Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 55 - PUBLIC SAFETY
Part I - State Police
Chapter 23 - Weights and Standards
Section I-2301 - Weights and Standards Mobile Police Force
Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024
A. Within the Office of State Police there shall be a Weights and Standards Mobile Police Force which shall perform the functions of the state related to the enforcement of R.S. 32:380-389, and R.S. 47:718, and the provisions of Chapter 4 of Subtitle II of Tile 47 relating to trucks, trailers, and semi-trailers of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 and these regulations adopted pursuant thereto.
B. The Weights and Standards Mobile Police Force is authorized to carry weapons and to make arrests in the enforcement of these regulations, and in that regard, shall have the same authority and powers conferred by law upon other law enforcement officers of this state; however, no member of the Weights and Standards Mobile Police Force shall be authorized to carry a weapon until the member has received P.O.S.T. certification training.
C. The Weights and Standards Police Force and the state police shall have concurrent authority to enforce the provisions of R.S.32:380-389 and these regulations.
AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 32:380-389.