2005 North Carolina Code - General Statutes § 120-32.2. General Assembly special police.

§ 120‑32.2.  General Assembly special police.

(a)       All sworn members of the General Assembly special police employed by the Legislative Services Office are special policemen, and have all the powers of policemen of cities, within any of the following areas of jurisdiction, while on official duty:

(1)       Within those areas of the City of Raleigh and of the unincorporated parts of Wake County surrounded by the innermost right‑of‑way of Interstate 440.

(2)       In any part of the State:

a.         While accompanying a member of the General Assembly who is conducting, or traveling to or from, his or her official duties.

b.         While preparing for, or providing security to, a session of either or both houses of the General Assembly, or official events directly related to that session.

(b)       General Assembly special police officers may arrest persons outside the areas described in subsection (a) of this section when the person arrested has committed a criminal offense within any of the areas, for which the officer could have arrested the person within that area, and the arrest is made during such person's immediate and continuous flight from that area.

(c)       The General Assembly special police has the exclusive authority and responsibility for enforcing the parking rules of the Legislative Services Commission. (1975, c. 145, s. 1; 1981, c. 772, s. 5; 1991 (Reg. Sess., 1992), c. 1044, s. 7(b); 2005‑359, s. 1.)