PRINTER'S NO. 214
No. 196 Session of 1987
INTRODUCED BY HUTCHINSON, MANDERINO, PETRARCA AND VAN HORNE,
FEBRUARY 4, 1987
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, FEBRUARY 4, 1987
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the
2 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, providing for Statewide
3 jurisdiction of park policemen in certain circumstances.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 8953(a)(3) of Title 42 of the
7 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
8 § 8953. Statewide municipal police jurisdiction.
9 (a) General rule.--Any duly employed municipal police
10 officer who is within this Commonwealth, but beyond the
11 territorial limits of his primary jurisdiction, shall have the
12 power and authority to enforce the laws of this Commonwealth or
13 otherwise perform the functions of that office as if enforcing
14 those laws or performing those functions within the territorial
15 limits of his primary jurisdiction in the following cases:
16 * * *
17 (3) Where the officer has been requested to aid or
18 assist any local, State or Federal law enforcement officer or
1 park police officer or otherwise has probable cause to
2 believe that the other officer is in need of aid or
3 assistance.
4 * * *
5 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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