Delaware General Assembly


CHAPTER 131

FORMERLY

SENATE BILL NO. 180

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE REGARDING STATE POLICE REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE FROM OTHER DELAWARE POLICE AGENCIES.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE :

Section 1. Amend §8302 Title 11, Delaware Code by deleting Section 8302(b) in its entirety and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

“When police officers, who are certified by the Delaware Council on Police Training, are acting outside their respective jurisdiction as conservators of the peace in response to a request for assistance from the State Police, those officers shall be considered to be acting as State Police officers and shall have the powers of arrest thereof.”

Approved July 02,1999