HB 1208 Jail authorities; superintendent designating jail officers with internal investigations authority

About HB-1208

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.