Section 38000 Of Chapter 1. Security Departments From California Education Code >> Division 3. >> Title 2. >> Part 23. >> Chapter 1.
38000
. (a) The governing board of a school district may establish a
security department under the supervision of a chief of security as
designated by, and under the direction of, the superintendent of the
school district. In accordance with Chapter 5 (commencing with
Section 45100) of Part 25, the governing board of a school district
may employ personnel to ensure the safety of school district
personnel and pupils and the security of the real and personal
property of the school district. It is the intent of the Legislature
in enacting this section that a school district security department
is supplementary to city and county law enforcement agencies and is
not vested with general police powers.
(b) The governing board of a school district may establish a
school police department under the supervision of a school chief of
police and, in accordance with Chapter 5 (commencing with Section
45100) of Part 25, may employ peace officers, as defined in
subdivision (b) of Section 830.32 of the Penal Code, to ensure the
safety of school district personnel and pupils, and the security of
the real and personal property of the school district.
(c) The governing board of a school district that establishes a
security department or a police department shall set minimum
qualifications of employment for the chief of security or school
chief of police, respectively, including, but not limited to, prior
employment as a peace officer or completion of a peace officer
training course approved by the Commission on Peace Officer Standards
and Training. A chief of security or school chief of police shall
comply with the prior employment or training requirement set forth in
this subdivision as of January 1, 1993, or a date one year
subsequent to the initial employment of the chief of security or
school chief of police by the school district, whichever occurs
later. This subdivision shall not be construed to require the
employment by a school district of additional personnel.
(d) A school district may assign a school police reserve officer
who is deputized pursuant to Section 35021.5 to a schoolsite to
supplement the duties of school police officers pursuant to this
section.