
appropriate, "Capitol Police officer" or "police officer appointed by the Commissioner of 
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Public Safety pursuant to Title 25, section 2908," and the Revisor of Statutes shall 
implement this revision when updating, publish'ing or republishing the statutes. 
Sec. E-14. Maine Revised Statutes amended; revision clause. Wherever in 
the Maine Revised Statutes the words "Bureau of Capital Security" appear or reference is 
made to that entity or those words, those words are amended to read or mean, as 
appropriate, "Bureau of Capitol Police," and the Revisor of Statutes shall implement this 
revision when updating, publishing or republishing the statutes. 
PARTF 
Sec. F-l. 29-A MRSA §2054, sub-§l,~, as amended by PL 2007, c. 348, §18, 
is further amended to read: 
B. "Authorized emergency vehicle" means anyone of the following vehicles: 
(1) An ambulance; 
(2) 
A Baxter State Park Authority vehicle operated by a Baxter State Park 
ranger; 
(3) A Bureau of Marine Patrol vehicle operated by a coastal warden; 
(4) A Department of Conservation vehicle operated by a forest ranger; 
(5) A Department of Conservation vehicle used for forest fire control; 
(6) A Department of Corrections vehicle used for responding to the escape of or 
performing the high-security transfer of a prisoner, juvenile client or juvenile 
detainee; 
(7) A Department ofInland Fisheries and Wildlife vehicle operated by a warden; 
(8) A Department of Public Safety vehicle operated by a capital security police 
officer appointed pursuant to Title 25, section 2908, a state fire investigator or a 
Maine Drug Enforcement Agency officer; 
(9) An emergency medical service vehicle; 
(10) A fire department vehicle; 
(11) A hazardous material response vehicle, including a vehicle designed to 
respond to a weapon of mass destruction; . 
(12) A railroad police vehicle; 
(13) A sheriffs department vehicle; 
(14) A State Police or municipal police depal1ment vehicle; 
(15) A vehicle operated by a chief of police, a sheriff or a deputy sheriff when 
authorized by the sheriff; 
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(16) A vehicle operated by a municipal fire inspector, a municipal fire chief, an 
assistant or deputy chief or a town forest fire warden; 
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(17) 
A vehicle operated by a qualified deputy sheriff or other qualified 
individual to perform COllli security-related functions and services as authorized 
by the State Court Administrator pursuant to Title 4, section 17, subsection 15; 
(18) 
A Federal Government vehicle operated by a federal law enforcement 
officer; 
(19) A vehicle operated by a municipal rescue chief, deputy chief or assistant 
chief; 
(20) 
An Office of the Attorney General vehicle operated by a detective 
appointed pursuant to Title 5, section 202; and 
(21) A Department of the Secretary of State vehicle operated by a motor vehicle 
investigator.' 
Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Pali letter or 
section number to read consecutively. 
SUMMARY 
This amendment changes the name of the Bureau of Capitol Security to the Bureau of 
Capitol Police and the name of those security officers to police officers. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
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LR 489(02) 
An Act To Update and Clarify Statutes Related to or Administered by the Department of Public Safety 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment t::i " 
Committee: Criminal Justice and Public Safety 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Minor cost increase - General Fund 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Additional costs to the Department of Public Safety associated with changing the name of the Bureau of Capitol 
Security to the Bureau of Capitol Police can be absorbed within existing budgeted resources. 
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