Proposal would include courthouse workers in officer assault rules

The proposed text includes court operations officers in the definition of public safety officers covered by assault offenses. A court operations officer is a non-sworn county, court, or judicial-district employee whose main job involves public contact to screen visitors, serve court papers or orders, or keep court facilities or proceedings safe. For these assault offenses, the public safety officer must be carrying out official duties when the injury occurs. The bill was introduced and later indefinitely postponed, so this proposal is not shown as law.