Section 7-516 - Appointment of Employees as Law-Enforcement Officers

The administrative head for each State residential center may appoint any employee as a law–enforcement officer and, while the employee holds a special police commission issued by the Governor, the employee may: (1) Return an individual with an intellectual disability to the State residential center from which the individual has left without approved leave; and (2) Be used to protect individuals or property at the State residential center.