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RI Gen L § 12-1.5-15 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 12 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 12-1.5 - DNA Detection of Sexual and Violent Offenders|Section 12-1.5-15 - Criminal penalties - Civil remedies.

§ 12-1.5-15. Criminal penalties — Civil remedies.(a) Any person who, by virtue of employment or official position, or any person contracting to carry out any functions under this chapter, including any officers, employees and agents of a contractor, having possession of or access to individually identifiable DNA information contained in the state DNA database or in the state DNA databank and discloses it in any manner to any person or agency not authorized to receive it, commits a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), or imprisonment for not more than one year, or both.(b) Except as authorized by law, any person who, for purposes of having DNA analysis performed, obtains or attempts to obtain any DNA sample, or tampers or attempts to tamper with any DNA sample, commits a felony punishable by a fine not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000), or imprisonment for not more than five (5) years, or both.(c) Any person aggrieved by a violation of § 12-1.5-14 may, in addition, bring a civil action for damages, injunctive relief, and reasonable attorneys' fees.History of Section.P.L. 1998, ch. 33, § 1; P.L. 1998, ch. 120, § 1.
RI Gen L § 12-1.5-16 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 12 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 12-1.5 - DNA Detection of Sexual and Violent Offenders|Section 12-1.5-16 - Confidentiality of records.

§ 12-1.5-16. Confidentiality of records.All DNA profiles and samples submitted to the department of health pursuant to this chapter shall be treated as confidential and exempt from the provisions of chapter 2 of title 38 except as otherwise provided in this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 1998, ch. 33, § 1; P.L. 1998, ch. 120, § 1.
RI Gen L § 12-1.5-17 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 12 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 12-1.5 - DNA Detection of Sexual and Violent Offenders|Section 12-1.5-17 - Bailed and convicted persons - Refusal to give DNA sample.

§ 12-1.5-17. Bailed and convicted persons — Refusal to give DNA sample.Any person who is required to have a DNA sample taken after having been arrested and charged with any crime of violence as defined in § 12-1.5-2 or convicted of any felony, who refuses to do so, and who knowingly, violently resists the taking of a DNA sample duly authorized by medical personnel, shall be in violation of the terms of his or her release, regardless of whether or not the term was a special condition of his or her bail, release on probation, parole, or home confinement, or other form of supervised release.History of Section.P.L. 1998, ch. 33, § 1; P.L. 1998, ch. 120, § 1; P.L. 2014, ch. 176, § 1; P.L. 2014, ch. 192, § 1.
RI Gen L § 12-1.5-18 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 12 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 12-1.5 - DNA Detection of Sexual and Violent Offenders|Section 12-1.5-18 - Interpretation and severability.

§ 12-1.5-18. Interpretation and severability.The provisions of this chapter shall be liberally construed and shall be held to be in addition to, and not in substitution for or a limitation of, the provisions of any other law. If any provision or part of this chapter or its application to any person or circumstances is held unconstitutional or otherwise invalid, the remainder of the chapter and the application of the provisions to any other persons or circumstances other than those to which it is held invalid shall not be affected.History of Section.P.L. 1998, ch. 33, § 1; P.L. 1998, ch. 120, § 1.
RI Gen L § 12-1.6-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 12 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 12-1.6 - National Criminal Records Check System|Section 12-1.6-1 - Automated fingerprint identification system database.

§ 12-1.6-1. Automated fingerprint identification system database.The department of attorney general may establish and maintain an automated fingerprint identification system database that would allow the department to store and maintain all fingerprints submitted in accordance with the national criminal records check system. The automated fingerprint identification system database would provide for an automatic notification if, and when, a subsequent criminal arrest fingerprint card is submitted to the system that matches a set of fingerprints previously submitted in accordance with a national criminal records check. If the aforementioned arrest results in a conviction, the department shall immediately notify those individuals and entities with which that individual is associated and who are required to be notified of disqualifying information concerning national criminal records checks as provided in chapters 17, 17.4, 17.7.1 of title 23 or § 23-1-52. The information in the database established under this section is confidential and not subject to disclosure under chapter 38-2.History of Section.P.L. 2014, ch. 347, § 1; P.L. 2014, ch. 399, § 1.
RI Gen L § 12-1.6-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 12 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 12-1.6 - National Criminal Records Check System|Section 12-1.6-2 - Long-term healthcare workers.

§ 12-1.6-2. Long-term healthcare workers.The department of attorney general shall maintain an electronic, web-based system to assist facilities, licensed under chapters 17, 17.4, 17.7.1 of title 23 or § 23-1-52, required to check relevant registries and conduct national criminal records checks of routine contact patient employees. The department of attorney general shall provide for an automated notice, as authorized in § 12-1.6-1, to those facilities if a routine-contact patient employee is subsequently convicted of a disqualifying offense, as described in the relevant licensing statute. The department of attorney general may charge a facility a one-time, set-up fee of up to one hundred dollars ($100) for access to the electronic web-based system under this section.History of Section.P.L. 2014, ch. 347, § 1; P.L. 2014, ch. 399, § 1.
RI Gen L § 12-1.6-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 12 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 12-1.6 - National Criminal Records Check System|Section 12-1.6-3 - Immunity from liability.

§ 12-1.6-3. Immunity from liability.The department of attorney general; the department of health; or an employer who disqualifies an applicant from employment or continued employment; on the basis of a disqualification notice as described in § 12-1.6-2, or of a national criminal records check relating to disqualifying information, shall not be liable for civil damages or subject to any claim, demand, cause of action, or proceeding of any nature as a result of the disqualification.History of Section.P.L. 2014, ch. 347, § 1; P.L. 2014, ch. 399, § 1.
RI Gen L § 12-1.6-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 12 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 12-1.6 - National Criminal Records Check System|Section 12-1.6-4 - Rules and regulations.

§ 12-1.6-4. Rules and regulations.The department of attorney general may promulgate rules and regulations to carry out the intent of this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 2014, ch. 347, § 1; P.L. 2014, ch. 399, § 1.
RI Gen L § 12-2-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 12 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 12-2 - Railroad, Steamboat, and Bridge Police|Section 12-2-1 - Commissioning of special police - Revocation of commission.

§ 12-2-1. Commissioning of special police — Revocation of commission.The governor may from time to time, upon the application of any common carrier of passengers, or of the director of transportation, commission for an indefinite term one or more persons designated by that common carrier or the director of transportation who, having been duly sworn, may act at its expense as police officers upon the premises used by it in its business and upon its cars, vessels, and bridges. The commission may be revoked by and at the pleasure of the appointing or any succeeding governor, by certifying the revocation to the secretary of state, who shall notify the common carrier or the director of transportation upon whose application the commission was issued.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 107, § 1; P.L. 1902, ch. 972, § 1; C.P.A. 1905, § 1119; P.L. 1908, ch. 1555, § 1; G.L. 1909, ch. 128, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 134, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 615, § 1; P.L. 1951, ch. 2847, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 12-2-1.
RI Gen L § 12-2-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 12 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 12-2 - Railroad, Steamboat, and Bridge Police|Section 12-2-2 - Badges to be worn or carried by officers.

§ 12-2-2. Badges to be worn or carried by officers.Every officer commissioned under this chapter shall, when on duty and in uniform, wear in plain sight a metallic badge inscribed with the words "railroad police" and the name or initials of the corporation for which he or she is appointed, or "steamboat police" according to his or her appointment. When not in uniform, the officer must carry a badge while on duty.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 107, § 4; G.L., ch. 107, § 2; P.L. 1902, ch. 972, § 1; G.L. 1909, ch. 128, § 2; G.L. 1923, ch. 134, § 2; G.L. 1938, ch. 615, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 12-2-2; P.L. 1987, ch. 88, § 1.
RI Gen L § 12-2-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 12 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 12-2 - Railroad, Steamboat, and Bridge Police|Section 12-2-3 - Power to preserve order.

§ 12-2-3. Power to preserve order.(a) Railroad police officers may:(1) Preserve order within and upon the premises and cars of the corporation upon whose petition they were appointed;(2) Arrest without a warrant intoxicated or disorderly persons frequenting the premises or cars and by their presence or conduct, or by profane or indecent language obstructing or annoying travelers using them; and(3) Take the persons to the nearest police station or other place of lawful detention.(b) In addition to these powers, railroad police officers shall possess and exercise any other powers to arrest without a warrant on the premises, cars, vehicles, or any property in the custody or control of the corporations or companies and upon streets, highways, and lands immediately abutting the property or premises, that are conferred on police officers of the cities and towns of the state.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 107, § 5; G.L., ch. 167, § 3; P.L. 1902, ch. 972, § 1; G.L. 1909, ch. 128, § 3; G.L. 1923, ch. 134, § 3; G.L. 1938, ch. 615, § 3; G.L. 1956, § 12-2-3; P.L. 1972, ch. 134, § 1; P.L. 1987, ch. 88, § 1.
RI Gen L § 12-2-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 12 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 12-2 - Railroad, Steamboat, and Bridge Police|Section 12-2-4 - Arrest and detention of disorderly persons and persons refusing to pay.

§ 12-2-4. Arrest and detention of disorderly persons and persons refusing to pay.If a passenger upon a railroad train refuses to pay his or her fare, or is noisy or disorderly, a railroad police officer may arrest him or her without a warrant, and remove him or her to the baggage or other suitable car of the train and confine him or her there until the arrival of the train at some station where the passenger can be placed in the charge of an officer, who shall take him or her to some place of lawful detention.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 107, § 6; G.L. 1896, ch. 107, § 4; P.L. 1902, ch. 972, § 1; G.L. 1909, ch. 128, § 4; G.L. 1923, ch. 134, § 4; G.L. 1938, ch. 615, § 4; G.L. 1956, § 12-2-4.
RI Gen L § 12-2-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 12 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 12-2 - Railroad, Steamboat, and Bridge Police|Section 12-2-5 - Powers of steamboat police.

§ 12-2-5. Powers of steamboat police.Steamboat police officers shall have similar powers upon the vessels and boats of the carriers upon whose petition they were appointed, and upon the premises and at the wharves and landing places owned or used by the carrier, to those given by §§ 12-2-3 and 12-2-4 to railroad police officers.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 107, § 7; G.L. 1896, ch. 107, § 5; P.L. 1902, ch. 972, § 1; G.L. 1909, ch. 128, § 5; G.L. 1923, ch. 134, § 5; G.L. 1938, ch. 615, § 5; G.L. 1956, § 12-2-5.
RI Gen L § 12-2-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 12 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 12-2 - Railroad, Steamboat, and Bridge Police|Section 12-2-6 - Detention of persons arrested without warrant - Jurisdiction of offenses - Penalty.

§ 12-2-6. Detention of persons arrested without warrant — Jurisdiction of offenses — Penalty.Any person arrested without a warrant under the provisions of §§ 12-2-3 — 12-2-5 may be detained until a complaint can be made against him or her, and he or she is taken upon a warrant issued upon the complaint; provided, that arrest and detention without a warrant shall not continue longer than the space of six (6) hours when the arrest is made between the hours of four o'clock (4:00) in the morning and eight o'clock (8:00) in the evening, and when made at any other hours the person arrested shall not be so detained after ten o'clock (10:00) in the morning of the following day. The district court for the division in which the person is detained shall have jurisdiction of the offenses specified in §§ 12-2-3 — 12-2-5, and any person found guilty of those offenses shall be fined not exceeding twenty dollars ($20.00).History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 107, § 8; G.L., ch. 107, § 6; as enacted by P.L. 1902, ch. 972, § 1; G.L. 1909, ch. 128, § 6; G.L. 1923, ch. 134, § 6; G.L. 1938, ch. 615, § 6; G.L. 1956, § 12-2-6; P.L. 1969, ch. 239, § 13.
RI Gen L § 12-2-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 12 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 12-2 - Railroad, Steamboat, and Bridge Police|Section 12-2-7 - Payment of officers - Liability for misconduct.

§ 12-2-7. Payment of officers — Liability for misconduct.Railroad and steamboat police officers shall be paid by the corporation or carrier upon whose petition they were appointed, and the corporation or carrier shall be liable to parties for any official misconduct of the officers to the same extent as for torts of agents and servants in their employment, but no town or city shall be responsible for the acts of the officers.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 107, § 9; G.L. 1896, ch. 107, § 7; P.L. 1902, ch. 972, § 1; G.L. 1909, ch. 128, § 7; G.L. 1923, ch. 134, § 7; G.L. 1938, ch. 615, § 7; G.L. 1956, § 12-2-7.
RI Gen L § 12-2-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 12 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 12-2 - Railroad, Steamboat, and Bridge Police|Section 12-2-8 - Bridge police included in chapter.

§ 12-2-8. Bridge police included in chapter.Whenever in this chapter, there appear the words "railroad police," "steamboat police," and/or "railroad and/or steamboat police,", they are deemed to include "bridge police".History of Section.P.L. 1951, ch. 2847, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 12-2-8; P.L. 2001, ch. 86, § 22.
RI Gen L § 12-2.1-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 12 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 12-2.1 - Special Police for Private Institutions|Section 12-2.1-1 - Appointment of special police.

§ 12-2.1-1. Appointment of special police.The superintendent of state police, upon the petition of a private college, university, junior college, or other private educational institution of higher learning located in this state, may from time to time appoint qualified employees of those institutions as special police officers. The petition shall contain the name, address, qualifications, and personal history of the person for whom appointment is requested. Any person so appointed must have satisfactorily completed the established course of training in the police training school as established in this state. Following appointment, the person shall hold office as a special police officer until: (1) his or her appointment is revoked by the superintendent of state police; (2) until the petitioning institution shall file written notice with the superintendent that the designation of the person as a special police officer should be revoked; or (3) until his or her employment with the petitioning institution is terminated. Upon appointment of a special police officer, the superintendent shall issue to the person a license to act as a special police officer and the license shall, in the courts of this state, be evidence of the validity of the appointment of the person named in it and of his or her authority to act as a special police officer.History of Section.P.L. 1971, ch. 194, § 1.
RI Gen L § 12-2.1-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 12 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 12-2.1 - Special Police for Private Institutions|Section 12-2.1-2 - Powers of special police officers.

§ 12-2.1-2. Powers of special police officers.Upon issuance of a license under § 12-2.1-1, the person so designated as a special police officer shall have the same immunities and may exercise, in and upon the lands and buildings of the institution by which he or she is employed, and upon streets and highways immediately adjacent to those lands, the same powers and authority of a police officer as are conferred by the laws of this state upon members of the division of state police, including the power to arrest persons for violation of state criminal statutes or for violation of city or town ordinances of the city or town in which the institution is located.History of Section.P.L. 1971, ch. 194, § 1.
RI Gen L § 12-2.1-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 12 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 12-2.1 - Special Police for Private Institutions|Section 12-2.1-3 - Record of appointments.

§ 12-2.1-3. Record of appointments.A record of all appointments under this chapter shall be kept in the division of state police and shall be open to public inspection.History of Section.P.L. 1971, ch. 194, § 1.
RI Gen L § 12-2.1-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 12 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 12-2.1 - Special Police for Private Institutions|Section 12-2.1-4 - Badges.

§ 12-2.1-4. Badges.Any special police officer appointed under this chapter shall, when on duty and in uniform, wear in plain sight a metallic badge, inscribed with the words "college police," "university police", or "campus police" and the name or initials of the institution by which he or she is employed. When not in uniform, the officer must carry his or her badge on his or her person while on duty.History of Section.P.L. 1971, ch. 194, § 1.
RI Gen L § 12-2.1-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 12 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 12-2.1 - Special Police for Private Institutions|Section 12-2.1-5 - Continuing powers of state and local police.

§ 12-2.1-5. Continuing powers of state and local police.Appointment of special police officers under this chapter shall in no way limit the powers, authority, and responsibility of state police and police of the various cities and towns to enforce state law and municipal ordinances on property owned by the educational institutions employing the special police officers. The division of state police and city and town police shall assist the special police officers in matters relating to the detention and arraignment of prisoners for court. The special police officers shall submit reports concerning an arrest to the department processing the arrest, whether the division of state police or the police in the city or town in which the educational institution is located.History of Section.P.L. 1971, ch. 194, § 1.
RI Gen L § 12-2.1-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 12 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 12-2.1 - Special Police for Private Institutions|Section 12-2.1-6 - Reciprocity.

§ 12-2.1-6. Reciprocity.Any individual who has been appointed as a police officer in a sister state or one of its municipalities and who has satisfactorily completed a required course of police officer training recognized and certified by the sister state may apply, in writing, to the superintendent of state police for a certificate to the effect that the applicant has completed a course of training equivalent to that required under § 12-2.1-1. The application may be granted in whole or in part or denied. If granted in part, the exact extent of both any waiver of training and the training yet to be satisfactorily completed shall be set forth in full. The certification shall be granted only if the superintendent determines that the course of training previously taken, together with the satisfactory completion of any training not waived, is in compliance with and equivalent to the training required by § 12-2.1-1.History of Section.P.L. 1982, ch. 142, § 1.
RI Gen L § 12-2.2-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 12 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 12-2.2 - Capitol Police for Public Buildings|Section 12-2.2-1 - Appointment of capitol police.

§ 12-2.2-1. Appointment of capitol police.The director of public safety may appoint qualified persons to act as "capitol police officers," who shall be members of the state classified service. Upon appointment of an officer, the director shall issue to the person a license to act as a capitol police officer and the license shall, in the courts of this state, be evidence of the validity of the appointment of the person named and of his or her authority to act as a capitol police officer at any of the buildings or grounds within the jurisdiction of the division of public buildings as assigned by the chief of public buildings.History of Section.P.L. 1974, ch. 252, § 1; P.L. 2008, ch. 100, art. 9, § 4.
RI Gen L § 12-2.2-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 12 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 12-2.2 - Capitol Police for Public Buildings|Section 12-2.2-2 - Powers of capitol police officers.

§ 12-2.2-2. Powers of capitol police officers.Upon issuance of a license under § 12-2.2-1, the person so designated as a capitol police officer shall have the same immunities and may exercise, in and upon the lands and buildings owned or leased by the state of Rhode Island and assigned to the Rhode Island public buildings authority, or to any municipal or private facility in which a state agency or a state court is convening a public meeting or public hearing, and upon streets and highways immediately adjacent to those lands, the same powers and authority of a police officer, as are conferred by the laws of this state upon members of the division of state police, including the power to arrest persons for violation of state criminal statutes or for violation of city or town ordinances of the city or town in which the state property is located.History of Section.P.L. 1974, ch. 252, § 1; P.L. 2014, ch. 50, § 1; P.L. 2014, ch. 57, § 1.
RI Gen L § 12-2.2-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 12 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 12-2.2 - Capitol Police for Public Buildings|Section 12-2.2-3 - Badges.

§ 12-2.2-3. Badges.Any capitol police officer appointed under this chapter shall, when on duty and in uniform, wear in plain sight a metallic badge, inscribed with the words "capitol police of the state of Rhode Island." When not in uniform, the officer must carry his or her badge on his or her person while on duty.History of Section.P.L. 1974, ch. 252, § 1.
RI Gen L § 12-2.2-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 12 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 12-2.2 - Capitol Police for Public Buildings|Section 12-2.2-4 - Continuing powers of state and local police.

§ 12-2.2-4. Continuing powers of state and local police.Appointment of capitol police officers pursuant to this chapter shall in no way limit the powers, authority, and responsibility of state police and police of the various cities and towns to enforce state law and municipal ordinances on property owned or leased by the state of Rhode Island. The division of state police and city and town police shall assist capitol police officers in matters relating to the detention and arraignment of prisoners for court. Capitol police officers shall submit reports concerning an arrest to the department of public safety and the division processing the arrest, whether the division of state police or the police in the city or town the state owned property is located.History of Section.P.L. 1974, ch. 252, § 1; P.L. 2008, ch. 100, art. 9, § 4.