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Training-school staff and unions seek peace-officer status for off-site transports; public defender raises rehabilitation concerns
Summary
The committee heard testimony on House Bill 5670 to add juvenile program workers and shift coordinators at the Rhode Island Training School to the peace-officer statute when acting in their duties.
The House Judiciary Committee on March 25 heard competing testimony on House Bill 5670, which would amend Rhode Island General Law 12-7-21 to add juvenile program workers (JPWs) and shift coordinators at the Rhode Island Training School to the statutory list of peace officers while performing assigned duties.
Union and agency witnesses said the change is narrowly tailored to on-duty functions: JPWs and shift coordinators already provide custody, transport and care for adjudicated youth and sometimes must retrieve, transport or return residents from out‑of‑state placements or community placements. Witnesses — including Jim Centorino (AFSCME/ Council 94), Joe DeLuca (union…
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