Relating to the City of Birmingham in Jefferson County; to provide that the city board of education may allow persons employed as security personnel by the board to carry firearms while on duty; and to require that the employees meet certain qualifications.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
Section 1. This act shall only apply to the City of Birmingham in Jefferson County.
Section 2. (a) Any provision of the law to the contrary notwithstanding, the Birmingham City Board of Education may, but shall not be required to, adopt a policy to allow persons employed as security personnel to carry a firearm while on duty, subject to the following requirements:
(1) The policy shall prohibit security personnel not certified as law enforcement officers by the Alabama Peace Officers' Standards and Training Commission from carrying firearms while on duty in a school during school hours, during a scheduled extracurricular activity on campus, or at any other time that students are scheduled to be on campus and the security personnel have been notified of their presence in advance.
(2) The policy shall require any security personnel who carry firearms to have completed the firearms training course required of law enforcement officers by the Alabama Peace Officers' Standards and Training Commission, or an equivalent. The policy shall require training in providing security for students in school.
(3) The policy shall require security personnel who carry firearms to annually complete and pass the firearm requalification required of law enforcement officers by the Alabama Peace Officers' Standards and Training Commission, or an equivalent.
(4) The policy shall require security personnel who carry firearms and are not certified law enforcement officers to obtain a license to carry a pistol pursuant to Section 13A-11-75, Code of Alabama 1975.
(5) The policy shall provide that security personnel are employees of the board of education who exercise judgment in the enforcement of board policies, rules, and/or procedures and/or the criminal laws of the state at all times while on duty.
(6) The policy shall require any security personnel who carry firearms to also carry some means of more passive force.
(7) The policy shall be adopted in compliance with Section 16-1-30, Code of Alabama 1975.
Section 3. This act shall become effective on July 1, 2010, following its passage and approval by the Governor, or its otherwise becoming law.