Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 6 - EDUCATION (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-87-104) › Subtitle 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION GENERALLY (§§ 6-10-101 — 6-28-206) › Chapter 13 - SCHOOL DISTRICTS (§§ 6-13-101 — 6-13-1707) › Subchapter 17 - INSTITUTIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS (§§ 6-13-1701 — 6-13-1707) › Section 6-13-1704 - Powers and duties of institutional law enforcement officer

(a)
An institutional law enforcement officer appointed under this subchapter, except to the extent limited by the executive head who appointed the institutional law enforcement officer, shall:
(1)
Protect property;
(2)
Preserve and maintain proper order and decorum;
(3)
Address and prevent unlawful assemblies;
(4)
Address and prevent disorderly conduct;
(5)
Exclude or eject an individual who is deemed by the institution to be detrimental to the well-being of the institution;
(6)
Address and prevent trespass;
(7)
Regulate the operation and parking of motor vehicles on and in the grounds, buildings, improvements, streets, alleys, and sidewalks that are under the control of the institution for which the institutional law enforcement officer works; and
(8)
Exercise police supervision on behalf of the institution for which the institutional law enforcement officer works.
(b)
An institutional law enforcement officer may:
(1)
Arrest, if necessary, an individual who commits an offense that violates a:
(A)
Law; or
(B)
City ordinance of the city in which the institution is located;
(2)
Deliver a person that the institutional law enforcement officer has arrested under subdivision (b)(1) of this section before a court of competent jurisdiction; and
(3)
Summon a posse comitatus if necessary to keep the peace.
(c)
An institutional law enforcement officer may make an arrest for an offense that violates a law outside of his or her primary jurisdiction if the institutional law enforcement officer is:
(1)
Summoned by another law enforcement agency to provide assistance;
(2)
Assisting another law enforcement agency; and
(3)
(A)
Traveling to or from a location within the state for purposes of official business.
(B)
Official business under subdivision (c)(3)(A) of this section includes without limitation:
(i)
Engaging in intelligence-gathering activities related to security on property under the control of the institution that employs the institutional law enforcement officer;
(ii)
Investigating a crime committed on property under the control of the institution that employs the institutional law enforcement officer;
(iii)
Transporting money, securities, or other items of value on behalf of the institution that employs the institutional law enforcement officer;
(iv)
Providing security or protective services for students, officials, or visiting dignitaries of the institution; and
(v)
Pursuing an individual in a continuous and immediate manner for an offense the individual committed on property under the control of the institution that employs the institutional law enforcement officer or in view of the institutional law enforcement officer.
(d)
(1)
When an arrest is made outside of an institutional law enforcement officer's primary jurisdiction under subsection (c) of this section, the law enforcement agency that has jurisdiction in the location in which the arrest occurred shall be notified promptly and shall receive a written report that is forwarded by the institutional law enforcement officer no later than the institutional law enforcement officer's next working day.
(2)
A law enforcement agency that has jurisdiction under subdivision (d)(1) of this section may:
(A)
Take over the investigation of the offense for which the arrest was made; or
(B)
Allow the institutional law enforcement officer to bring the arrested individual before a court of competent jurisdiction.
Added by Act 2019, No. 629,§ 1, eff. 7/24/2019.