Chapter 361
AN ACT
HB 2225
Relating to employees of Department of Public
Safety Standards and Training; amending ORS 181.651.
Be It Enacted by the People of
the State of
SECTION 1. ORS 181.651 is amended to read:
181.651. (1)
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any full-time employee of the
Department of Public Safety Standards and Training who possesses the requisite
qualifications may be certified or recertified as a police officer, certified
reserve officer, corrections officer, parole and probation officer, fire
service professional, telecommunicator or emergency medical dispatcher.
(2) A department
employee who is certified as a police, certified reserve, corrections or parole
and probation officer may exercise the authority granted by law to such
officers. This includes, but is not limited to, the authority to possess
material that is otherwise contraband under the laws of this state in the
performance of official duties and the authority to carry a firearm or other
weapon concealed.
(3) A department
employee who is certified as a police, certified reserve, corrections or parole
and probation officer, a fire service professional, a telecommunicator or an
emergency medical dispatcher is considered to be employed as a full-time public
safety officer in the discipline in which certification is held under this
section for the following purposes:
(a) Denying, suspending
or revoking certification under ORS 181.661, 181.662 and 181.664;
(b) Determining
eligibility to apply for benefits from the Public Safety Memorial Fund under
ORS 243.954 to 243.974; and
(c) Determining
eligibility to be honored at the memorial created pursuant to section 1,
chapter 508,
Approved by the Governor June 12, 2007
Filed in the office of Secretary of State June 13, 2007
Effective date January 1, 2008
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