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SF 3097 Senate Long Description

E Authorizing the commissioner of corrections to create a department of corrections fugitive apprehension unit and appoint peace officers to perform the duties necessary to make statewide arrests; limiting jurisdiction to discretionary and statutory released violators and escapees; specifying conditions and procedures for processing arrested persons; requiring the unit to develop and file policies required for law enforcement agencies and to develop a policy for contacting law enforcement agencies in cities or counties before initiating fugitive surveillance, investigation or apprehension within the city or county, requiring filing of the policies with the board of peace officers standards and training (POST) by a certain date and requiring the filing of subsequent revisions, requiring the department of corrections to train the peace officers in policy application; requiring the commissioner to appoint a full time peace officer as the chief law enforcement officer to be responsible for managing the unit and to ensure the equipping of emergency vehicles used by the unit with radios capable of receiving and transmitting on the same frequencies used by law enforcement agencies with primary jurisdiction for response coordination and notice purposes; requiring the fugitive apprehension unit to comply with statutes and rules relating to the operation and management of law enforcement agencies; including unit officers in the definition of peace officer for training purposes (ra, ja)