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----- Original Message -----

Oppose SB 303Take Action!

Hearing on Monday May 18th

 

May 15, 2009

SB 303, which has passed the Senate and is due for a hearing in the House, would permit private sector humane agencies to qualify as law enforcement units, and change the method of appointing new humane agents by eliminating the requirement for appointment only by the Governor.

At least two investigative humane special agents currently serve under the Governor’s crime prevention appointment authority for special law enforcement officers (ORS 131.805). They now serve in positions that do not carry full peace officer status. They cannot carry firearms and must have a warrant to enter private property.

This bill would bypass the Governor by granting an organization the authority to directly designate employees to become trained and certified as officers if they:

1. have maintained an animal welfare investigation department for at least five years and

2. have had special agents commissioned by the Governor at any time in their history.

We oppose vesting governmental enforcement authority in private humane organizations that are agenda-driven by a subjective mission statement.

Please register your opposition to SB 303 today by using the talking points below to send a concerned email to your State Representative. Explain that this disturbing bill bypasses the discretion historically reserved for the Governor and elevates private humane agencies – not just their humane agents – to a law enforcement status that is only appropriate for governmental bodies.

SB 303 allows humane organizations to employ special agents in the absence of certification and training if the State does not or cannot provide a training and certification process.

Humane organizations may delay training of an officer for up to 120 days from the date of the officer’s employment, when it considers the delay necessary and files a written statement to that effect. That justification can include the inability of the department to provide that training that the State has a training and certification program in place. If a delay is caused by the State, the training period can be extended, without specified limitation. Officers can be employed for 18 months without embarking on training and certification, and they Department may grant an extension of up to one year if there is “good cause” for failure to certify.

In the absence of a current program, SB 303 would also likely require a new bureaucracy to create rules and procedures for the curriculum, training standards, qualifications certification, and approval of competency procedures.

Click here to read the full text of SB 303 as amended in the Senate.

SB 303 is scheduled for a hearing and work session on Monday, May 18 in the House Judiciary Committee at 1:00 P.M. at the Oregon State Capitol. Please register your STRONG OPPOSITION before this risky bill is allowed to advance any further.

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