BILL NUMBER: AB 2368	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Block

                        FEBRUARY 24, 2012

   An act to amend Section 38000 of the Education Code, relating to
school security.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2368, as introduced, Block. School security: security
departments.
   Existing law authorizes the governing board of a school district
to establish a security department under the supervision of a chief
of security, or a police department under the supervision of a chief
of police. Existing law also expresses the intent of the Legislature
that a school district police or security department is supplementary
to city and county law enforcement agencies and is not vested with
general police powers.
   This bill would express the intent of the Legislature that only a
school district security department is supplementary to city and
county law enforcement agencies and is not vested with general police
powers.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 38000 of the Education Code is amended to read:

   38000.  (a) The governing board of  any   a
 school district may establish a security department under the
supervision of a chief of security or a police department under the
supervision of a chief of police, as designated by, and under the
direction of, the superintendent of the school district. In
accordance with Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 45100) of Part 25,
the governing board  of a school district  may employ
personnel to ensure the safety of school district personnel and
pupils and the security of the real and personal property of the
school district. In addition, a school district may assign a school
police reserve officer who is deputized pursuant to Section 35021.5
to a schoolsite to supplement the duties of school police personnel
pursuant to this section. It is the intention of the Legislature in
enacting this section that a school district  police or
 security department is supplementary to city and county law
enforcement agencies and is not vested with general police powers.
   (b) The governing board of a school district that establishes a
security department or a police department shall set minimum
qualifications of employment for the chief of security or chief of
police, respectively, including, but not limited to, prior employment
as a peace officer or completion of any peace officer training
course approved by the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and
Training. A chief of security or chief of police shall comply with
the prior employment or training requirement set forth in this
subdivision as of January 1, 1993, or a date one year subsequent to
the initial employment of the chief of security or chief of police by
the school district, whichever occurs later. This subdivision shall
not be construed to require the employment by a school district of
any additional personnel.