STATEMENT TO

[Third Reprint]

ASSEMBLY, No. 1836

with Senate Floor Amendments

(Proposed By Senator LaROSSA)

ADOPTED: JUNE 27, 1996

      Assembly Bill No. 1836 (3R), the "Law Enforcement Officers' Protection Act," amends and supplements parts of statutory law to clarify and codify certain law enforcement officer powers, protections, privileges and rights.

      These Senate amendments are designed to "hold harmless" those law enforcement officers who are statutorily afforded tort immunities and other benefits in those instances where they are performing law enforcement duties outside their employing jurisdiction. The amendments also extend those immunities and benefits to other law enforcement officers whenever they are requested by another jurisdiction to perform law enforcement duties within its boundaries, or they perform such duties in another jurisdiction upon the orders of their superiors.