Title 7, Title 7

(1) Unless the police protective association of the city or town chooses not to participate, as provided in 7-32-4123, an employer shall deduct from each police officer's monthly compensation, except that of a police chief, assistant chief, or captain, an amount equal to 1% of th…

(1) The members of a city or town police protective association may by a vote of three-fourths of the membership cease the participation of all the members in the provision of group life insurance through salary deductions. Salary deductions for payment of group life insurance pr…

Whenever a member of a police department in a city or town is, on account of sickness or disability suffered or sustained while a member of the police department and not caused or brought on by dissipation or abuse, confined to any hospital or the officer's home and requires medi…

(1) A member of a municipal law enforcement agency of a municipality contracting for retirement coverage pursuant to 19-9-207 who is injured in the performance of the member's duties and who requires medical or other remedial treatment for injuries that render the member unable t…

Payment of a partial salary amount under 7-32-4132 shall be discontinued if the officer is disabled for an undetermined duration and is granted a disability retirement allowance under Title 19, chapters 9 and 19. If an application for such a retirement allowance is not made by th…

(1) Whenever, in the opinion of the municipality and supported by a physician's opinion, the officer is able to perform specified types of light police duty, payment of the officer's partial salary amount under 7-32-4132 must be discontinued if the officer refuses to perform the …

If the injured officer is on probationary status at the time of injury, the balance of the probationary time must be suspended until the officer returns to regular duty or is discharged for cause.

The municipality has a cause of action for reimbursement of sums it has paid to an officer as salary and for medical treatment against any third party against whom the officer has a cause of action for the injury which necessitated the payments by the municipality.

(1) In all cities and some towns, the mayor, or the manager in those cities operating under the commission-manager plan, shall nominate and, with the consent of the city council or commission, appoint three residents of such city or town who shall have the qualifications required…

(1) The appointees to the police commission shall hold office for 3 years, and one member must be appointed annually at the first regular meeting of the city council or commission in May of each year. However, a member serving on the commission during the hearing or deciding of a…

Wherever the word "mayor" is used in 7-32-4109, 7-32-4160, and 7-32-4161, it is intended to include "city manager", "city commissioner", or any other name or designation used to identify or designate the chief executive of any city or municipality.

It shall be the duty of the police commission to examine all applicants whose applications have been referred to the commission as to their age, legal, mental, moral, and physical qualifications and their ability to fill the office as a member of the police force. It shall also b…

(1) The police commission shall hear and decide appeals brought by any member or officer of the police department who has been disciplined, suspended, removed, or discharged by an order of the mayor, city manager, or chief executive. (2) The police commission shall, at the time s…

An appeal brought by any member of the police force must be in writing in the form required by the police commission, and a copy must be served upon the mayor, city manager, or chief executive at least 30 days before the time fixed for the hearing of the appeal.

The appealing police officer has the right to be present at the hearing in person and by counsel and to be heard and to give and furnish evidence in the police officer's appeal.

All hearings must be open to the public.

The presiding officer or acting presiding officer of the police commission may issue subpoenas, attested in its name, to compel the attendance of witnesses at the hearing, and any person served with a subpoena is bound to attend in obedience to the subpoena. The police commission…

The police commission shall, after the conclusion of the hearing, decide the appeal and must have the power, by a decision of a majority of the commission, to sustain, modify, or overrule the disciplinary order of the mayor, city manager, or chief executive.

The mayor shall make an order enforcing the decision of the police commission. The decision or order is subject to review by the district court of the proper county on all questions of fact and all questions of law.

A member of the police force who is disciplined, suspended, removed, or discharged as a result of a decision by the mayor, city manager, or chief executive has a right of appeal: (1) pursuant to the terms of a grievance procedure contained in a collective bargaining agreement if …

The city or town council has power to establish and maintain a detention center, as defined in 7-32-2120, for the confinement of persons convicted of violating the ordinances of the city or town and to make rules for the government of the same.

The city or town council has power to make regulations authorizing the police of the city or town to make arrests of persons charged with crime: (1) within the limits of the city or town; (2) within 5 miles thereof; and (3) along the line of water supply of the city or town.

Within the city or town and within 3 miles of the limits thereof, the city or town council has power to prevent and punish intoxication (subject to the limits established in 53-24-106), fights, riots, loud noises, disorderly conduct, obscenity, and acts or conduct calculated to d…

The city or town council may define shoplifting and punish persons found guilty of shoplifting.

The city or town council has power to restrain and punish persons guilty of disorderly conduct and aggressive solicitation, as defined by ordinance, that is included in the offense of disorderly conduct.

The city or town council has power to maintain a police telegraph.

(1) A police department, sheriff's office, fire department, or emergency medical service provider may establish a first responder peer support program that is in compliance with the provisions of this section. (2) A local first responder peer support program must have a written p…

As used in this part, the following definitions apply: (1) "Paid firefighter" means a firefighter qualified under 7-33-4107 who receives full or partial pay. (2) "Volunteer firefighter" has the meaning provided in 19-17-102.

(1) (a) A paid firefighter hired on or after July 1, 2019, must be tobacco-free. (b) The requirements of subsection (1)(a) must be verified through a physical exam as required in 7-33-4107. (2) (a) A paid firefighter hired prior to July 1, 2019, who uses tobacco shall take a toba…

(1) A municipal or rural fire department, district, or service area may not display, advertise, or depict tobacco products or the use of tobacco products on state, county, or municipal property. (2) A paid firefighter may not wear any form of clothing depicting tobacco products o…

(1) Except as provided in subsection (2), collective bargaining agreements between an employer and paid firefighters may not include provisions allowing tobacco use. (2) Collective bargaining agreements enacted before May 7, 2019, are exempt from the provisions of subsection (1).

(1) A fire chief of a governmental fire agency organized under this chapter must be considered the highest ranking officer in the agency and is responsible for the operation of the agency, including but not limited to: (a) development and implementation of agency programs and pro…

(1) The board of county commissioners is authorized to establish fire districts in any unincorporated territory or, subject to 7-33-4115 and subsection (2) of this section, incorporated second-class or third-class city or town upon presentation of a petition in writing signed by …

The board shall, within 10 days after the receipt of the petition, give notice of the hearing at least 10 days prior to the hearing: (1) by mailing a copy of the notice as provided in 7-1-2122 or as provided in 7-1-4129 if the proposed district or a portion of the proposed distri…

(1) (a) The board shall hear the petition at the time set or at any time within 5 days of the time set if reasonable notice of the postponement is given. The board may establish the district unless it determines that the petition bears insufficient signatures or, if originally su…

When a board of county commissioners establishes a fire district in any unincorporated territory or incorporated second-class or third-class city or town, the commissioners: (1) may contract with a city, town, private fire company, or other public entity to furnish all fire prote…

(1) The trustees: (a) shall prepare and adopt suitable bylaws; (b) have the authority to provide adequate and standard firefighting and emergency response apparatus, equipment, personnel, housing, and facilities, including real property and emergency medical services and equipmen…

(1) (a) The five trustees initially appointed by the county commissioners hold staggered terms of office until their successors are elected or appointed and qualified as provided in this section. (b) The initial trustees' terms of office must be drawn by lot and include: (i) 3 ye…

(1) The trustees of a fire district may enter into contracts for fire protection services. (2) All money received from contracts must be deposited in the county treasurer's office and credited to the fire district fund holding the contracts. (3) The relationship between the fire …

(1) A mutual aid agreement is an agreement for protection against disasters, incidents, or emergencies. (2) Fire district trustees may enter mutual aid agreements with the proper authority of: (a) other fire districts; (b) unincorporated municipalities; (c) incorporated municipal…

(1) At the time of the annual levy of taxes, the board of county commissioners may, subject to 15-10-420, levy a tax upon all property within a rural fire district for the purpose of buying or maintaining fire protection facilities, including real property, and apparatus, includi…

(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the adoption of a city-county consolidated local government has no effect on the existence of a volunteer fire department, a volunteer fire company, or a fire district created and legally in existence pursuant to the provisions of t…

The trustees of a fire district may establish a capital improvement fund in accordance with the provisions of Title 7, chapter 6, part 6.

The board administering and operating the district shall submit the minutes of its proceedings for electronic storage as provided in 7-1-204.

(1) A full-paid firefighter who is an employee of a rural fire district and who is injured in the performance of the firefighter's duty must be paid by the fire district the difference between the firefighter's net salary, following adjustments for income taxes and pension contri…

(1) Two or more rural fire districts or rural fire districts and fire service areas established pursuant to 7-33-2401 may consolidate to form a single rural fire district or fire service area upon an affirmative vote of each consolidating rural fire district's or fire service are…