SB472 Alabama 2010 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Rodger SmithermanSenator

Democrat

Session

Regular Session 2010

Title

Birmingham, security personnel employed by city board of education authorized to carry a firearm under certain conditions

Summary

The bill lets Birmingham's school board optionally allow security staff to carry firearms on duty under specific training and safety rules.

What This Bill Does

If the policy is adopted, security personnel employed by the Birmingham Board of Education could carry firearms while on duty, but only under defined conditions. The policy would ban carrying for staff who are not certified as law enforcement officers during school hours, campus activities, or any time students are present unless advance notice is given. It requires firearms training, annual requalification, a pistol license for non-LE officers, and that security personnel act as board employees enforcing board policies and state laws, with some form of passive force included.

Who It Affects

• Security personnel employed by the Birmingham City Board of Education who may carry firearms on duty if the policy is adopted and meets the requirements
• Students and the school community in Birmingham, who are affected by the presence of armed security on campus and the notification rules

Key Provisions

• The act applies only to the City of Birmingham in Jefferson County
• The Birmingham City Board of Education may adopt, but is not required to adopt, a policy to allow armed security on duty
• The policy shall prohibit security personnel not certified as law enforcement officers from carrying firearms during school hours, during scheduled extracurricular activities on campus, or any time that students are on campus unless advance notice of their presence is provided
• The policy shall require firearms training as prescribed for law enforcement officers by the Alabama Peace Officers' Standards and Training Commission, or an equivalent, and training in providing security for students
• The policy shall require annual firearms requalification as required for law enforcement officers by the Alabama Peace Officers' Standards and Training Commission, or an equivalent
• The policy shall require security personnel who carry firearms and are not certified law enforcement officers to obtain a pistol license under Section 13A-11-75, Code of Alabama 1975
• The policy shall state that security personnel are employees of the board of education who exercise judgment in enforcing board policies and/or state laws while on duty
• The policy shall require security personnel who carry firearms to carry some means of passive force
• The policy shall be adopted in compliance with Section 16-1-30, Code of Alabama 1975

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Subjects

Jefferson County