SB144 Alabama 2011 Session

Updated Jul 26, 2021

Summary

Primary Sponsor: Rusty Glover
Republican
Session: Regular Session 2011
Title: Homeland Security Department, authorized to hire police officers and special agents for enforcement of laws, subject to same benefits, compensation, and standards and training as officers and agents of Public Safety Department
Description: Under existing law, the Alabama Department of Homeland Security does not have state police officers and special agents to assist the department in enforcing the laws of this state.
This bill would allow the Alabama Department of Homeland Security to hire police officers and special agents, and would give the department, its officers, and special agents the ability to enforce the laws of this state.
This bill would make the officers and special agents subject to the same benefits, compensation, and standards and training as officers and special agents under the Department of Public Safety, and would give the Director of the Alabama Department of Homeland Security the authority to promulgate rules to implement this act.
Subjects: Homeland Security Department

Indefinitely Postponed

Reported from Judiciary as Favorable

Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary