1792-S AMH PEAR H2436.2

SHB 1792  - H AMD95
     By Representative Pearson

WITHDRAWN 03/05/2009

     Strike everything after the enacting clause and insert the following:

"Sec. 1   RCW 9.94A.631 and 1984 c 209 s 11 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) If an offender violates any condition or requirement of a sentence, a community corrections officer may arrest or cause the arrest of the offender without a warrant, pending a determination by the court or a department of corrections hearing officer. If there is reasonable cause to believe that an offender has violated a condition or requirement of the sentence, a community corrections officer may require an offender ((may be required)) to submit to a search and seizure of the offender's person, residence, automobile, or other personal property.
     (2)(a) Because it is reasonable that the safety of department staff and offenders themselves require offenders serving their sentences in total confinement be subject to random, unannounced inspections without violating the Washington state and United States Constitutions, it is reasonable that offenders serving their sentences on community custody have the same expectation of privacy as do offenders in total confinement, and that the safety of the public and department staff require offenders serving their sentences on community custody be subject to random, unannounced inspections without violating the Washington state and United States Constitutions.
     (b) An offender may be required to submit to a random, unannounced inspection of the offender's person, residence, automobile, or other personal property, without reasonable cause to believe that he or she has violated a condition or requirement of his or her sentence.
     (c) For the safety and security of department staff, an offender may be required to submit to pat searches, or other limited security searches, by community corrections officers, correctional officers, and other agency approved staff, without reasonable cause, when in or on department premises, grounds, facilities, or vehicles, or while preparing to enter department premises, grounds, facilities, or vehicles. Pat searches of offenders shall be conducted only by staff who are the same gender as the offender, except in emergency situations.
     (d) For the safety and security of the public and department staff, a community corrections officer may perform a random, unannounced inspection of an offender's person, residence, automobile, or other personal property of the offender, without reasonable cause to believe that he or she has violated a condition or requirement of his or her sentence.
     (3)
A community corrections officer may also arrest an offender for any crime committed in his or her presence. The facts and circumstances of the conduct of the offender shall be reported by the community corrections officer, with recommendations, to the court or department of corrections hearing officer.
     If a community corrections officer arrests or causes the arrest of an offender under this section, the offender shall be confined and detained in the county jail of the county in which the offender was taken into custody, and the sheriff of that county shall receive and keep in the county jail, where room is available, all prisoners delivered to the jail by the community corrections officer, and such offenders shall not be released from custody on bail or personal recognizance, except upon approval of the court or authorized department staff, pursuant to a written order."

EFFECT:  (1) Shifts from passive to active the requirement that an offender submit to search and seizure of his or her person, residence, automobile, or other personal property if there is reasonable cause to believe that an offender has violated a condition or requirement of his or her sentence. The Substitute Bill provided that an offender "may be required" to submit to a search and seizure. The amendment states that the Community Corrections Officer (CCO) "may require" the offender to submit to a search and seizure.
     (2) Provides that it is a reasonable requirement for the safety of Department of Corrections (DOC) staff and offenders themselves that offenders serving sentences in total confinement can be subject to random, unannounced inspections without violating the United States Constitution or the Washington state Constitution. Further, it provides that it is reasonable that offenders on community custody have the same expectation of privacy as an offender in total confinement and that the safety of the public and the DOC staff requires that these offenders are subject to random, unannounced inspections.
     (3) Permits an offender to be required to submit to a random, unannounced inspection of his or her person, residence, automobile, or other personal property without reasonable cause to believe that he or she has violated a condition or requirement of his or her sentence.
     (4) Expands the scope of locations and circumstances under which the Department of Corrections (DOC) staff may conduct pat down searches without reasonable cause to believe that an offender has violated a condition or requirement of his or her sentence. In addition to allowing a pat search when in or on DOC premises or entering or preparing to enter a DOC vehicle, an offender may be searched while preparing to enter DOC premises, grounds, or facilities.
     (5) Requires that pat searches of all offenders shall be conducted only by staff of the same gender as the offender, except in emergency situations.
     (6) Permits a CCO, for the safety and security of the public and DOC staff, to perform a random, unannounced inspection of an offender's person, residence, automobile, or other personal property without reasonable cause to believe that he or she has violated a condition or requirement of his or her sentence.

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