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House Co-Sponsorship Memoranda
House of Representatives
Session of 2021 - 2022
Regular Session
MEMORANDUM
| Posted: | February 25, 2021 02:24 PM |
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| From: | Representative Rosemary M. Brown |
| To: | All House members |
| Subject: | School Resource Officer and School Police Officer Emergency Vehicle Legislation |
| Soon I will be introducing legislation (old HB2086 Rep. Matt Gabler) to designate a privately-owned vehicle of a school resource officer and police officer as an emergency vehicle. This would permit the school officer to utilize emergency lights when responding to an emergency within a school they are responsible for protecting. These school resource and police officers are commissioned and employed by a law enforcement agency whose station is located in a school or group of schools. However, for some school resource and police officers stationed in rural areas, they must utilize their personal vehicle for transportation during work. This scenario can be problematic because it can prolong the time for an officer to respond to an emergency who must travel from one school to another. By designating a privately-owned vehicle of a school resource and police officer as an emergency vehicle will eliminate the problem of an officer being delayed from responding to an emergency because they must respond with their own vehicle. I hope you join me by co-sponsoring this upcoming legislation. |
Introduced as HB849