80.9 - DUTIES OF DEPARTMENT -- DUTIES AND POWERS OF PEACE OFFICERS -- STATE PATROL.
80.9 DUTIES OF DEPARTMENT -- DUTIES AND POWERS OF
PEACE OFFICERS -- STATE PATROL.
1. It shall be the duty of the department to prevent crime, to
detect and apprehend criminals, and to enforce such other laws as are
hereinafter specified.
2. The state patrol is established in the department. The patrol
shall be under the direction of the commissioner. The number of
supervisory officers shall be in proportion to the membership of the
state patrol. The department shall maintain a vehicle theft unit in
the state patrol to investigate and assist in the examination and
identification of stolen, altered, or forfeited vehicles.
3. The department shall be primarily responsible for the
enforcement of all laws and rules relating to any controlled
substance or counterfeit substance, except for making accountability
audits of the supply and inventory of controlled substances in the
possession of pharmacists, physicians, hospitals, and health care
facilities as defined in section 135C.1, as well as in the possession
of any and all other individuals or institutions authorized to have
possession of any controlled substances.
4. The department shall collect and classify, and keep at all
times available, complete information useful for the detection of
crime, and the identification and apprehension of criminals. Such
information shall be available for all peace officers within the
state, under such regulations as the commissioner may prescribe.
5. The department shall operate such radio broadcasting stations
as may be necessary in order to disseminate information which will
make possible the speedy apprehension of lawbreakers, as well as such
other information as may be necessary in connection with the duties
of the department.
6. The department shall provide protection and security for
persons and property on the grounds of the state capitol complex.
7. The department shall assist persons who are responsible for
the care of private and public land in identifying growing marijuana
plants when the plants are reported to the department. The
department shall also provide education to the persons regarding
methods of eradicating the plants. The department shall adopt rules
necessary to carry out this subsection.
8. The department shall receive and review the budget submitted
by the state fire marshal and the state fire service and emergency
response council. The department shall develop training standards,
provide training to fire fighters around the state, and address other
issues related to fire service and emergency response as requested by
the state fire service and emergency response council.
9. The department shall administer section 100B.31 relating to
volunteer emergency services provider death benefits. Section History: Early Form
[C73, § 120; C97, § 147, 148; SS15, § 65-b, 147; C24, § 273,
13410; C27, 31, § 273, 5017-a1, 13410; C35, § 273, 5018-g6, 13410;
C39, § 273, 1225.13; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, § 18.2(1, 4),
80.9; C73, § 19A.3(4), 80.9; C75, § 18.3(4), 80.9; C77, 79, 81, §
80.9] Section History: Recent Form
90 Acts, ch 1179, § 1; 91 Acts, ch 34, § 1; 92 Acts, ch 1238, §
18; 94 Acts, ch 1154, § 1; 95 Acts, ch 191, § 2; 98 Acts, ch 1074, §
6; 99 Acts, ch 181, §1; 2000 Acts, ch 1117, §4, 5; 2000 Acts, ch
1232, §96; 2005 Acts, ch 35, §4--8, 31; 2007 Acts, ch 38, §1--3; 2008
Acts, ch 1031, §87
Referred to in § 8D.13
Department designated as state highway safety agency to receive
federal funds; Executive Order No. 23; June 9, 1986