HB152 Summary

• Authorizes public institutions of higher education in Alabama to employ reserve police officers, with or without compensation, to assist full-time or part-time campus police officers.

• Requires reserve police officer applicants to be at least 19 years old, of good moral character, with no felony or misdemeanor convictions involving force, violence, or moral turpitude, and to undergo fingerprint and criminal history background checks.

• Limits reserve officer duties to patrol operations under direct supervision of a full-time officer, traffic control with supervisory oversight, and crowd control assistance at campus events with appropriate span of control.

• Prohibits reserve officers from exercising arrest powers without current Alabama Peace Officers' Standards and Training Commission certification, and prohibits carrying firearms without an approved permit and institutional authorization.

• Becomes effective on the first day of the third month following passage and gubernatorial approval.