§ 16-32-40. Appointment of campus police.
(a) The board of trustees may appoint one or more persons who may act as police officers upon the property and highways of the university subject to the control of the board and upon the streets and highways immediately adjacent to those lands. The campus police officers shall protect the property of the university; suppress nuisances and disturbances and breaches of the peace; and enforce laws and regulations for the preservation of good order. They shall have the same powers and authority as that conferred upon municipal police officers, including the power to arrest persons for violations of state criminal statutes or for violations of city or town ordinances of the city or town in which the institution is located. They shall be required to attend and successfully complete the municipal police training academy before they shall be allowed to carry firearms. Additionally, any campus police officer observing the violation of any rule or regulation of the board adopted pursuant to this chapter, including, but not limited to, parking and traffic regulations, may issue a summons in the manner and form set forth in § 31-27-12 or § 31-41.1-1 returnable to the district court, the police court of the city or town where the violation occurs, or the traffic tribunal as provided by law.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all fines and penalties recovered for violation of rules and regulations made under authority of this section shall be accounted for by the appropriate authority, which shall forward all fines or penalties for nonmoving traffic violations to the general treasurer for use by the college or university on whose campus the citation or violation was issued in accordance with § 16-32-27.
History of Section.P.L. 2019, ch. 88, art. 9, § 5.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Section 16-32-1. - Change of former name.
Section 16-32-2. - Board of Trustees established.
Section 16-32-2.1. - Additional powers of the President of the University.
Section 16-32-2.2. - Appointment and removal of the board of trustees.
Section 16-32-3. - Purposes of university.
Section 16-32-4. - Location — Application of federal funds.
Section 16-32-5. - Authority over experiment station.
Section 16-32-6. - Activities of experiment station.
Section 16-32-7. - Duties required by federal acts — Annual report to general assembly.
Section 16-32-9. - Annual appropriations.
Section 16-32-10. - Award of degrees — Curriculum and government.
Section 16-32-11. - Power to guarantee loans.
Section 16-32-12. - Acquisition of land — Guaranty of loans to societies of students.
Section 16-32-13. - Investment of state funds in student loans.
Section 16-32-14. - Maximum guarantees outstanding.
Section 16-32-15. - Assumption of defaulted obligations — Lien on property.
Section 16-32-16. - Marine biology department — Laboratory.
Section 16-32-17. - Appropriations for marine biology.
Section 16-32-19 - — 16-32-24. Repealed.
Section 16-32-25. - Establishment of college of pharmacy fund.
Section 16-32-26. - Management of college of pharmacy fund.
Section 16-32-27. - Establishment of landscaping fund.
Section 16-32-28. - Management of rotary fund.
Section 16-32-29. - Applied engineering laboratory.
Section 16-32-30. - Geographic information system — Laboratory.
Section 16-32-31. - Appropriations for geographic information system laboratory.
Section 16-32-32. - Exemption from provisions of administrative procedures act.
Section 16-32-33. - Receipts from sources other than appropriations.
Section 16-32-34. - Fiscal accounts — Receipts — Petty cash funds.
Section 16-32-35. - Audit of expenditures.
Section 16-32-36. - Freedom from budget and lease control by other agencies.
Section 16-32-38. - Permanent status for non-classified employees.
Section 16-32-39. - Longevity payments — Non-classified employees.
Section 16-32-40. - Appointment of campus police.