Sec. 12-51. - Powers of arrest/firearm.

No member of traffic control personnel shall have the power of arrest, nor shall they carry a firearm while on duty. This provision does not apply to graduates of the Rhode Island Municipal Police Training Academy, the Rhode Island State Police Academy, or the Providence Police Academy who have received and maintained certification from the Rhode Island Police Officers Commission of Standards and Training (POST) and who have been sworn in as non-permanent, non-full time member of a police department in the State of Rhode Island pursuant to G.L. 12-7-21.

(Ch. 768, § I, 6-2-20)