- (a) All investigators employed by the district attorney’s office of the Thirty-sixth Judicial Circuit shall have all the powers and authority and immunities of a deputy sheriff. All investigators employed by the district attorney’s office of the Thirty-sixth Judicial Circuit shall meet the minimum standards required of law enforcement officers as provided in Section 36-21-46, or as otherwise provided by law.
(b)
- (1) All investigators employed by the district attorney’s office of the Thirty-sixth Judicial Circuit, who have been employed as such for the past 17 years, on May 17, 1993, shall be grandfathered as to the requirements of Section 36-21-46, and shall be deemed qualified as meeting the minimum standards for applicants and appointees as law enforcement officers.
- (2) After May 17, 1993, the Peace Officers Standards and Training Commission shall issue a certificate of compliance with Section 36-21-46 to existing investigators of the Thirty-sixth Judicial Circuit, provided they meet the time requirement of subsection (a).
(Act 93-666, p. 1202, §§1, 2.)