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Wash. Rev. Code § 28B.10.550 (2026)

Police forces for universities and The Evergreen State College—Authorized

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The boards of regents of the state universities, and the boards of trustees of the regional universities or of The Evergreen State College, acting independently and each on behalf of its own institution:
(1) May each establish a police force for its own institution, which force shall function under such conditions and regulations as the board prescribes; and
(2) May supply appropriate badges and uniforms indicating the positions and authority of the members of such police force.
[ 1977 ex.s. c 169 s 24; 1969 ex.s. c 223 s 28B.10.550. Prior: 1965 ex.s. c 16 s 1; 1949 c 123 s 1; Rem. Supp. 1949 s 4543-16. Formerly RCW 28.76.310.]

Notes:

Severability—Nomenclature—Savings—1977 ex.s. c 169: See notes following RCW 28B.10.016.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases, 1974–1998 · leading case: W. Washington Univ. v. Washington Fed'n of State Employees, 793 P.2d 989 (Wash. Ct. App. 1990).
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W. Washington Univ. v. Washington Fed'n of State Employees, 793 P.2d 989 (Wash. Ct. App. 1990). · cites it 4× “In essence, the University's argument is a contention that the Legislature, *438 by granting the University power to establish a police force under RCW 28B.10.550, intended to exempt such civil service employees from the protection of the State Higher Education Personnel Law.”
Johnson v. State, 894 P.2d 1366 (Wash. Ct. App. 1995). “8 RCW 28B.10.550. 9 Taylor v. Stevens Cy., 111 Wn.”
Irwin v. Dep't of Motor Vehs., 517 P.2d 619 (Wash. Ct. App. 1974). · cites it 2× “Pursuant to that statute, the members of such a police force, “[m]ay exercise such powers upon state lands devoted mainly to the educational or research activities of the institution to which they were appointed; .”
Washington Fed'n of State Employees v. Jt. Ctr. for Higher Educ., 933 P.2d 1080 (Wash. Ct. App. 1997). · cites it 2× “Clearly, if the Legislature had intended to exempt campus police officers from the protection of the civil service laws by virtue of the mere grant of authority to such institu *9 tions to establish a police force, it would have indicated such intent either in the authorizing…”
Washington Fed'n of State Employees v. Dep't of Soc. & Health Servs., 966 P.2d 322 (Wash. Ct. App. 1998). “The University claimed that it had exclusive jurisdiction over the establishment of a police force and that the Legislature, by granting the University power to establish a police force under RCW 28B.10.550, intended to exempt such civil service employees from the protection of…”
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