Title 38, Public Officers and Employees

In this article, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. "Appeal" means a hearing before a state or local merit board, a civil service board, an administrative law judge or a hearing officer. 2. "At will" means an employment relationship where either party to the relationship m…

The peace officers bill of rights is established. This article outlines the minimum rights given to peace officers in this state. This article does not preempt agreements that supplement or enhance the provisions of this article, including written agreements between the employer …

A. A law enforcement officer is not subject to disciplinary action except for just cause. B. This section does not apply to: 1. A dismissal or demotion that is for administrative purposes, including a reduction in force. 2. A law enforcement officer who is employed by an agency o…

A. If an employer interviews a law enforcement officer in the course of an administrative investigation and the employer or law enforcement officer reasonably believes that the interview could result in dismissal, demotion or suspension: 1. The law enforcement officer may request…

A. If a law enforcement officer is designated as a witness by the law enforcement officer's employer in an investigation that could lead to another law enforcement officer's dismissal, demotion or suspension, the witness law enforcement officer may request to have a representativ…

A. In any appeal of a disciplinary action by a law enforcement officer, the parties shall cooperate with each other, act in good faith and exchange copies of all relevant documents and a list of all witnesses pursuant to the following time periods and requirements: 1. Within four…

A. If a law enforcement officer is demoted or terminated as the result of an employer or a person acting on behalf of an employer reversing the decision or recommendation of a hearing officer, administrative law judge or appeals board where the finding states that there was no ju…

A. An employer may not administer a polygraph examination to a law enforcement officer in administrative investigations. B. The results of a polygraph examination in an investigation may not be the basis for disciplinary action unless other corroborating evidence or information e…

A. An employer shall not include in that portion of the personnel file of a law enforcement officer that is available for public inspection and copying any information about an investigation until the investigation is complete or the employer has discontinued the investigation. B…

A. An employer shall make a good faith effort to complete any investigation of employee misconduct within one hundred eighty calendar days after the employer receives notice of the allegation by a person authorized by the employer to initiate an investigation of the misconduct. T…

A. Except as provided in subsection B of this section, a critical incident stress management team member or peer support team member who, in the course of the member's response to a critical incident at the request of the member or member's agency, acquires information secretly a…

A. An employer may order a law enforcement officer to submit to a physical, psychological or behavioral examination only if the law enforcement officer has acted or failed to act in an observable manner that indicates that there is a physical, psychological or behavioral conditio…

A. Notwithstanding any other law and except as provided pursuant to subsection C of this section, a peace officer shall not be prohibited from carrying a firearm, except that if the peace officer is employed as a law enforcement officer in this state, the peace officer must be in…

A. Notwithstanding any other law, the surviving spouse or a surviving dependent of a deceased law enforcement officer is entitled to receive payments for health insurance premiums from public monies of the employer of the law enforcement officer if the law enforcement officer was…

A. On retirement, an officer who is a member of an eligible retirement system, subject to the officer's employer's approval, may purchase the firearms issued by the employer to the officer at a price determined by the administrator of the agency employing the law enforcement offi…

A. In an administrative investigation of a law enforcement officer's use of force incident that resulted in a death or serious physical injury to another person, if the law enforcement officer recorded a video, both of the following apply: 1. The administrative investigation is n…

A. Notwithstanding any other law, at least two-thirds of the members, staff, employees or seats of any government committee, board, agency, department, office or entity that investigates law enforcement officer misconduct, influences the conduct of or certifies law enforcement of…

A. A law enforcement agency shall collect and report use-of-force incidents involving law enforcement officers to the Arizona criminal justice commission beginning January 1, 2022. A law enforcement agency shall submit reports on use-of-force incidents to the Arizona criminal jus…

A. At least ten days, or as soon as practicable, before a prosecuting agency makes a determination to place a law enforcement officer's name in the rule 15.1 database, the prosecuting agency shall send a written notice by mail or email to the law enforcement officer's current or …

Before a law enforcement agency accepts a complaint made against a peace officer, the law enforcement agency must provide the person making the complaint with the following notice: Pursuant to section 13-2907.01, Arizona Revised Statutes, it is a class 1 misdemeanor to knowingly …

In this article, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. "Appeal" means a hearing before a state or local merit board, a civil service board or a hearing officer. 2. "Disciplinary action" means the dismissal, the demotion or any suspension of a probation officer that is authori…

This article does not preempt agreements that supplant, revise or otherwise deviate from the provisions of this article, including written agreements between the employer and the probation officer or the probation officer's lawful representative association.

A. A probation officer is not subject to disciplinary action except for just cause. B. This section does not apply to: 1. A dismissal or demotion that is for administrative purposes, including a reduction in force. 2. A probation officer who has not completed an initial probation…

A. If an employer interviews a probation officer in the course of an administrative investigation and the employer or probation officer reasonably believes that the interview could result in dismissal, demotion or suspension: 1. The probation officer may request to have a represe…

A. If a probation officer is designated as a witness by the probation officer's employer in an investigation that could lead to another probation officer's dismissal, demotion or suspension, the witness probation officer may request to have a representative present at no cost to …

A. In any appeal of a disciplinary action by a probation officer, the parties shall exchange copies of all relevant documents and a list of all witnesses pursuant to the following time periods and requirements: 1. Within fourteen calendar days after the employer's receipt of a wr…

An employer shall not include in that portion of the personnel file of a probation officer that is available for public inspection and copying any information about an investigation until the investigation is complete or the employer has discontinued the investigation. If the pro…

A. The results of a polygraph examination in an investigation may not be the basis for disciplinary action unless other corroborating evidence or information exists to support that disciplinary action. B. Notwithstanding section 39-123, all data and reports from a polygraph exami…

A. Except as provided in subsection B of this section, a critical incident stress management team member who, in the course of the member's response to a critical incident at the request of the member or member's agency, acquires information secretly and in confidence from a prob…

A. An employer may order a probation officer to submit to a physical examination only if the probation officer has acted or failed to act in an observable manner that indicates that there is a physical condition materially limiting the probation officer's ability to perform the e…

A. Notwithstanding any other law, the surviving spouse or a surviving dependent of a deceased probation officer is entitled to receive payments for health insurance premiums from public monies of the employer of the probation officer if the probation officer was killed in the lin…

(L21, Ch. 403, sec. 17) A. Before a person becomes a member of a civilian review board that reviews the actions of peace officers in this state, the person must either: 1. Satisfactorily complete either: (a) A community college police academy. (b) A total of eighty hours of Arizo…

(Caution: 1998 Prop. 105 applies; Rpld. 1/1/33) In this article, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. "First responder": (a) Has the same meaning prescribed in section 13-1204. (b) Includes a member of the Arizona national guard who is on state active duty in this state and …

(Caution: 1998 Prop. 105 applies; Rpld. 1/1/33) In addition to any other death benefit, beginning from and after June 30, 2025, if a first responder is killed in the line of duty, on written notice to the state treasurer from the first responder's employer this state shall pay a …

(Caution: 1998 Prop. 105 applies; Rpld. 1/1/33) The state supplemental benefit fund is established consisting of monies deposited pursuant to section 12-116.12 and monies appropriated by the legislature. The state treasurer shall administer the fund for the purposes specified in …