Section 14-3-9

Reporting of violations of law; investigation and inspection division; where violations tried; full police powers for correctional investigative services officers; minimum standards.

(a) It shall be the duty of all employees of the Department of Corrections to report all violations of the law relating to prisons, correctional facilities and employees and inmates of the Department of Corrections, that may come to their knowledge to the investigation and inspection division of the Department of Corrections. Correctional investigative services officers of the investigation and inspection division will investigate all such reported violations and those violations otherwise discovered and, where applicable, refer such violations to the proper district attorney. All indictments for such violations shall be tried in the circuit court of the county where the offense was committed.

(b) Employees of the Department of Corrections classified as "correctional investigative services officers" and their supervisors are hereby constituted peace officers of the State of Alabama with full and unlimited police powers and jurisdiction as any other state police officers in this state to investigate violations of the law relating to prisons, correctional facilities and employees and inmates of the Department of Corrections and to enforce said law; excepting that such employees shall not have the power and authority to execute search warrants. Whenever these "correctional investigative services officers" are effecting an arrest, they shall prominently display a badge either on their lapel or breast pocket.

The powers vested in correctional investigative services officers under this section will be limited to investigation and/or arrests involving inmates or employees of the Department of Corrections only.

(c) All correctional investigative services officers and their supervisors given police power by this section shall be required to comply with the minimum standards now in effect relating to state law enforcement officers.

(Code 1886, §4570; Code 1896, §4448; Code 1907, §6500; Code 1923, §3599; Code 1940, T. 45, §18; Acts 1987, No. 87-725, p. 1417.)