Louisiana § RS 34:1603.2 - Port and harbor police
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§ RS 34:1603.2. 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.
Acts 2023, No. 441, §1, eff. June 28, 2023; Acts 2024, No. 292, §1, eff. May 28, 2024.
Source: official Louisiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section RS 34:1603.2 ("Port and harbor police") is part of the Louisiana Civil Code, the codified statutory law of Louisiana. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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