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Current as of January 01, 2023 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(1) A governing board may, in its sole discretion, do all of the following:
(a) Police, control and regulate traffic and parking of vehicles on university property.
(b) Establish a police department and commission one or more employees as police officers in the manner and with all of the privileges and immunities set forth in ORS 352.121. When a governing board establishes a police department and commissions one or more employees as police officers, the president of the university, in cooperation with the chief of the police department, shall establish a process by which the university will receive and respond to complaints involving the policies of the police department and the conduct of the police officers.
(c) Commission special campus security officers who, when acting in the scope of their employment, shall have stop and frisk authority as set forth in ORS 131.605 to 131.625 and probable cause arrest authority and the accompanying immunities as set forth in ORS 133.310 and 133.315. Special campus security officers may not be authorized to carry firearms as police officers and, except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, may not be considered police officers for purposes of ORS 181A.355, 238.005, 243.005 or 243.736.
(2) A university with a governing board, acting by and through its special campus security officers, is a criminal justice agency for purposes of rules adopted pursuant to ORS 181A.280 (3).
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Oregon Revised Statutes Education and Culture § 352.118 - last updated January 01, 2023 | https://codes.findlaw.com/or/title-30-education-and-culture/or-rev-st-sect-352-118/
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