2020 Georgia Code
Title 35 - Law Enforcement Officers and Agencies
Chapter 9 - Special Policemen
§ 35-9-9. Powers and Duties Generally; Wearing of Special Badge; Reporting of Change of Address

1. Each person appointed as a special policeman under Code Sections 35-9-2 through 35-9-8, this Code section, and Code Sections 35-9-10 through 35-9-12 shall:
   1. Be charged with the duty of protecting and preserving the property described in the application for his appointment;
   2. Have power to arrest all persons trespassing or committing offenses or crimes on the property described in the application for his appointment;
   3. Have and may exercise the powers of a peace officer, but only upon the property or in connection with the property described in the application for his appointment; and
   4. Have power to possess and carry such firearms and other weapons while on duty as may be prescribed by the appointing authority.
2. When on duty, a special policeman shall wear a metallic badge upon which shall be inscribed the words "special policeman."
3. Whenever a person appointed as a special policeman shall change his residence, he shall forthwith give notice of his new address to the appointing authority.

(Ga. L. 1943, p. 595, § 5; Ga. L. 1993, p. 91, § 35.)

OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

Limitation on authority.

- Special policemen may not be appointed pursuant to O.C.G.A. §§ 35-9-1 through35-9-14 by a political subdivision of this state for such purposes as enforcement of traffic laws and ordinances. 1999 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 99-6.

Property in need of "protecting and preserving" must be property which is owned or in which an interest is held by a foreign state, political subdivision, department, agency, or district requesting appointment of a special policeman. 1999 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 99-6.

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Am. Jur. 2d.

- 63C Am. Jur. 2d, Public Officers and Employees, § 227.

- 67 C.J.S., Officers and Public Employees, §§ 323, 324.