23-20-1.5 - Powers of law enforcement section -- Employees. - Utah Statutes

23-20-1.5. Powers of law enforcement section -- Employees.
(1) The chief and assistant chief of the law enforcement section, enforcement agents, andconservation officers of the law enforcement section within the Division of Wildlife Resourcesare vested with the powers of law enforcement officers throughout all of the counties of the statewith exception of the power to serve civil process and:
(a) may serve criminal process, arrest, and prosecute violators of any law of this state;and
(b) shall have the same right as other law enforcement officers to require aid in executingtheir duties.
(2) The powers and duties conferred by this section upon employees of the lawenforcement section of the Division of Wildlife Resources shall be supplementary to and in noway a limitation on the powers and duties of other law enforcement officers in the state.

Amended by Chapter 282, 1998 General Session