HB152 Alabama 2023 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Allen TreadawayRepresentative

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2023

Title

Relating to public institutions of higher education; to add Section 16-22-1.1 to the Code of Alabama 1975; to authorize public institutions of higher education that employ campus police officers to also employ reserve police officers; and to specify the qualifications and duties of reserve campus police officers.

Summary

HB152 allows public colleges and universities in Alabama to hire reserve campus police officers in addition to regular campus police, with defined qualifications and duties.

What This Bill Does

Public institutions that employ campus police may hire reserve officers to assist full-time or part-time officers, either paid or unpaid, serving at the institution's discretion. Applicants must be 19 or older, of good moral character, and pass a fingerprint/ background check. Reserve officers can perform patrol, traffic direction, and crowd-control tasks under supervision, but may not arrest or carry a firearm unless certified and approved by the institution, and firearms use must follow approved policies.

Who It Affects

• Public colleges and universities with campus police departments, which may hire reserve officers to supplement police services.
• Individuals seeking to become reserve campus police officers (age 19+, clean record, background check, POST certification) who will perform limited duties under supervision and with firearm/arrest restrictions.

Key Provisions

• Authorizes public institutions with campus police to employ one or more reserve police officers to assist or aid full-time or part-time officers, serving at the president's or chief executive's pleasure.
• Applicants must be 19 or older, of good moral character, have no felony or misdemeanor involving force, violence, or moral turpitude, and consent to fingerprint and criminal history background checks.
• Reserve officers' duties are limited to patrol for crime prevention/detection, traffic enforcement under supervision, and crowd-control assistance at campus events, all under supervision by a campus police officer.
• No power of arrest or firearm carry unless certified by the Alabama Peace Officers' Standards and Training Commission and, for firearms, authorized by the institution's president and policies; firearms use limited to adopted institutional policies.
• Requires certification by Alabama POST before exercising arrest powers; becomes effective on the first day of the third month after passage and approval.

AI-generated summary using openai/gpt-5-nano on Feb 22, 2026. May contain errors — refer to the official bill text for accuracy.

Subjects

Public institutions of higher education; employment of reserve campus police officers