Code text and O.C.G.A. statutory annotations on this page reflect the 2019 Official Code of Georgia Annotated (Public.Resource.Org Release 73, 2019-08-21; public domain per Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, 2020). The Syfert case-law annotations in Notes of Decisions, below, are current.
As a condition precedent to the exercise of law enforcement powers pursuant to Code Section 20-8-2, a campus policeman must be certified by the Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training Council as having met the qualifications and having completed the basic training requirements for a peace officer under Article 2 of Chapter 2 of Title 35. All costs incurred in such certification and training shall be paid by the educational facility employing the campus policeman. This chapter is permissive and shall not require the certification of campus policemen by the Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training Council. The certification of a campus policeman by the Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training Council does not require that the campus policeman so certified exercise the powers provided in Code Section
Agnes Scott Coll. v. Hartley, 741 S.E.2d 199 (Ga. Ct. App. 2013). · cites it 6דSee OCGA § 20-8-3. As an initial matter, we note that the complaint is silent as to whether the campus policemen are POST certified as required by OCGA § 20-8-3.”
Agnes Scott Coll., Inc. v. Hartley., 816 S.E.2d 689 (Ga. Ct. App. 2018). · cites it 2דA campus policeman's law enforcement powers are set forth in OCGA § 20-8-2, which provides: On the campus of an educational facility, a campus policeman employed by such educational facility who is certified in accordance with [ OCGA §] 20-8-3 and when authorized by the…”
Worthy v. State, 704 S.E.2d 808 (Ga. Ct. App. 2010). · cites it 2ד” 28 OCGA § 20-8-2 provides: 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…”
State v. Durr, 618 S.E.2d 117 (Ga. Ct. App. 2005). · cites it 2דOCGA § 20-8-3. The legislature then provided an “exemption,” which somewhat ambiguously states: A campus policeman exercising the power of arrest pursuant to Code Section 20-3-72 providing campus policemen and other security personnel of the University System of Georgia with…”
Agnes Scott Coll. v. Amanda Hartley (Ga. Ct. App. 2013). · cites it 6דSee OCGA § 20-8-3. As an initial matter, we note that the complaint is silent as to whether the campus policemen are POST certified as required by OCGA § 20-8-3.”
Tabor v. State, 416 S.E.2d 138 (Ga. Ct. App. 1992). · cites it 4דWithin the area defined as the university’s campus, any campus policeman who is certified in accordance with OCGA § 20-8-3 and authorized by the governing body or authority of the educational facility has “the same law enforcement powers, including the power of arrest, as a law…”
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