GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1987 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 671

HOUSE BILL 1107

 

AN ACT TO AMEND THE STATUTE ON DISORDERLY CONDUCT TO SPECIFY PERSONS AUTHORIZED TO ORDER THE VACATION OF BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES AT COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES, AND TO AMEND THE GENERAL STATUTES TO PERMIT CONSTITUENT INSTITUTIONS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA TO ESTABLISH CAMPUS LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 14-288.4(a)(4)a. reads as rewritten:

"(4) Refuses to vacate any building or facility of any public or private educational institution in obedience to:

a.         An order of the chief administrative officer of the institution, or his authorized representative, who shall include for colleges and universities the vice chancellor for student affairs or his equivalent for the institution, the dean of students or his equivalent for the institution, the director of the law enforcement or security department for the institution, and the chief of the law enforcement or security department for the institution; or".

Sec. 2.  Chapter 116 of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:

"§ 116-40.5.  Campus law enforcement agencies. -(a) The Board of Trustees of any constituent institution of The University of North Carolina may establish a campus law enforcement agency and employ campus police officers.  Such officers shall meet the requirements of Chapter 17C of the General Statutes, shall take the oath of office prescribed by Article VI, Section 7 of the Constitution, and shall have all the powers of law enforcement officers generally.  The territorial jurisdiction of a campus police officer shall include all property owned or leased to the institution employing him and that portion of any public road or highway passing through such property and immediately adjoining it, wherever located.

(b)       The Board of Trustees of any constituent institution of The University of North Carolina, having established a campus law enforcement agency pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, may enter into joint agreements with the governing board of any municipality to extend the law enforcement authority of campus police officers into any or all of the municipality's jurisdiction and to determine the circumstances in which this extension of authority may be granted.

(c)       The Board of Trustees of any constituent institution of The University of North Carolina, having established a campus law enforcement agency pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, may enter into joint agreements with the governing board of any county, and with the consent of the sheriff, to extend the law enforcement authority of campus police officers into any or all of the county's jurisdiction and to determine the circumstances in which this extension of authority may be granted."

Sec. 3.  G.S. 15A-402 is amended by adding the following new subsection (f) to the end of that section:

"(f)      Campus Police Officers, Immediate and Continuous Flight.  A campus police officer may arrest a person outside his territorial jurisdiction when the person arrested has committed a criminal offense within the territorial jurisdiction, for which the officer could have arrested the person within that territory, and the arrest is made during such person's immediate and continuous flight from that territory."

Sec. 4.  G.S. 160A-288 is amended by adding the following new subsection (d) to the end of that section:

"(d)      For purposes of this section, a campus law enforcement agency shall be considered the equivalent of a municipal police department."

Sec. 5.  Section 1 of this act is effective upon ratification.  The remaining sections of this act shall become effective October 1, 1987.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 24th day of July, 1987.