Policy Manual -
Appointment - Police Officers
HUMAN RESOURCES AND LABOR RELATIONS
Section 404.2 Appointment - Police Officers
Effective: 9/25/79
Last Revised: 1/23/89
Responsible Office: Human Resources
Policy Statement:
The Board of Trustees may, or such administrators of the University of Maine System as the Trustees designate for this purpose, appoint persons to act as police officers. The powers granted by the appointment as a University Police Officer are confined within the limits of the property owned by or under the control of the University of Maine System, and within such limits a University Police Officer possesses all of the powers of a police officer in criminal cases and civil violations. The police powers granted by appointment as a University Police Officer shall automatically terminate when the individual ceases to be an employee of the University of Maine System.
Procedures:
On July first of each year, each President shall report to the Chancellor, the names of all individuals designated as University Police Officers or other security job title and who have been granted police powers under the terms of this policy and applicable State Law.
At the same time each President shall submit a current official campus map delineating campus boundaries and other parcels of real estate under its control which are subject to the jurisdiction of its University Police.
Pursuant to 25 MRSA 1544, it is also the duty of University Police Officers to submit to the State Bureau of Identification, uniform crime reports so prescribed as to form, content, time and manner of submission.