SB 145

Abstract

Special conservators of the peace; armed security officer registration. Provides that a special conservator of the peace may possess simultaneous registration with the Department of Criminal Justice Services as an armed security officer and shall maintain the rights, requirements, and restrictions contained therein.

Criminal Justice Services Board; special conservatorsof the peace and private security services business personnel; patrolrifle training. Requires the compulsory minimum, entry-level,and in-service training standards for armed special conservatorsof the peace established by the Criminal Justice Services Board toinclude patrol rifle classroom training. The bill also requires theregulations adopted by the Board establishing training standardsfor persons employed by private security services businesses to allowa special conservator of the peace who (i) has completed entry-levelhandgun training for special conservators of the peace, (ii) is employedby an institution of higher education that has a memorandum of understandingwith the local law-enforcement agency, and (iii) has the approvalof the attorney for the Commonwealth responsible for the jurisdictionwhere he is employed to complete the entry-level patrol rifle classroomtraining required as part of the firearm training for private securityservices business personnel who carry or have immediate access toa firearm while on duty regardless of whether such individual hassuccessfully completed security officer handgun training.