Article 3 - California State University Police

California Education Code — §§ 89560-89562

Sections (3)

Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 143, Sec. 135.

The trustees may appoint one or more persons to constitute a police department for the headquarters and for each campus of the California State University. Persons employed and compensated as members of a California State University police department, when so appointed and duly sworn, are peace officers. However, such peace officers shall not exercise their powers or authority except (a) at the headquarters or upon any campus of the California State University and in an area within one mile of the exterior boundaries of each campus or the headquarters, and in or about other grounds or properties owned, operated, controlled, or administered by the California State University, or by trustees or the state on behalf of the California State University, and (b) as provided in Section 830.2 of the Penal Code.

Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 143, Sec. 136.

Every member of a California State University police department shall be supplied with, and authorized to wear, a badge bearing the words “California State University Police.”

Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 931, Sec. 2. (AB 1997) Effective January 1, 2023. Repealed as of July 1, 2027, by its own provisions.

(a)On or before July 1, 2023, the Chancellor of the California State University shall convene a stakeholder workgroup that includes, but is not limited to, a representative from all of the following stakeholders:
(1)Faculty.
(2)Staff.
(3)Students.
(4)Campus health and safety personnel.
(5)Bargaining unit representatives.
(b)The

stakeholder workgroup shall submit a report to the Legislature and the Chancellor of the California State University nine months after the first meeting of the stakeholder workgroup that includes recommendations to alleviate concerns of current emergency response programs on the campuses of the California State University.

(c)In preparing the report pursuant to subdivision (b), the stakeholder workgroup shall, at a minimum, evaluate and report on both of the following:
(1)Alternatives to current procedures and processes for responding to nonviolent and noncriminal situations on the campuses of the California State University.
(2)Alternative dispute resolution options to resolve employee conflicts.
(d)(1) A report to be submitted pursuant to subdivision (b) shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.
(2)Pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, this section is repealed on July 1, 2027.