53.08.280 - Police officers -- Appointment authorized -- Jurisdiction. - Washington Statutes

Police officers — Appointment authorized — Jurisdiction.

Any port district operating an airport with a police department as authorized by RCW 14.08.120 or designated as a port of entry by the federal government is authorized to appoint police officers with full police powers to enforce all applicable federal, state, or municipal statutes, rules, regulations, or ordinances upon any port-owned or operated properties or operations: PROVIDED, That such police officers must have successfully graduated from a recognized professional police academy or training institution.

[1981 c 97 § 1; 1974 ex.s. c 62 § 1.]