Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 12 - LAW ENFORCEMENT, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, AND MILITARY AFFAIRS (§§ 12-1-101 — 12-88-109) › Subtitle 2 - LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES AND PROGRAMS (§§ 12-6-101 — 12-20-301) › Chapter 20 - LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES FOR PRIVATE SCHOOLS AND PRIVATE COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES (§§ 12-20-101 — 12-20-301) › Subchapter 2 - LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS (§§ 12-20-201 — 12-20-203) › Section 12-20-202 - Private school or private college or university law enforcement officer's duties and powers - Definition

(a)
A private school or private college or university law enforcement officer's primary jurisdiction is the private school or private college or university employing him or her, and except to the extent otherwise limited by the executive head of the private school or private college or university appointing him or her, the private school or private college or university law enforcement officer shall:
(1)
Protect property;
(2)
Preserve and maintain proper order and decorum;
(3)
Prevent unlawful assemblies, disorderly conduct, and trespass;
(4)
Exclude and eject persons detrimental to the well-being of the private school or private college or university; and
(5)
Regulate the operation and parking of motor vehicles upon property of the private school or private college or university.
(b)
(1)
A private school or private college or university law enforcement officer shall exercise police supervision on behalf of the private school or private college or university and may arrest any person in the private school or private college or university law enforcement officer's primary jurisdiction who is committing an offense against any law of the State of Arkansas or against the ordinances of the city or county in which the private school or private college or university is located.
(2)
A private school or private college or university law enforcement officer may summon a posse comitatus if necessary to complete an arrest under subdivision (b)(1) of this section.
(c)
A private school or private college or university law enforcement officer may make an arrest for an offense against any law of the State of Arkansas outside his or her primary jurisdiction if the private school or private college or university law enforcement officer is:
(1)
Summoned by another law enforcement agency to provide assistance;
(2)
Assisting another law enforcement agency;
(3)
Exercising his or her police powers in accordance with a written mutual aid agreement or memorandum of understanding between the private school or private college or university and the municipality or county within which the private school or private college or university is located; or
(4)
(A)
Traveling to or from any location in the state on official business.
(B)
As used in subdivision (c)(4)(A) of this section, "official business" includes without limitation:
(i)
Engaging in intelligence-gathering activity relating to security on the property of the private school or private college or university employing him or her;
(ii)
Investigating a crime committed on the property of the private school or private college or university employing him or her;
(iii)
Transporting money, valuables, securities, or other valuables on behalf of the private school or private college or university employing him or her;
(iv)
Providing security or protective services for officials or visiting dignitaries to the private school or private college or university employing him or her; or
(v)
Continuously and immediately pursuing a person for an offense committed on the property of the private school or private college or university employing him or her or in the private school or private college or university law enforcement officer's eyesight.
(d)
(1)
When a private school or private college or university law enforcement officer makes an arrest outside his or her primary jurisdiction, the private school or private college or university law enforcement officer shall promptly notify the law enforcement agency with jurisdiction and forward a written report to the law enforcement agency with jurisdiction no later than the next working day.
(2)
The law enforcement agency having jurisdiction may choose to conduct the investigation or allow the private school or private college or university law enforcement officer to conduct the investigation.
Amended by Act 2021, No. 535,§ 4, eff. 7/28/2021.
Added by Act 2013, No. 227,§ 3, eff. 8/16/2013.