HB1208:

Jail authorities; superintendent designating jail officers with internal investigations authority.

Bill Summary:

Jail authorities; superintendent designating
jail officers with internal investigations authority. Provides
that a superintendent of a jail authority may designate jail officers
with internal investigations authority to have the same power as
a sheriff or a law-enforcement officer in the investigation of allegations
of criminal behavior affecting the operations of such authority.
The bill provides that such designated jail officer shall be subject
to any minimum training standards established by the Department of
Criminal Justice Services for law-enforcement officers prior to exercising
any law-enforcement power granted under the bill.