§ 34:1603.2 — Port and harbor police

Louisiana § 34:1603.2

• Jurisdiction: Louisiana
• Title 34: Navigation and Shipping

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§1603.2. Port and harbor police
A. The board may, in its discretion, appoint, fix salaries of, and pay port and harbor
police. The port and harbor police may consist of any number of people of good character
and citizens of the state who have completed a course certified by the Council on Peace
Officer Standards and Training; however, no member shall be under eighteen years of age. B. Each of the port and harbor police so appointed shall furnish bond in a sum to be
fixed by the commission at not less than one hundred dollars, conditioned on the faithful
performance of his duties, and any person injured or damaged by any port or harbor police
may sue upon that bond.
C. The port and harbor police provided for in this Section shall have, under the
direction and control of the commission, the same power to make arrests, in and upon the
property within the jurisdiction of the commission and approaches thereto, and to execute
and return all criminal warrants and processes, as sheriffs of this state have and shall, under
the same direction and authority, have all of the powers of sheriffs as peace officers in all
places and on all premises under the jurisdiction and control of the commission and the
streets and approaches thereto.
D. Any persons arrested by officers of the commission meeting the requirements of
Subsection A of this Section and the return of all warrants or processes served by these
officers shall be surrendered or delivered to the criminal sheriff of the parish in which the
arrest occurred as determined by location of arrest, provided that this shall in no way deprive
the sheriff or deputy sheriff in the parishes of Iberia and Vermilion from making arrests or
from serving warrants or process of court in any such place or on any such premises.
E. The board shall adopt rules and regulations for the conduct, management, and
control of the port and harbor police and shall, from time to time, enlarge, modify, or change
such rules and regulations in its discretion.

Legislative History

Acts 2023, No. 441, §1, eff. June 28, 2023; Acts 2024, No. 292, §1, eff. May 28, 2024.