20-8-2. Law enforcement powers.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Session of the General Assembly of Georgia.

(a)
On the campus of an educational facility, a campus policeman employed by such educational facility who is certified in accordance with Code Section 20-8-3 and when authorized by the governing body or authority of such educational facility shall have the same law enforcement powers, including the power of arrest, as a law enforcement officer of the local government with police jurisdiction over such campus.#
(b)
On any campus of an educational facility for any college or university which has entered into a united police force agreement, a campus policeman employed by any of the colleges or universities participating in the united police force agreement who is certified in accordance with Code Section 20-8-3 shall have the same law enforcement powers, including the power of arrest, as a law enforcement officer of any local government with police jurisdiction over such campuses.#

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

Ga. L. 1977, p. 1160, § 2; Ga. L. 1979, p. 1323, § 1; Ga. L. 2023, p. 545, § 2/HB 142, effective July 1, 2023.

The 2023 amendment, effective July 1, 2023, designated the existing provisions of this Code section as subsection (a) and added subsection (b).

Arrest powers of campus policemen and security personnel, § 20-3-72.

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Text read from t20-ch3-18-(v17a)-2025-pdf.pdf, Volume V17A, 2025 edition, page 530; merge action: bound only; file SHA-256 4560a0cef806.