§ 12-2.2-2 - Powers of capitol police officers. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 12-2.2-2

   § 12-2.2-2  Powers of capitol policeofficers. – Upon issuance of a license under § 12-2.2-1, the person so designated as acapitol police officer shall have the same immunities and may exercise, in andupon the lands and buildings owned by the state of Rhode Island and assigned tothe Rhode Island public buildings authority, and upon streets and highwaysimmediately adjacent to those lands, the same powers and authority of a policeofficer, as are conferred by the laws of this state upon members of thedivision of state police, including the power to arrest persons for violationof state criminal statutes or for violation of city or town ordinances of thecity or town in which the state property is located.