Texas Code of Criminal Procedure - Article 2.123. Adjunct Police Officers
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Art. 2.123. ADJUNCT POLICE OFFICERS. (a) Within counties
under 200,000 population, the chief of police of a municipality or
the sheriff of the county, if the institution is outside the
corporate limits of a municipality, that has jurisdiction over the
geographical area of a private institution of higher education,
provided the governing board of such institution consents, may
appoint up to 50 peace officers who are commissioned under Section
51.212, Education Code, and who are employed by a private
institution of higher education located in the municipality or
county, to serve as adjunct police officers of the municipality or
county. Officers appointed under this article shall aid law
enforcement agencies in the protection of the municipality or
county in a geographical area that is designated by agreement on an
annual basis between the appointing chief of police or sheriff and
the private institution.
(b) The geographical area that is subject to designation
under Subsection (a) of this article may include only the private
institution's campus area and an area that:
(1) is adjacent to the campus of the private institution;
(2) does not extend further than a distance of one mile from
the perimeter of the campus of the private institution; and
(3) is inhabited primarily by students or employees of the
private institution.
(c) A peace officer serving as an adjunct police officer may
make arrests and exercise all authority given peace officers under
this code only within the geographical area designated by agreement
between the appointing chief of police or sheriff and the private
institution.
(d) A peace officer serving as an adjunct police officer has
all the rights, privileges, and immunities of a peace officer but is
not entitled to state compensation and retirement benefits normally
provided by the state to a peace officer.
(e) A person may not serve as an adjunct police officer for a
municipality or county unless:
(1) the institution of higher education submits the
person's application for appointment and certification as an
adjunct police officer to the chief of police of the municipality
or, if outside a municipality, the sheriff of the county that has
jurisdiction over the geographical area of the institution;
(2) the chief of police of the municipality or sheriff of
the county to whom the application was made issues the person a
certificate of authority to act as an adjunct police officer; and
(3) the person undergoes any additional training required
for that person to meet the training standards of the municipality
or county for peace officers employed by the municipality or
county.
(f) For good cause, the chief of police or sheriff may
revoke a certificate of authority issued under this article.
(g) A private institution of higher education is liable for
any act or omission by a person while serving as an adjunct police
officer outside of the campus of the institution in the same manner
as the municipality or county governing that geographical area is
liable for any act or omission of a peace officer employed by the
municipality or county. This subsection shall not be construed to
act as a limitation on the liability of a municipality or county for
the acts or omissions of a person serving as an adjunct police
officer.
(h) The employing institution shall pay all expenses
incurred by the municipality or county in granting or revoking a
certificate of authority to act as an adjunct police officer under
this article.
(i) This article does not affect any duty of the
municipality or county to provide law enforcement services to a
geographical area designated under Subsection (a) of this article.
Added by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 1128, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 31, 1987.
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