2011 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
TITLE 28 — Mental health
RS 28:561 — Miscellaneous provisions
CHAPTER 7. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
§561. Arrest for violation of laws respecting state mental institutions; bonds
As peace officers, the superintendents of state mental institutions, the acting or assistant superintendents, and those employees of these institutions whom the superintendents deputize, may make arrests for the violation of laws designed to protect the property and patients of the institutions, and may take offenders before the proper officers for prosecution and punishment.
They shall give bond with security in an amount not less than one thousand dollars for the faithful discharge of their duties as peace officers.
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