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AZ HB2460
Bill
Status
4/16/2021
Primary Sponsor
Kevin Payne
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AI Summary
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Expands detention officer authority to arrest individuals with existing warrants beyond jail facilities to include hospitals and courts where officers are assigned.
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Allows detention officers to arrest visitors at jail facilities who are found to have outstanding warrants.
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Permits detention officers to take custody of persons remanded into custody by a judicial officer during court proceedings.
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Removes the restriction that detention officers must be acting "at a jail facility at which the detention officer is employed" when executing arrests under existing warrants.
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Maintains definition of "detention officer" as county, city or town employees responsible for inmate supervision and custody, excluding counselors and clerical staff.
Legislative Description
Detention officers; arrest warrant; custody
Custody
Last Action
Chapter 236
4/16/2021