830. Any person who comes within the provisions of this chapter and
who otherwise meets all standards imposed by law on a peace officer
is a peace officer, and notwithstanding any other provision of law,
no person other than those designated in this chapter is a peace
officer. The restriction of peace officer functions of any public
officer or employee shall not affect his or her status for purposes
of retirement.
830.1. (a) Any sheriff, undersheriff, or deputy sheriff, employed
in that capacity, of a county, any chief of police of a city or
chief, director, or chief executive officer of a consolidated
municipal public safety agency that performs police functions, any
police officer, employed in that capacity and appointed by the chief
of police or chief, director, or chief executive of a public safety
agency, of a city, any chief of police, or police officer of a
district, including police officers of the San Diego Unified Port
District Harbor Police, authorized by statute to maintain a police
department, any marshal or deputy marshal of a superior court or
county, any port warden or port police officer of the Harbor
Department of the City of Los Angeles, or any inspector or
investigator employed in that capacity in the office of a district
attorney, is a peace officer. The authority of these peace officers
extends to any place in the state, as follows:
(1) As to any public offense committed or which there is probable
cause to believe has been committed within the political subdivision
that employs the peace officer or in which the peace officer serves.
(2) Where the peace officer has the prior consent of the chief of
police or chief, director, or chief executive officer of a
consolidated municipal public safety agency, or person authorized by
him or her to give consent, if the place is within a city, or of the
sheriff, or person authorized by him or her to give consent, if the
place is within a county.
(3) As to any public offense committed or which there is probable
cause to believe has been committed in the peace officer's presence,
and with respect to which there is immediate danger to person or
property, or of the escape of the perpetrator of the offense.
(b) The Attorney General and special agents and investigators of
the Department of Justice are peace officers, and those assistant
chiefs, deputy chiefs, chiefs, deputy directors, and division
directors designated as peace officers by the Attorney General are
peace officers. The authority of these peace officers extends to any
place in the state where a public offense has been committed or where
there is probable cause to believe one has been committed.
(c) Any deputy sheriff of the County of Los Angeles, and any
deputy sheriff of the Counties of Butte, Calaveras, Colusa, Glenn,
Humboldt, Imperial, Inyo, Kern, Kings, Lake, Lassen, Mariposa,
Mendocino, Plumas, Riverside, San Benito, San Diego, San Luis Obispo,
Santa Barbara, Santa Clara, Shasta, Siskiyou, Solano, Sonoma,
Stanislaus, Sutter, Tehama, Tulare, and Tuolumne who is employed to
perform duties exclusively or initially relating to custodial
assignments with responsibilities for maintaining the operations of
county custodial facilities, including the custody, care,
supervision, security, movement, and transportation of inmates, is a
peace officer whose authority extends to any place in the state only
while engaged in the performance of the duties of his or her
respective employment and for the purpose of carrying out the primary
function of employment relating to his or her custodial assignments,
or when performing other law enforcement duties directed by his or
her employing agency during a local state of emergency.
830.2. The following persons are peace officers whose authority
extends to any place in the state:
(a) Any member of the Department of the California Highway Patrol
including those members designated under subdivision (a) of Section
2250.1 of the Vehicle Code, provided that the primary duty of the
peace officer is the enforcement of any law relating to the use or
operation of vehicles upon the highways, or laws pertaining to the
provision of police services for the protection of state officers,
state properties, and the occupants of state properties, or both, as
set forth in the Vehicle Code and Government Code.
(b) A member of the University of California Police Department
appointed pursuant to Section 92600 of the Education Code, provided
that the primary duty of the peace officer shall be the enforcement
of the law within the area specified in Section 92600 of the
Education Code.
(c) A member of the California State University Police Departments
appointed pursuant to Section 89560 of the Education Code, provided
that the primary duty of the peace officer shall be the enforcement
of the law within the area specified in Section 89560 of the
Education Code.
(d) (1) Any member of the Office of Correctional Safety of the
Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, provided that the
primary duties of the peace officer shall be the investigation or
apprehension of inmates, wards, parolees, parole violators, or
escapees from state institutions, the transportation of those
persons, the investigation of any violation of criminal law
discovered while performing the usual and authorized duties of
employment, and the coordination of those activities with other
criminal justice agencies.
(2) Any member of the Office of Internal Affairs of the Department
of Corrections and Rehabilitation, provided that the primary duties
shall be criminal investigations of Department of Corrections and
Rehabilitation personnel and the coordination of those activities
with other criminal justice agencies. For purposes of this
subdivision, the member of the Office of Internal Affairs shall
possess certification from the Commission on Peace Officer Standards
and Training for investigators, or have completed training pursuant
to Section 6126.1 of the Penal Code.
(e) Employees of the Department of Fish and Game designated by the
director, provided that the primary duty of those peace officers
shall be the enforcement of the law as set forth in Section 856 of
the Fish and Game Code.
(f) Employees of the Department of Parks and Recreation designated
by the director pursuant to Section 5008 of the Public Resources
Code, provided that the primary duty of the peace officer shall be
the enforcement of the law as set forth in Section 5008 of the Public
Resources Code.
(g) The Director of Forestry and Fire Protection and employees or
classes of employees of the Department of Forestry and Fire
Protection designated by the director pursuant to Section 4156 of the
Public Resources Code, provided that the primary duty of the peace
officer shall be the enforcement of the law as that duty is set forth
in Section 4156 of the Public Resources Code.
(h) Persons employed by the Department of Alcoholic Beverage
Control for the enforcement of Division 9 (commencing with Section
23000) of the Business and Professions Code and designated by the
Director of Alcoholic Beverage Control, provided that the primary
duty of any of these peace officers shall be the enforcement of the
laws relating to alcoholic beverages, as that duty is set forth in
Section 25755 of the Business and Professions Code.
(i) Marshals and police appointed by the Board of Directors of the
California Exposition and State Fair pursuant to Section 3332 of the
Food and Agricultural Code, provided that the primary duty of the
peace officers shall be the enforcement of the law as prescribed in
that section.
(j) The Inspector General, pursuant to Section 6125, and the Chief
Deputy Inspector General, Chief Assistant Inspector General, Deputy
Inspector General In Charge, Senior Deputy Inspector General, Deputy
Inspector General, Senior Assistant Inspector General, Special
Assistant Inspector General, and those employees of the Inspector
General as designated by the Inspector General, are peace officers,
provided that the primary duty of these peace officers shall be
conducting audits of investigatory practices and other audits, as
well as conducting investigations, of the Department of Corrections
and Rehabilitation, Division of Juvenile Justice and the Board of
Parole Hearings.
830.3. The following persons are peace officers whose authority
extends to any place in the state for the purpose of performing their
primary duty or when making an arrest pursuant to Section 836 as to
any public offense with respect to which there is immediate danger to
person or property, or of the escape of the perpetrator of that
offense, or pursuant to Section 8597 or 8598 of the Government Code.
These peace officers may carry firearms only if authorized and under
those terms and conditions as specified by their employing agencies:
(a) Persons employed by the Division of Investigation of the
Department of Consumer Affairs and investigators of the Medical Board
of California and the Board of Dental Examiners, who are designated
by the Director of Consumer Affairs, provided that the primary duty
of these peace officers shall be the enforcement of the law as that
duty is set forth in Section 160 of the Business and Professions
Code.
(b) Voluntary fire wardens designated by the Director of Forestry
and Fire Protection pursuant to Section 4156 of the Public Resources
Code, provided that the primary duty of these peace officers shall be
the enforcement of the law as that duty is set forth in Section 4156
of that code.
(c) Employees of the Department of Motor Vehicles designated in
Section 1655 of the Vehicle Code, provided that the primary duty of
these peace officers shall be the enforcement of the law as that duty
is set forth in Section 1655 of that code.
(d) Investigators of the California Horse Racing Board designated
by the board, provided that the primary duty of these peace officers
shall be the enforcement of Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 19400)
of Division 8 of the Business and Professions Code and Chapter 10
(commencing with Section 330) of Title 9 of Part 1 of this code.
(e) The State Fire Marshal and assistant or deputy state fire
marshals appointed pursuant to Section 13103 of the Health and Safety
Code, provided that the primary duty of these peace officers shall
be the enforcement of the law as that duty is set forth in Section
13104 of that code.
(f) Inspectors of the food and drug section designated by the
chief pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 106500 of the Health and
Safety Code, provided that the primary duty of these peace officers
shall be the enforcement of the law as that duty is set forth in
Section 106500 of that code.
(g) All investigators of the Division of Labor Standards
Enforcement designated by the Labor Commissioner, provided that the
primary duty of these peace officers shall be the enforcement of the
law as prescribed in Section 95 of the Labor Code.
(h) All investigators of the State Departments of Health Care
Services, Public Health, Social Services, Mental Health, and Alcohol
and Drug Programs, the Department of Toxic Substances Control, the
Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development, and the Public
Employees' Retirement System, provided that the primary duty of these
peace officers shall be the enforcement of the law relating to the
duties of his or her department or office. Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, investigators of the Public Employees' Retirement
System shall not carry firearms.
(i) The Chief of the Bureau of Fraudulent Claims of the Department
of Insurance and those investigators designated by the chief,
provided that the primary duty of those investigators shall be the
enforcement of Section 550.
(j) Employees of the Department of Housing and Community
Development designated under Section 18023 of the Health and Safety
Code, provided that the primary duty of these peace officers shall be
the enforcement of the law as that duty is set forth in Section
18023 of that code.
(k) Investigators of the office of the Controller, provided that
the primary duty of these investigators shall be the enforcement of
the law relating to the duties of that office. Notwithstanding any
other law, except as authorized by the Controller, the peace officers
designated pursuant to this subdivision shall not carry firearms.
(l) Investigators of the Department of Corporations designated by
the Commissioner of Corporations, provided that the primary duty of
these investigators shall be the enforcement of the provisions of law
administered by the Department of Corporations. Notwithstanding any
other provision of law, the peace officers designated pursuant to
this subdivision shall not carry firearms.
(m) Persons employed by the Contractors State License Board
designated by the Director of Consumer Affairs pursuant to Section
7011.5 of the Business and Professions Code, provided that the
primary duty of these persons shall be the enforcement of the law as
that duty is set forth in Section 7011.5, and in Chapter 9
(commencing with Section 7000) of Division 3, of that code. The
Director of Consumer Affairs may designate as peace officers not more
than 12 persons who shall at the time of their designation be
assigned to the special investigations unit of the board.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the persons designated
pursuant to this subdivision shall not carry firearms.
(n) The Chief and coordinators of the Law Enforcement Branch of
the California Emergency Management Agency.
(o) Investigators of the office of the Secretary of State
designated by the Secretary of State, provided that the primary duty
of these peace officers shall be the enforcement of the law as
prescribed in Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 8200) of Division 1
of Title 2 of, and Section 12172.5 of, the Government Code.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the peace officers
designated pursuant to this subdivision shall not carry firearms.
(p) The Deputy Director for Security designated by Section 8880.38
of the Government Code, and all lottery security personnel assigned
to the California State Lottery and designated by the director,
provided that the primary duty of any of those peace officers shall
be the enforcement of the laws related to assuring the integrity,
honesty, and fairness of the operation and administration of the
California State Lottery.
(q) Investigators employed by the Investigation Division of the
Employment Development Department designated by the director of the
department, provided that the primary duty of those peace officers
shall be the enforcement of the law as that duty is set forth in
Section 317 of the Unemployment Insurance Code.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the peace officers
designated pursuant to this subdivision shall not carry firearms.
(r) The chief and assistant chief of museum security and safety of
the California Science Center, as designated by the executive
director pursuant to Section 4108 of the Food and Agricultural Code,
provided that the primary duty of those peace officers shall be the
enforcement of the law as that duty is set forth in Section 4108 of
the Food and Agricultural Code.
(s) Employees of the Franchise Tax Board designated by the board,
provided that the primary duty of these peace officers shall be the
enforcement of the law as set forth in Chapter 9 (commencing with
Section 19701) of Part 10.2 of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation
Code.
(t) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, a peace
officer authorized by this section shall not be authorized to carry
firearms by his or her employing agency until that agency has adopted
a policy on the use of deadly force by those peace officers, and
until those peace officers have been instructed in the employing
agency's policy on the use of deadly force.
Every peace officer authorized pursuant to this section to carry
firearms by his or her employing agency shall qualify in the use of
the firearms at least every six months.
(u) Investigators of the Department of Managed Health Care
designated by the Director of the Department of Managed Health Care,
provided that the primary duty of these investigators shall be the
enforcement of the provisions of laws administered by the Director of
the Department of Managed Health Care. Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, the peace officers designated pursuant to this
subdivision shall not carry firearms.
(v) The Chief, Deputy Chief, supervising investigators, and
investigators of the Office of Protective Services of the State
Department of Developmental Services, provided that the primary duty
of each of those persons shall be the enforcement of the law relating
to the duties of his or her department or office.
830.31. The following persons are peace officers whose authority
extends to any place in the state for the purpose of performing their
primary duty or when making an arrest pursuant to Section 836 as to
any public offense with respect to which there is immediate danger to
person or property, or of the escape of the perpetrator of that
offense, or pursuant to Section 8597 or 8598 of the Government Code.
These peace officers may carry firearms only if authorized, and under
the terms and conditions specified, by their employing agency.
(a) A police officer of the County of Los Angeles, if the primary
duty of the officer is the enforcement of the law in or about
properties owned, operated, or administered by his or her employing
agency or when performing necessary duties with respect to patrons,
employees, and properties of his or her employing agency.
(b) A person designated by a local agency as a park ranger and
regularly employed and paid in that capacity, if the primary duty of
the officer is the protection of park and other property of the
agency and the preservation of the peace therein.
(c) (1) A peace officer of the Department of General Services of
the City of Los Angeles designated by the general manager of the
department, if the primary duty of the officer is the enforcement of
the law in or about properties owned, operated, or administered by
his or her employing agency or when performing necessary duties with
respect to patrons, employees, and properties of his or her employing
agency.
(2) A peace officer designated pursuant to this subdivision, and
authorized to carry firearms by his or her employing agency, shall
satisfactorily complete the introductory course of firearm training
required by Section 832 and shall requalify in the use of firearms
every six months.
(3) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a peace officer
designated pursuant to this subdivision who is authorized to carry a
firearm by his or her employing agency while on duty shall not be
authorized to carry a firearm when he or she is not on duty.
(d) A housing authority patrol officer employed by the housing
authority of a city, district, county, or city and county or employed
by the police department of a city and county, if the primary duty
of the officer is the enforcement of the law in or about properties
owned, operated, or administered by his or her employing agency or
when performing necessary duties with respect to patrons, employees,
and properties of his or her employing agency.
830.32. The following persons are peace officers whose authority
extends to any place in the state for the purpose of performing their
primary duty or when making an arrest pursuant to Section 836 as to
any public offense with respect to which there is immediate danger to
person or property, or of the escape of the perpetrator of that
offense, or pursuant to Section 8597 or 8598 of the Government Code.
Those peace officers may carry firearms only if authorized and under
terms and conditions specified by their employing agency.
(a) Members of a California Community College police department
appointed pursuant to Section 72330 of the Education Code, if the
primary duty of the police officer is the enforcement of the law as
prescribed in Section 72330 of the Education Code.
(b) Persons employed as members of a police department of a school
district pursuant to Section 38000 of the Education Code, if the
primary duty of the police officer is the enforcement of the law as
prescribed in Section 38000 of the Education Code.
(c) Any peace officer employed by a K-12 public school district or
California Community College district who has completed training as
prescribed by subdivision (f) of Section 832.3 shall be designated a
school police officer.
830.33. The following persons are peace officers whose authority
extends to any place in the state for the purpose of performing their
primary duty or when making an arrest pursuant to Section 836 as to
any public offense with respect to which there is immediate danger to
person or property, or of the escape of the perpetrator of that
offense, or pursuant to Section 8597 or 8598 of the Government Code.
Those peace officers may carry firearms only if authorized and under
terms and conditions specified by their employing agency.
(a) A member of the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District
Police Department appointed pursuant to Section 28767.5 of the Public
Utilities Code, if the primary duty of the peace officer is the
enforcement of the law in or about properties owned, operated, or
administered by the district or when performing necessary duties with
respect to patrons, employees, and properties of the district.
(b) Harbor or port police regularly employed and paid in that
capacity by a county, city, or district other than peace officers
authorized under Section 830.1, if the primary duty of the peace
officer is the enforcement of the law in or about the properties
owned, operated, or administered by the harbor or port or when
performing necessary duties with respect to patrons, employees, and
properties of the harbor or port.
(c) Transit police officers or peace officers of a county, city,
transit development board, or district, if the primary duty of the
peace officer is the enforcement of the law in or about properties
owned, operated, or administered by the employing agency or when
performing necessary duties with respect to patrons, employees, and
properties of the employing agency.
(d) Any person regularly employed as an airport law enforcement
officer by a city, county, or district operating the airport or by a
joint powers agency, created pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with
Section 6500) of Chapter 5 of Division 7 of Title 1 of the Government
Code, operating the airport, if the primary duty of the peace
officer is the enforcement of the law in or about properties owned,
operated, and administered by the employing agency or when performing
necessary duties with respect to patrons, employees, and properties
of the employing agency.
(e) (1) Any railroad police officer commissioned by the Governor
pursuant to Section 8226 of the Public Utilities Code, if the primary
duty of the peace officer is the enforcement of the law in or about
properties owned, operated, or administered by the employing agency
or when performing necessary duties with respect to patrons,
employees, and properties of the employing agency.
(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a railroad police
officer who has met the current requirements of the Commission on
Peace Officer Standards and Training necessary for exercising the
powers of a peace officer, and who has been commissioned by the
Governor as described herein, and the officer's employing agency, may
apply for access to information from the California Law Enforcement
Telecommunications System (CLETS) through a local law enforcement
agency that has been granted direct access to CLETS, provided that,
in addition to other review standards and conditions of eligibility
applied by the Department of Justice, the CLETS Advisory Committee
and the Attorney General, before access is granted the following are
satisfied:
(A) The employing agency shall enter into a Release of CLETS
Information agreement as provided for in the CLETS policies,
practices, and procedures, and the required background check on the
peace officer and other pertinent personnel has been completed,
together with all required training.
(B) The Release of CLETS Information agreement shall be in
substantially the same form as prescribed by the CLETS policies,
practices, and procedures for public agencies of law enforcement who
subscribe to CLETS services, and shall be subject to the provisions
of Chapter 2.5 (commencing with Section 15150) of Title 2 of Division
3 of the Government Code and the CLETS policies, practices, and
procedures.
(C) (i) The employing agency shall expressly waive any objections
to jurisdiction in the courts of the State of California for any
liability arising from use, abuse, or misuse of CLETS access or
services or the information derived therefrom, or with respect to any
legal actions to enforce provisions of California law relating to
CLETS access, services, or information under this subdivision, and
provided that this liability shall be in addition to that imposed by
Public Utilities Code Section 8226.
(ii) The employing agency shall further agree to utilize CLETS
access, services, or information only for law enforcement activities
by peace officers who have met the current requirements of the
Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training necessary for
exercising the powers of a peace officer, and who have been
commissioned as described herein who are operating within the State
of California, where the activities are directly related to
investigations or arrests arising from conduct occurring within the
State of California.
(iii) The employing agency shall further agree to pay to the
Department of Justice and the providing local law enforcement agency
all costs related to the provision of access or services, including,
but not limited to, any and all hardware, interface modules, and
costs for telephonic communications, as well as administrative costs.
830.34. The following persons are peace officers whose authority
extends to any place in the state for the purpose of performing their
primary duty or when making an arrest pursuant to Section 836 as to
any public offense with respect to which there is immediate danger to
person or property, or of the escape of the perpetrator of that
offense, or pursuant to Section 8597 or 8598 of the Government Code.
Those peace officers may carry firearms only if authorized and under
terms and conditions specified by their employing agency.
(a) Persons designated as a security officer by a municipal
utility district pursuant to Section 12820 of the Public Utilities
Code, if the primary duty of the officer is the protection of the
properties of the utility district and the protection of the persons
thereon.
(b) Persons designated as a security officer by a county water
district pursuant to Section 30547 of the Water Code, if the primary
duty of the officer is the protection of the properties of the county
water district and the protection of the persons thereon.
(c) The security director of the public utilities commission of a
city and county, if the primary duty of the security director is the
protection of the properties of the commission and the protection of
the persons thereon.
(d) Persons employed as a park ranger by a municipal water
district pursuant to Section 71341.5 of the Water Code, if the
primary duty of the park ranger is the protection of the properties
of the municipal water district and the protection of the persons
thereon.
830.35. The following persons are peace officers whose authority
extends to any place in the state for the purpose of performing their
primary duty or when making an arrest pursuant to Section 836 as to
any public offense with respect to which there is immediate danger to
person or property, or of the escape of the perpetrator of that
offense, or pursuant to Section 8597 or 8598 of the Government Code.
Those peace officers may carry firearms only if authorized and under
terms and conditions specified by their employing agency.
(a) A welfare fraud investigator or inspector, regularly employed
and paid in that capacity by a county, if the primary duty of the
peace officer is the enforcement of the provisions of the Welfare and
Institutions Code.
(b) A child support investigator or inspector, regularly employed
and paid in that capacity by a district attorney's office, if the
primary duty of the peace officer is the enforcement of the
provisions of the Family Code and Section 270.
(c) The coroner and deputy coroners, regularly employed and paid
in that capacity, of a county, if the primary duty of the peace
officer are those duties set forth in Sections 27469 and 27491 to
27491.4, inclusive, of the Government Code.
830.36. The following persons are peace officers whose authority
extends to any place in the state for the purpose of performing their
primary duty or when making an arrest pursuant to Section 836 as to
any public offense with respect to which there is immediate danger to
person or property, or of the escape of the perpetrator of that
offense, or pursuant to Section 8597 or 8598 of the Government Code.
Those peace officers may carry firearms only if authorized and under
terms and conditions specified by their employing agency.
(a) The Sergeant-at-Arms of each house of the Legislature, if the
primary duty of the peace officer is the enforcement of the law in or
about properties owned, operated, or administered by the employing
agency or when performing necessary duties with respect to patrons,
employees, and properties of the employing agency.
(b) Marshals of the Supreme Court and bailiffs of the courts of
appeal, and coordinators of security for the judicial branch, if the
primary duty of the peace officer is the enforcement of the law in or
about properties owned, operated, or administered by the employing
agency or when performing necessary duties with respect to patrons,
employees, and properties of the employing agency.
(c) Court service officer in a county of the second class and
third class, if the primary duty of the peace officer is the
enforcement of the law in or about properties owned, operated, or
administered by the employing agency or when performing necessary
duties with respect to patrons, employees, and properties of the
employing agency.
830.37. The following persons are peace officers whose authority
extends to any place in the state for the purpose of performing their
primary duty or when making an arrest pursuant to Section 836 as to
any public offense with respect to which there is immediate danger to
person or property, or of the escape of the perpetrator of that
offense, or pursuant to Section 8597 or 8598 of the Government Code.
These peace officers may carry firearms only if authorized and under
terms and conditions specified by their employing agency:
(a) Members of an arson-investigating unit, regularly paid and
employed in that capacity, of a fire department or fire protection
agency of a county, city, city and county, district, or the state, if
the primary duty of these peace officers is the detection and
apprehension of persons who have violated any fire law or committed
insurance fraud.
(b) Members other than members of an arson-investigating unit,
regularly paid and employed in that capacity, of a fire department or
fire protection agency of a county, city, city and county, district,
or the state, if the primary duty of these peace officers, when
acting in that capacity, is the enforcement of laws relating to fire
prevention or fire suppression.
(c) Voluntary fire wardens as are designated by the Director of
Forestry and Fire Protection pursuant to Section 4156 of the Public
Resources Code, provided that the primary duty of these peace
officers shall be the enforcement of the law as that duty is set
forth in Section 4156 of the Public Resources Code.
(d) Firefighter/security guards by the Military Department, if the
primary duty of the peace officer is the enforcement of the law in
or about properties owned, operated, or administered by the employing
agency or when performing necessary duties with respect to patrons,
employees, and properties of the employing agency.
830.38. The officers of a state hospital under the jurisdiction of
the State Department of Mental Health or the State Department of
Developmental Services appointed pursuant to Section 4313 or 4493 of
the Welfare and Institutions Code, are peace officers whose authority
extends to any place in the state for the purpose of performing
their primary duty or when making an arrest pursuant to Section 836
as to any public offense with respect to which there is immediate
danger to person or property, or of the escape of the perpetrator of
that offense, or pursuant to Section 8597 or 8598 of the Government
Code provided that the primary duty of the peace officers shall be
the enforcement of the law as set forth in Sections 4311, 4313, 4491,
and 4493 of the Welfare and Institutions Code. Those peace officers
may carry firearms only if authorized and under terms and conditions
specified by their employing agency.
830.39. (a) Any regularly employed law enforcement officer of the
Oregon State Police, the Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles and
Public Safety, or the Arizona Department of Public Safety is a peace
officer in this state if all of the following conditions are met:
(1) The officer is providing, or attempting to provide, law
enforcement services within this state on the state or county
highways and areas immediately adjacent thereto, within a distance of
up to 50 statute miles of the contiguous border of this state and
the state employing the officer.
(2) The officer is providing, or attempting to provide, law
enforcement services pursuant to either of the following:
(A) In response to a request for services initiated by a member of
the California Highway Patrol.
(B) In response to a reasonable belief that emergency law
enforcement services are necessary for the preservation of life, and
a request for services by a member of the Department of the
California Highway Patrol is impractical to obtain under the
circumstances. In those situations, the officer shall obtain
authorization as soon as practical.
(3) The officer is providing, or attempting to provide, law
enforcement services for the purpose of assisting a member of the
California Highway Patrol to provide emergency service in response to
misdemeanor or felony criminal activity, pursuant to the authority
of a peace officer as provided in subdivision (a) of Section 830.2,
or, in the event of highway-related traffic accidents, emergency
incidents or other similar public safety problems, whether or not a
member of the California Highway Patrol is present at the scene of
the event. Nothing in this section shall be construed to confer upon
the officer the authority to enforce traffic or motor vehicle
infractions.
(4) An agreement pursuant to Section 2403.5 of the Vehicle Code is
in effect between the Department of the California Highway Patrol
and the agency of the adjoining state employing the officer, the
officer acts in accordance with that agreement, and the agreement
specifies that the officer and employing agency of the adjoining
state shall be subject to the same civil immunities and liabilities
as a peace officer and his or her employing agency in this state.
(5) The officer receives no separate compensation from this state
for providing law enforcement services within this state.
(6) The adjoining state employing the officer confers similar
rights and authority upon a member of the California Highway Patrol
who renders assistance within that state.
(b) Whenever, pursuant to Nevada law, a Nevada correctional
officer is working or supervising Nevada inmates who are performing
conservation-related projects or fire suppression duties within
California, the correctional officer may maintain custody of the
inmates in California, and retake any inmate who should escape in
California, to the same extent as if the correctional officer were a
peace officer in this state and the inmate had been committed to his
or her custody in proceedings under California law.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any person who is
acting as a peace officer in this state in the manner described in
this section shall be deemed to have met the requirements of Section
1031 of the Government Code and the selection and training standards
of the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training if the
officer has completed the basic training required for peace officers
in his or her state.
(d) In no case shall a peace officer of an adjoining state be
authorized to provide services within a California jurisdiction
during any period in which the regular law enforcement agency of the
jurisdiction is involved in a labor dispute.
830.4. The following persons are peace officers whose authority
extends to any place in the state for the purpose of performing their
duties under the conditions as specified by statute. Those peace
officers may carry firearms only if authorized and under terms and
conditions specified by their employing agency.
(a) Members of the California National Guard have the powers of
peace officers when they are involved in any or all of the following:
(1) Called or ordered into active state service by the Governor
pursuant to the provisions of Section 143 or 146 of the Military and
Veterans Code.
(2) Serving within the area wherein military assistance is
required.
(3) Directly assisting civil authorities in any of the situations
specified in Section 143 or 146.
The authority of the peace officer under this subdivision extends
to the area wherein military assistance is required as to a public
offense committed or which there is reasonable cause to believe has
been committed within that area. The requirements of Section 1031 of
the Government Code are not applicable under those circumstances.
(b) Guards and messengers of the Treasurer's office when
performing assigned duties as a guard or messenger.
(c) Security officers of the Department of Justice when performing
assigned duties as security officers.
(d) Security officers of Hastings College of the Law. These
officers shall have authority of peace officers only within the City
and County of San Francisco. Notwithstanding any other provisions of
law, the peace officers designated by this subdivision shall not be
authorized by this subdivision to carry firearms either on or off
duty. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the act which
designated the persons described in this subdivision as peace
officers shall serve only to define those persons as peace officers,
the extent of their jurisdiction, and the nature and scope of their
authority, powers, and duties, and there shall be no change in the
status of those persons for purposes of retirement, workers'
compensation or similar injury or death benefits, or other employee
benefits.
830.5. The following persons are peace officers whose authority
extends to any place in the state while engaged in the performance of
the duties of their respective employment and for the purpose of
carrying out the primary function of their employment or as required
under Sections 8597, 8598, and 8617 of the Government Code. Except as
specified in this section, these peace officers may carry firearms
only if authorized and under those terms and conditions specified by
their employing agency:
(a) A parole officer of the Department of Corrections or the
Department of the Youth Authority, probation officer, deputy
probation officer, or a board coordinating parole agent employed by
the Youthful Offender Parole Board. Except as otherwise provided in
this subdivision, the authority of these parole or probation officers
shall extend only as follows:
(1) To conditions of parole or of probation by any person in this
state on parole or probation.
(2) To the escape of any inmate or ward from a state or local
institution.
(3) To the transportation of persons on parole or probation.
(4) To violations of any penal provisions of law which are
discovered while performing the usual or authorized duties of his or
her employment.
(5) To the rendering of mutual aid to any other law enforcement
agency.
For the purposes of this subdivision, "parole agent" shall have
the same meaning as parole officer of the Department of Corrections
or of the Department of the Youth Authority.
Any parole officer of the Department of Corrections, the
Department of the Youth Authority, or the Youthful Offender Parole
Board is authorized to carry firearms, but only as determined by the
director on a case-by-case or unit-by-unit basis and only under those
terms and conditions specified by the director or chairperson. The
Department of the Youth Authority shall develop a policy for arming
peace officers of the Department of the Youth Authority who comprise
"high-risk transportation details" or "high-risk escape details" no
later than June 30, 1995. This policy shall be implemented no later
than December 31, 1995.
The Department of the Youth Authority shall train and arm those
peace officers who comprise tactical teams at each facility for use
during "high-risk escape details."
(b) A correctional officer employed by the Department of
Corrections or any employee of the Department of the Youth Authority
having custody of wards or the Inspector General of the Youth and
Adult Correctional Agency or any internal affairs investigator under
the authority of the Inspector General or any employee of the
Department of Corrections designated by the Director of Corrections
or any correctional counselor series employee of the Department of
Corrections or any medical technical assistant series employee
designated by the Director of Corrections or designated by the
Director of Corrections and employed by the State Department of
Mental Health or employee of the Board of Prison Terms designated by
the Secretary of the Youth and Adult Correctional Agency or employee
of the Department of the Youth Authority designated by the Director
of the Youth Authority or any superintendent, supervisor, or employee
having custodial responsibilities in an institution operated by a
probation department, or any transportation officer of a probation
department.
(c) The following persons may carry a firearm while not on duty: a
parole officer of the Department of Corrections or the Department of
the Youth Authority, a correctional officer or correctional
counselor employed by the Department of Corrections or any employee
of the Department of the Youth Authority having custody of wards or
any employee of the Department of Corrections designated by the
Director of Corrections. A parole officer of the Youthful Offender
Parole Board may carry a firearm while not on duty only when so
authorized by the chairperson of the board and only under the terms
and conditions specified by the chairperson. Nothing in this section
shall be interpreted to require licensure pursuant to Section 12025.
The director or chairperson may deny, suspend, or revoke for good
cause a person's right to carry a firearm under this subdivision.
That person shall, upon request, receive a hearing, as provided for
in the negotiated grievance procedure between the exclusive employee
representative and the Department of Corrections, the Department of
the Youth Authority, or the Youthful Offender Parole Board, to review
the director's or the chairperson's decision.
(d) Persons permitted to carry firearms pursuant to this section,
either on or off duty, shall meet the training requirements of
Section 832 and shall qualify with the firearm at least quarterly. It
is the responsibility of the individual officer or designee to
maintain his or her eligibility to carry concealable firearms off
duty. Failure to maintain quarterly qualifications by an officer or
designee with any concealable firearms carried off duty shall
constitute good cause to suspend or revoke that person's right to
carry firearms off duty.
(e) The Department of Corrections shall allow reasonable access to
its ranges for officers and designees of either department to
qualify to carry concealable firearms off duty. The time spent on the
range for purposes of meeting the qualification requirements shall
be the person's own time during the person's off-duty hours.
(f) The Director of Corrections shall promulgate regulations
consistent with this section.
(g) "High-risk transportation details" and "high-risk escape
details" as used in this section shall be determined by the Director
of the Youth Authority, or his or her designee. The director, or his
or her designee, shall consider at least the following in determining
"high-risk transportation details" and "high-risk escape details":
protection of the public, protection of officers, flight risk, and
violence potential of the wards.
(h) "Transportation detail" as used in this section shall include
transportation of wards outside the facility, including, but not
limited to, court appearances, medical trips, and interfacility
transfers.
830.5. The following persons are peace officers whose authority
extends to any place in the state while engaged in the performance of
the duties of their respective employment and for the purpose of
carrying out the primary function of their employment or as required
under Sections 8597, 8598, and 8617 of the Government Code. Except as
specified in this section, these peace officers may carry firearms
only if authorized and under those terms and conditions specified by
their employing agency:
(a) A parole officer of the Department of Corrections or the
Department of the Youth Authority, probation officer, deputy
probation officer, or a board coordinating parole agent employed by
the Youthful Offender Parole Board. Except as otherwise provided in
this subdivision, the authority of these parole or probation officers
shall extend only as follows:
(1) To conditions of parole or of probation by any person in this
state on parole or probation.
(2) To the escape of any inmate or ward from a state or local
institution.
(3) To the transportation of persons on parole or probation.
(4) To violations of any penal provisions of law which are
discovered while performing the usual or authorized duties of his or
her employment.
(5) To the rendering of mutual aid to any other law enforcement
agency.
For the purposes of this subdivision, "parole agent" shall have
the same meaning as parole officer of the Department of Corrections
or of the Department of the Youth Authority.
Any parole officer of the Department of Corrections, the
Department of the Youth Authority, or the Youthful Offender Parole
Board is authorized to carry firearms, but only as determined by the
director on a case-by-case or unit-by-unit basis and only under those
terms and conditions specified by the director or chairperson. The
Department of the Youth Authority shall develop a policy for arming
peace officers of the Department of the Youth Authority who comprise
"high-risk transportation details" or "high-risk escape details" no
later than June 30, 1995. This policy shall be implemented no later
than December 31, 1995.
The Department of the Youth Authority shall train and arm those
peace officers who comprise tactical teams at each facility for use
during "high-risk escape details."
(b) A correctional officer employed by the Department of
Corrections or any employee of the Department of the Youth Authority
having custody of wards or the Inspector General of the Youth and
Adult Correctional Agency or any internal affairs investigator under
the authority of the Inspector General or any employee of the
Department of Corrections designated by the Director of Corrections
or any correctional counselor series employee of the Department of
Corrections or any medical technical assistant series employee
designated by the Director of Corrections or designated by the
Director of Corrections and employed by the State Department of
Mental Health or employee of the Board of Prison Terms designated by
the Secretary of the Youth and Adult Correctional Agency or employee
of the Department of the Youth Authority designated by the Director
of the Youth Authority or any superintendent, supervisor, or employee
having custodial responsibilities in an institution operated by a
probation department, or any transportation officer of a probation
department.
(c) The following persons may carry a firearm while not on duty: a
parole officer of the Department of Corrections or the Department of
the Youth Authority, a correctional officer or correctional
counselor employed by the Department of Corrections or any employee
of the Department of the Youth Authority having custody of wards or
any employee of the Department of Corrections designated by the
Director of Corrections. A parole officer of the Youthful Offender
Parole Board may carry a firearm while not on duty only when so
authorized by the chairperson of the board and only under the terms
and conditions specified by the chairperson. Nothing in this section
shall be interpreted to require licensure pursuant to Section 25400.
The director or chairperson may deny, suspend, or revoke for good
cause a person's right to carry a firearm under this subdivision.
That person shall, upon request, receive a hearing, as provided for
in the negotiated grievance procedure between the exclusive employee
representative and the Department of Corrections, the Department of
the Youth Authority, or the Youthful Offender Parole Board, to review
the director's or the chairperson's decision.
(d) Persons permitted to carry firearms pursuant to this section,
either on or off duty, shall meet the training requirements of
Section 832 and shall qualify with the firearm at least quarterly. It
is the responsibility of the individual officer or designee to
maintain his or her eligibility to carry concealable firearms off
duty. Failure to maintain quarterly qualifications by an officer or
designee with any concealable firearms carried off duty shall
constitute good cause to suspend or revoke that person's right to
carry firearms off duty.
(e) The Department of Corrections shall allow reasonable access to
its ranges for officers and designees of either department to
qualify to carry concealable firearms off duty. The time spent on the
range for purposes of meeting the qualification requirements shall
be the person's own time during the person's off-duty hours.
(f) The Director of Corrections shall promulgate regulations
consistent with this section.
(g) "High-risk transportation details" and "high-risk escape
details" as used in this section shall be determined by the Director
of the Youth Authority, or his or her designee. The director, or his
or her designee, shall consider at least the following in determining
"high-risk transportation details" and "high-risk escape details":
protection of the public, protection of officers, flight risk, and
violence potential of the wards.
(h) "Transportation detail" as used in this section shall include
transportation of wards outside the facility, including, but not
limited to, court appearances, medical trips, and interfacility
transfers.
830.55. (a) As used in this section, a correctional officer is a
peace officer, employed by a city, county, or city and county which
operates a facility described in Section 2910.5 of this code or
Section 1753.3 of the Welfare and Institutions Code or facilities
operated by counties pursuant to Section 6241 or 6242 of this code
under contract with the Department of Corrections or the Department
of the Youth Authority, who has the authority and responsibility for
maintaining custody of specified state prison inmates or wards, and
who performs tasks related to the operation of a detention facility
used for the detention of persons who have violated parole or are
awaiting parole back into the community or, upon court order, either
for their own safekeeping or for the specific purpose of serving a
sentence therein.
(b) A correctional officer shall have no right to carry or possess
firearms in the performance of his or her prescribed duties, except,
under the direction of the superintendent of the facility, while
engaged in transporting prisoners, guarding hospitalized prisoners,
or suppressing riots, lynchings, escapes, or rescues in or about a
detention facility established pursuant to Section 2910.5 of this
code or Section 1753.3 of the Welfare and Institutions Code.
(c) Each person described in this section as a correctional
officer, within 90 days following the date of the initial assignment
to that position, shall satisfactorily complete the training course
specified in Section 832. In addition, each person designated as a
correctional officer, within one year following the date of the
initial assignment as an officer, shall have satisfactorily met the
minimum selection and training standards prescribed by the Board of
Corrections pursuant to Section 6035. Persons designated as
correctional officers, before the expiration of the 90-day and
one-year periods described in this subdivision, who have not yet
completed the required training, may perform the duties of a
correctional officer only while under the direct supervision of a
correctional officer who has completed the training required in this
section, and shall not carry or possess firearms in the performance
of their prescribed duties.
(d) This section shall not be construed to confer any authority
upon a correctional officer except while on duty.
(e) A correctional officer may use reasonable force in
establishing and maintaining custody of persons delivered to him or
her by a law enforcement officer, may make arrests for misdemeanors
and felonies within the local detention facility pursuant to a duly
issued warrant, and may make warrantless arrests pursuant to Section
836.5 only during the duration of his or her job.
830.6. (a) (1) Whenever any qualified person is deputized or
appointed by the proper authority as a reserve or auxiliary sheriff
or city police officer, a reserve deputy sheriff, a reserve deputy
marshal, a reserve police officer of a regional park district or of a
transit district, a reserve park ranger, a reserve harbor or port
police officer of a county, city, or district as specified in Section
663.5 of the Harbors and Navigation Code, a reserve deputy of the
Department of Fish and Game, a reserve special agent of the
Department of Justice, a reserve officer of a community service
district which is authorized under subdivision (h) of Section 61600
of the Government Code to maintain a police department or other
police protection, a reserve officer of a school district police
department under Section 35021.5 of the Education Code, a reserve
officer of a community college police department under Section 72330,
a reserve officer of a police protection district formed under Part
1 (commencing with Section 20000) of Division 14 of the Health and
Safety Code, or a reserve housing authority patrol officer employed
by a housing authority defined in subdivision (d) of Section 830.31,
and is assigned specific police functions by that authority, the
person is a peace officer, if the person qualifies as set forth in
Section 832.6. The authority of a person designated as a peace
officer pursuant to this paragraph extends only for the duration of
the person's specific assignment. A reserve park ranger or a transit,
harbor, or port district reserve officer may carry firearms only if
authorized by, and under those terms and conditions as are specified
by, his or her employing agency.
(2) Whenever any qualified person is deputized or appointed by the
proper authority as a reserve or auxiliary sheriff or city police
officer, a reserve deputy sheriff, a reserve deputy marshal, a
reserve park ranger, a reserve police officer of a regional park
district, transit district, community college district, or school
district, a reserve harbor or port police officer of a county, city,
or district as specified in Section 663.5 of the Harbors and
Navigation Code, a reserve officer of a community service district
that is authorized under subdivision (h) of Section 61600 of the
Government Code to maintain a police department or other police
protection, or a reserve officer of a police protection district
formed under Part 1 (commencing with Section 20000) of Division 14 of
the Health and Safety Code, and is so designated by local ordinance
or, if the local agency is not authorized to act by ordinance, by
resolution, either individually or by class, and is assigned to the
prevention and detection of crime and the general enforcement of the
laws of this state by that authority, the person is a peace officer,
if the person qualifies as set forth in paragraph (1) of subdivision
(a) of Section 832.6. The authority of a person designated as a peace
officer pursuant to this paragraph includes the full powers and
duties of a peace officer as provided by Section 830.1. A transit,
harbor, or port district reserve police officer, or a city or county
reserve peace officer who is not provided with the powers and duties
authorized by Section 830.1, has the powers and duties authorized in
Section 830.33, or in the case of a reserve park ranger, the powers
and duties that are authorized in Section 830.31, or in the case of a
reserve housing authority patrol officer, the powers and duties that
are authorized in subdivision (d) of Section 830.31, and a school
district reserve police officer or a community college district
reserve police officer has the powers and duties authorized in
Section 830.32.
(b) Whenever any person designated by a Native American tribe
recognized by the United States Secretary of the Interior is
deputized or appointed by the county sheriff as a reserve or
auxiliary sheriff or a reserve deputy sheriff, and is assigned to the
prevention and detection of crime and the general enforcement of the
laws of this state by the county sheriff, the person is a peace
officer, if the person qualifies as set forth in paragraph (1) of
subdivision (a) of Section 832.6. The authority of a peace officer
pursuant to this subdivision includes the full powers and duties of a
peace officer as provided by Section 830.1.
(c) Whenever any person is summoned to the aid of any uniformed
peace officer, the summoned person is vested with the powers of a
peace officer that are expressly delegated to him or her by the
summoning officer or that are otherwise reasonably necessary to
properly assist the officer.
830.65. (a) Any person who is a regularly employed police officer
of a city or a regularly employed deputy sheriff of a county, or a
reserve peace officer of a city or county and is appointed in the
manner described in paragraph (1) or (2) of subdivision (a) of
Section 832.6, may be appointed as a Campaign Against Marijuana
Planting emergency appointee by the Attorney General pursuant to
Section 5 of Chapter 1563 of the Statutes of 1985 to assist with a
specific investigation, tactical operation, or search and rescue
operation. When so appointed, the person shall be a peace officer of
the Department of Justice, provided that the person's authority shall
extend only for the duration of the specific assignment.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any person who is
appointed as a peace officer in the manner described in this section
shall be deemed to have met the requirements of Section 1031 of the
Government Code and the selection and training standards of the
Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training.
830.7. The following persons are not peace officers but may
exercise the powers of arrest of a peace officer as specified in
Section 836 during the course and within the scope of their
employment, if they successfully complete a course in the exercise of
those powers pursuant to Section 832:
(a) Persons designated by a cemetery authority pursuant to Section
8325 of the Health and Safety Code.
(b) Persons regularly employed as security officers for
independent institutions of higher education, recognized under
subdivision (b) of Section 66010 of the Education Code, if the
institution has concluded a memorandum of understanding, permitting
the exercise of that authority, with the sheriff or the chief of
police within whose jurisdiction the institution lies.
(c) Persons regularly employed as security officers for health
facilities, as defined in Section 1250 of the Health and Safety Code,
that are owned and operated by cities, counties, and cities and
counties, if the facility has concluded a memorandum of
understanding, permitting the exercise of that authority, with the
sheriff or the chief of police within whose jurisdiction the facility
lies.
(d) Employees or classes of employees of the California Department
of Forestry and Fire Protection designated by the Director of
Forestry and Fire Protection, provided that the primary duty of the
employee shall be the enforcement of the law as that duty is set
forth in Section 4156 of the Public Resources Code.
(e) Persons regularly employed as inspectors, supervisors, or
security officers for transit districts, as defined in Section 99213
of the Public Utilities Code, if the district has concluded a
memorandum of understanding permitting the exercise of that
authority, with, as applicable, the sheriff, the chief of police, or
the Department of the California Highway Patrol within whose
jurisdiction the district lies. For the purposes of this subdivision,
the exercise of peace officer authority may include the authority to
remove a vehicle from a railroad right-of-way as set forth in
Section 22656 of the Vehicle Code.
(f) Nonpeace officers regularly employed as county parole officers
pursuant to Section 3089.
(g) Persons appointed by the Executive Director of the California
Science Center pursuant to Section 4108 of the Food and Agricultural
Code.
(h) Persons regularly employed as investigators by the Department
of Transportation for the City of Los Angeles and designated by local
ordinance as public officers, to the extent necessary to enforce
laws related to public transportation, and authorized by a memorandum
of understanding with the chief of police, permitting the exercise
of that authority. For the purposes of this subdivision,
"investigator" means an employee defined in Section 53075.61 of the
Government Code authorized by local ordinance to enforce laws related
to public transportation. Transportation investigators authorized by
this section shall not be deemed "peace officers" for purposes of
Sections 241 and 243.
(i) Persons regularly employed by any department of the City of
Los Angeles who are designated as security officers and authorized by
local ordinance to enforce laws related to the preservation of peace
in or about the properties owned, controlled, operated, or
administered by any department of the City of Los Angeles and
authorized by a memorandum of understanding with the Chief of Police
of the City of Los Angeles permitting the exercise of that authority.
Security officers authorized pursuant to this subdivision shall not
be deemed peace officers for purposes of Sections 241 and 243.
(j) Illegal dumping enforcement officers, to the extent necessary
to enforce laws related to illegal waste dumping, or littering, and
authorized by a memorandum of understanding with, as applicable, the
sheriff or chief of police within whose jurisdiction the person is
employed, permitting the exercise of that authority. An "illegal
dumping enforcement officer" is defined, for purposes of this
section, as a person employed full-time, part-time, or as a volunteer
after completing training prescribed by law, by a city, county, or
city and county, whose duties include illegal dumping enforcement and
is designated by local ordinance as a public officer. An illegal
dumping control officer may also be a person who is not regularly
employed by a city, county, or city and county, but who has met all
training requirements and is directly supervised by a regularly
employed dumping control officer. This person shall not have the
power of arrest or access to summary criminal history information. No
person may be appointed as an illegal dumping enforcement officer if
that person is disqualified pursuant to the criteria set forth in
Section 1029 of the Government Code. Persons regularly employed by a
city, county, or city and county designated pursuant to this
subdivision may be furnished state summary criminal history
information upon a showing of compelling need pursuant to subdivision
(c) of Section 11105.
830.8. (a) Federal criminal investigators and law enforcement
officers are not California peace offi
830. Any person who comes within the provisions of this chapter and
who otherwise meets all standards imposed by law on a peace officer
is a peace officer, and notwithstanding any other provision of law,
no person other than those designated in this chapter is a peace
officer. The restriction of peace officer functions of any public
officer or employee shall not affect his or her status for purposes
of retirement.
830.1. (a) Any sheriff, undersheriff, or deputy sheriff, employed
in that capacity, of a county, any chief of police of a city or
chief, director, or chief executive officer of a consolidated
municipal public safety agency that performs police functions, any
police officer, employed in that capacity and appointed by the chief
of police or chief, director, or chief executive of a public safety
agency, of a city, any chief of police, or police officer of a
district, including police officers of the San Diego Unified Port
District Harbor Police, authorized by statute to maintain a police
department, any marshal or deputy marshal of a superior court or
county, any port warden or port police officer of the Harbor
Department of the City of Los Angeles, or any inspector or
investigator employed in that capacity in the office of a district
attorney, is a peace officer. The authority of these peace officers
extends to any place in the state, as follows:
(1) As to any public offense committed or which there is probable
cause to believe has been committed within the political subdivision
that employs the peace officer or in which the peace officer serves.
(2) Where the peace officer has the prior consent of the chief of
police or chief, director, or chief executive officer of a
consolidated municipal public safety agency, or person authorized by
him or her to give consent, if the place is within a city, or of the
sheriff, or person authorized by him or her to give consent, if the
place is within a county.
(3) As to any public offense committed or which there is probable
cause to believe has been committed in the peace officer's presence,
and with respect to which there is immediate danger to person or
property, or of the escape of the perpetrator of the offense.
(b) The Attorney General and special agents and investigators of
the Department of Justice are peace officers, and those assistant
chiefs, deputy chiefs, chiefs, deputy directors, and division
directors designated as peace officers by the Attorney General are
peace officers. The authority of these peace officers extends to any
place in the state where a public offense has been committed or where
there is probable cause to believe one has been committed.
(c) Any deputy sheriff of the County of Los Angeles, and any
deputy sheriff of the Counties of Butte, Calaveras, Colusa, Glenn,
Humboldt, Imperial, Inyo, Kern, Kings, Lake, Lassen, Mariposa,
Mendocino, Plumas, Riverside, San Benito, San Diego, San Luis Obispo,
Santa Barbara, Santa Clara, Shasta, Siskiyou, Solano, Sonoma,
Stanislaus, Sutter, Tehama, Tulare, and Tuolumne who is employed to
perform duties exclusively or initially relating to custodial
assignments with responsibilities for maintaining the operations of
county custodial facilities, including the custody, care,
supervision, security, movement, and transportation of inmates, is a
peace officer whose authority extends to any place in the state only
while engaged in the performance of the duties of his or her
respective employment and for the purpose of carrying out the primary
function of employment relating to his or her custodial assignments,
or when performing other law enforcement duties directed by his or
her employing agency during a local state of emergency.
830.2. The following persons are peace officers whose authority
extends to any place in the state:
(a) Any member of the Department of the California Highway Patrol
including those members designated under subdivision (a) of Section
2250.1 of the Vehicle Code, provided that the primary duty of the
peace officer is the enforcement of any law relating to the use or
operation of vehicles upon the highways, or laws pertaining to the
provision of police services for the protection of state officers,
state properties, and the occupants of state properties, or both, as
set forth in the Vehicle Code and Government Code.
(b) A member of the University of California Police Department
appointed pursuant to Section 92600 of the Education Code, provided
that the primary duty of the peace officer shall be the enforcement
of the law within the area specified in Section 92600 of the
Education Code.
(c) A member of the California State University Police Departments
appointed pursuant to Section 89560 of the Education Code, provided
that the primary duty of the peace officer shall be the enforcement
of the law within the area specified in Section 89560 of the
Education Code.
(d) (1) Any member of the Office of Correctional Safety of the
Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, provided that the
primary duties of the peace officer shall be the investigation or
apprehension of inmates, wards, parolees, parole violators, or
escapees from state institutions, the transportation of those
persons, the investigation of any violation of criminal law
discovered while performing the usual and authorized duties of
employment, and the coordination of those activities with other
criminal justice agencies.
(2) Any member of the Office of Internal Affairs of the Department
of Corrections and Rehabilitation, provided that the primary duties
shall be criminal investigations of Department of Corrections and
Rehabilitation personnel and the coordination of those activities
with other criminal justice agencies. For purposes of this
subdivision, the member of the Office of Internal Affairs shall
possess certification from the Commission on Peace Officer Standards
and Training for investigators, or have completed training pursuant
to Section 6126.1 of the Penal Code.
(e) Employees of the Department of Fish and Game designated by the
director, provided that the primary duty of those peace officers
shall be the enforcement of the law as set forth in Section 856 of
the Fish and Game Code.
(f) Employees of the Department of Parks and Recreation designated
by the director pursuant to Section 5008 of the Public Resources
Code, provided that the primary duty of the peace officer shall be
the enforcement of the law as set forth in Section 5008 of the Public
Resources Code.
(g) The Director of Forestry and Fire Protection and employees or
classes of employees of the Department of Forestry and Fire
Protection designated by the director pursuant to Section 4156 of the
Public Resources Code, provided that the primary duty of the peace
officer shall be the enforcement of the law as that duty is set forth
in Section 4156 of the Public Resources Code.
(h) Persons employed by the Department of Alcoholic Beverage
Control for the enforcement of Division 9 (commencing with Section
23000) of the Business and Professions Code and designated by the
Director of Alcoholic Beverage Control, provided that the primary
duty of any of these peace officers shall be the enforcement of the
laws relating to alcoholic beverages, as that duty is set forth in
Section 25755 of the Business and Professions Code.
(i) Marshals and police appointed by the Board of Directors of the
California Exposition and State Fair pursuant to Section 3332 of the
Food and Agricultural Code, provided that the primary duty of the
peace officers shall be the enforcement of the law as prescribed in
that section.
(j) The Inspector General, pursuant to Section 6125, and the Chief
Deputy Inspector General, Chief Assistant Inspector General, Deputy
Inspector General In Charge, Senior Deputy Inspector General, Deputy
Inspector General, Senior Assistant Inspector General, Special
Assistant Inspector General, and those employees of the Inspector
General as designated by the Inspector General, are peace officers,
provided that the primary duty of these peace officers shall be
conducting audits of investigatory practices and other audits, as
well as conducting investigations, of the Department of Corrections
and Rehabilitation, Division of Juvenile Justice and the Board of
Parole Hearings.
830.3. The following persons are peace officers whose authority
extends to any place in the state for the purpose of performing their
primary duty or when making an arrest pursuant to Section 836 as to
any public offense with respect to which there is immediate danger to
person or property, or of the escape of the perpetrator of that
offense, or pursuant to Section 8597 or 8598 of the Government Code.
These peace officers may carry firearms only if authorized and under
those terms and conditions as specified by their employing agencies:
(a) Persons employed by the Division of Investigation of the
Department of Consumer Affairs and investigators of the Medical Board
of California and the Board of Dental Examiners, who are designated
by the Director of Consumer Affairs, provided that the primary duty
of these peace officers shall be the enforcement of the law as that
duty is set forth in Section 160 of the Business and Professions
Code.
(b) Voluntary fire wardens designated by the Director of Forestry
and Fire Protection pursuant to Section 4156 of the Public Resources
Code, provided that the primary duty of these peace officers shall be
the enforcement of the law as that duty is set forth in Section 4156
of that code.
(c) Employees of the Department of Motor Vehicles designated in
Section 1655 of the Vehicle Code, provided that the primary duty of
these peace officers shall be the enforcement of the law as that duty
is set forth in Section 1655 of that code.
(d) Investigators of the California Horse Racing Board designated
by the board, provided that the primary duty of these peace officers
shall be the enforcement of Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 19400)
of Division 8 of the Business and Professions Code and Chapter 10
(commencing with Section 330) of Title 9 of Part 1 of this code.
(e) The State Fire Marshal and assistant or deputy state fire
marshals appointed pursuant to Section 13103 of the Health and Safety
Code, provided that the primary duty of these peace officers shall
be the enforcement of the law as that duty is set forth in Section
13104 of that code.
(f) Inspectors of the food and drug section designated by the
chief pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 106500 of the Health and
Safety Code, provided that the primary duty of these peace officers
shall be the enforcement of the law as that duty is set forth in
Section 106500 of that code.
(g) All investigators of the Division of Labor Standards
Enforcement designated by the Labor Commissioner, provided that the
primary duty of these peace officers shall be the enforcement of the
law as prescribed in Section 95 of the Labor Code.
(h) All investigators of the State Departments of Health Care
Services, Public Health, Social Services, Mental Health, and Alcohol
and Drug Programs, the Department of Toxic Substances Control, the
Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development, and the Public
Employees' Retirement System, provided that the primary duty of these
peace officers shall be the enforcement of the law relating to the
duties of his or her department or office. Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, investigators of the Public Employees' Retirement
System shall not carry firearms.
(i) The Chief of the Bureau of Fraudulent Claims of the Department
of Insurance and those investigators designated by the chief,
provided that the primary duty of those investigators shall be the
enforcement of Section 550.
(j) Employees of the Department of Housing and Community
Development designated under Section 18023 of the Health and Safety
Code, provided that the primary duty of these peace officers shall be
the enforcement of the law as that duty is set forth in Section
18023 of that code.
(k) Investigators of the office of the Controller, provided that
the primary duty of these investigators shall be the enforcement of
the law relating to the duties of that office. Notwithstanding any
other law, except as authorized by the Controller, the peace officers
designated pursuant to this subdivision shall not carry firearms.
(l) Investigators of the Department of Corporations designated by
the Commissioner of Corporations, provided that the primary duty of
these investigators shall be the enforcement of the provisions of law
administered by the Department of Corporations. Notwithstanding any
other provision of law, the peace officers designated pursuant to
this subdivision shall not carry firearms.
(m) Persons employed by the Contractors State License Board
designated by the Director of Consumer Affairs pursuant to Section
7011.5 of the Business and Professions Code, provided that the
primary duty of these persons shall be the enforcement of the law as
that duty is set forth in Section 7011.5, and in Chapter 9
(commencing with Section 7000) of Division 3, of that code. The
Director of Consumer Affairs may designate as peace officers not more
than 12 persons who shall at the time of their designation be
assigned to the special investigations unit of the board.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the persons designated
pursuant to this subdivision shall not carry firearms.
(n) The Chief and coordinators of the Law Enforcement Branch of
the California Emergency Management Agency.
(o) Investigators of the office of the Secretary of State
designated by the Secretary of State, provided that the primary duty
of these peace officers shall be the enforcement of the law as
prescribed in Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 8200) of Division 1
of Title 2 of, and Section 12172.5 of, the Government Code.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the peace officers
designated pursuant to this subdivision shall not carry firearms.
(p) The Deputy Director for Security designated by Section 8880.38
of the Government Code, and all lottery security personnel assigned
to the California State Lottery and designated by the director,
provided that the primary duty of any of those peace officers shall
be the enforcement of the laws related to assuring the integrity,
honesty, and fairness of the operation and administration of the
California State Lottery.
(q) Investigators employed by the Investigation Division of the
Employment Development Department designated by the director of the
department, provided that the primary duty of those peace officers
shall be the enforcement of the law as that duty is set forth in
Section 317 of the Unemployment Insurance Code.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the peace officers
designated pursuant to this subdivision shall not carry firearms.
(r) The chief and assistant chief of museum security and safety of
the California Science Center, as designated by the executive
director pursuant to Section 4108 of the Food and Agricultural Code,
provided that the primary duty of those peace officers shall be the
enforcement of the law as that duty is set forth in Section 4108 of
the Food and Agricultural Code.
(s) Employees of the Franchise Tax Board designated by the board,
provided that the primary duty of these peace officers shall be the
enforcement of the law as set forth in Chapter 9 (commencing with
Section 19701) of Part 10.2 of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation
Code.
(t) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, a peace
officer authorized by this section shall not be authorized to carry
firearms by his or her employing agency until that agency has adopted
a policy on the use of deadly force by those peace officers, and
until those peace officers have been instructed in the employing
agency's policy on the use of deadly force.
Every peace officer authorized pursuant to this section to carry
firearms by his or her employing agency shall qualify in the use of
the firearms at least every six months.
(u) Investigators of the Department of Managed Health Care
designated by the Director of the Department of Managed Health Care,
provided that the primary duty of these investigators shall be the
enforcement of the provisions of laws administered by the Director of
the Department of Managed Health Care. Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, the peace officers designated pursuant to this
subdivision shall not carry firearms.
(v) The Chief, Deputy Chief, supervising investigators, and
investigators of the Office of Protective Services of the State
Department of Developmental Services, provided that the primary duty
of each of those persons shall be the enforcement of the law relating
to the duties of his or her department or office.
830.31. The following persons are peace officers whose authority
extends to any place in the state for the purpose of performing their
primary duty or when making an arrest pursuant to Section 836 as to
any public offense with respect to which there is immediate danger to
person or property, or of the escape of the perpetrator of that
offense, or pursuant to Section 8597 or 8598 of the Government Code.
These peace officers may carry firearms only if authorized, and under
the terms and conditions specified, by their employing agency.
(a) A police officer of the County of Los Angeles, if the primary
duty of the officer is the enforcement of the law in or about
properties owned, operated, or administered by his or her employing
agency or when performing necessary duties with respect to patrons,
employees, and properties of his or her employing agency.
(b) A person designated by a local agency as a park ranger and
regularly employed and paid in that capacity, if the primary duty of
the officer is the protection of park and other property of the
agency and the preservation of the peace therein.
(c) (1) A peace officer of the Department of General Services of
the City of Los Angeles designated by the general manager of the
department, if the primary duty of the officer is the enforcement of
the law in or about properties owned, operated, or administered by
his or her employing agency or when performing necessary duties with
respect to patrons, employees, and properties of his or her employing
agency.
(2) A peace officer designated pursuant to this subdivision, and
authorized to carry firearms by his or her employing agency, shall
satisfactorily complete the introductory course of firearm training
required by Section 832 and shall requalify in the use of firearms
every six months.
(3) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a peace officer
designated pursuant to this subdivision who is authorized to carry a
firearm by his or her employing agency while on duty shall not be
authorized to carry a firearm when he or she is not on duty.
(d) A housing authority patrol officer employed by the housing
authority of a city, district, county, or city and county or employed
by the police department of a city and county, if the primary duty
of the officer is the enforcement of the law in or about properties
owned, operated, or administered by his or her employing agency or
when performing necessary duties with respect to patrons, employees,
and properties of his or her employing agency.
830.32. The following persons are peace officers whose authority
extends to any place in the state for the purpose of performing their
primary duty or when making an arrest pursuant to Section 836 as to
any public offense with respect to which there is immediate danger to
person or property, or of the escape of the perpetrator of that
offense, or pursuant to Section 8597 or 8598 of the Government Code.
Those peace officers may carry firearms only if authorized and under
terms and conditions specified by their employing agency.
(a) Members of a California Community College police department
appointed pursuant to Section 72330 of the Education Code, if the
primary duty of the police officer is the enforcement of the law as
prescribed in Section 72330 of the Education Code.
(b) Persons employed as members of a police department of a school
district pursuant to Section 38000 of the Education Code, if the
primary duty of the police officer is the enforcement of the law as
prescribed in Section 38000 of the Education Code.
(c) Any peace officer employed by a K-12 public school district or
California Community College district who has completed training as
prescribed by subdivision (f) of Section 832.3 shall be designated a
school police officer.
830.33. The following persons are peace officers whose authority
extends to any place in the state for the purpose of performing their
primary duty or when making an arrest pursuant to Section 836 as to
any public offense with respect to which there is immediate danger to
person or property, or of the escape of the perpetrator of that
offense, or pursuant to Section 8597 or 8598 of the Government Code.
Those peace officers may carry firearms only if authorized and under
terms and conditions specified by their employing agency.
(a) A member of the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District
Police Department appointed pursuant to Section 28767.5 of the Public
Utilities Code, if the primary duty of the peace officer is the
enforcement of the law in or about properties owned, operated, or
administered by the district or when performing necessary duties with
respect to patrons, employees, and properties of the district.
(b) Harbor or port police regularly employed and paid in that
capacity by a county, city, or district other than peace officers
authorized under Section 830.1, if the primary duty of the peace
officer is the enforcement of the law in or about the properties
owned, operated, or administered by the harbor or port or when
performing necessary duties with respect to patrons, employees, and
properties of the harbor or port.
(c) Transit police officers or peace officers of a county, city,
transit development board, or district, if the primary duty of the
peace officer is the enforcement of the law in or about properties
owned, operated, or administered by the employing agency or when
performing necessary duties with respect to patrons, employees, and
properties of the employing agency.
(d) Any person regularly employed as an airport law enforcement
officer by a city, county, or district operating the airport or by a
joint powers agency, created pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with
Section 6500) of Chapter 5 of Division 7 of Title 1 of the Government
Code, operating the airport, if the primary duty of the peace
officer is the enforcement of the law in or about properties owned,
operated, and administered by the employing agency or when performing
necessary duties with respect to patrons, employees, and properties
of the employing agency.
(e) (1) Any railroad police officer commissioned by the Governor
pursuant to Section 8226 of the Public Utilities Code, if the primary
duty of the peace officer is the enforcement of the law in or about
properties owned, operated, or administered by the employing agency
or when performing necessary duties with respect to patrons,
employees, and properties of the employing agency.
(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a railroad police
officer who has met the current requirements of the Commission on
Peace Officer Standards and Training necessary for exercising the
powers of a peace officer, and who has been commissioned by the
Governor as described herein, and the officer's employing agency, may
apply for access to information from the California Law Enforcement
Telecommunications System (CLETS) through a local law enforcement
agency that has been granted direct access to CLETS, provided that,
in addition to other review standards and conditions of eligibility
applied by the Department of Justice, the CLETS Advisory Committee
and the Attorney General, before access is granted the following are
satisfied:
(A) The employing agency shall enter into a Release of CLETS
Information agreement as provided for in the CLETS policies,
practices, and procedures, and the required background check on the
peace officer and other pertinent personnel has been completed,
together with all required training.
(B) The Release of CLETS Information agreement shall be in
substantially the same form as prescribed by the CLETS policies,
practices, and procedures for public agencies of law enforcement who
subscribe to CLETS services, and shall be subject to the provisions
of Chapter 2.5 (commencing with Section 15150) of Title 2 of Division
3 of the Government Code and the CLETS policies, practices, and
procedures.
(C) (i) The employing agency shall expressly waive any objections
to jurisdiction in the courts of the State of California for any
liability arising from use, abuse, or misuse of CLETS access or
services or the information derived therefrom, or with respect to any
legal actions to enforce provisions of California law relating to
CLETS access, services, or information under this subdivision, and
provided that this liability shall be in addition to that imposed by
Public Utilities Code Section 8226.
(ii) The employing agency shall further agree to utilize CLETS
access, services, or information only for law enforcement activities
by peace officers who have met the current requirements of the
Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training necessary for
exercising the powers of a peace officer, and who have been
commissioned as described herein who are operating within the State
of California, where the activities are directly related to
investigations or arrests arising from conduct occurring within the
State of California.
(iii) The employing agency shall further agree to pay to the
Department of Justice and the providing local law enforcement agency
all costs related to the provision of access or services, including,
but not limited to, any and all hardware, interface modules, and
costs for telephonic communications, as well as administrative costs.
830.34. The following persons are peace officers whose authority
extends to any place in the state for the purpose of performing their
primary duty or when making an arrest pursuant to Section 836 as to
any public offense with respect to which there is immediate danger to
person or property, or of the escape of the perpetrator of that
offense, or pursuant to Section 8597 or 8598 of the Government Code.
Those peace officers may carry firearms only if authorized and under
terms and conditions specified by their employing agency.
(a) Persons designated as a security officer by a municipal
utility district pursuant to Section 12820 of the Public Utilities
Code, if the primary duty of the officer is the protection of the
properties of the utility district and the protection of the persons
thereon.
(b) Persons designated as a security officer by a county water
district pursuant to Section 30547 of the Water Code, if the primary
duty of the officer is the protection of the properties of the county
water district and the protection of the persons thereon.
(c) The security director of the public utilities commission of a
city and county, if the primary duty of the security director is the
protection of the properties of the commission and the protection of
the persons thereon.
(d) Persons employed as a park ranger by a municipal water
district pursuant to Section 71341.5 of the Water Code, if the
primary duty of the park ranger is the protection of the properties
of the municipal water district and the protection of the persons
thereon.
830.35. The following persons are peace officers whose authority
extends to any place in the state for the purpose of performing their
primary duty or when making an arrest pursuant to Section 836 as to
any public offense with respect to which there is immediate danger to
person or property, or of the escape of the perpetrator of that
offense, or pursuant to Section 8597 or 8598 of the Government Code.
Those peace officers may carry firearms only if authorized and under
terms and conditions specified by their employing agency.
(a) A welfare fraud investigator or inspector, regularly employed
and paid in that capacity by a county, if the primary duty of the
peace officer is the enforcement of the provisions of the Welfare and
Institutions Code.
(b) A child support investigator or inspector, regularly employed
and paid in that capacity by a district attorney's office, if the
primary duty of the peace officer is the enforcement of the
provisions of the Family Code and Section 270.
(c) The coroner and deputy coroners, regularly employed and paid
in that capacity, of a county, if the primary duty of the peace
officer are those duties set forth in Sections 27469 and 27491 to
27491.4, inclusive, of the Government Code.
830.36. The following persons are peace officers whose authority
extends to any place in the state for the purpose of performing their
primary duty or when making an arrest pursuant to Section 836 as to
any public offense with respect to which there is immediate danger to
person or property, or of the escape of the perpetrator of that
offense, or pursuant to Section 8597 or 8598 of the Government Code.
Those peace officers may carry firearms only if authorized and under
terms and conditions specified by their employing agency.
(a) The Sergeant-at-Arms of each house of the Legislature, if the
primary duty of the peace officer is the enforcement of the law in or
about properties owned, operated, or administered by the employing
agency or when performing necessary duties with respect to patrons,
employees, and properties of the employing agency.
(b) Marshals of the Supreme Court and bailiffs of the courts of
appeal, and coordinators of security for the judicial branch, if the
primary duty of the peace officer is the enforcement of the law in or
about properties owned, operated, or administered by the employing
agency or when performing necessary duties with respect to patrons,
employees, and properties of the employing agency.
(c) Court service officer in a county of the second class and
third class, if the primary duty of the peace officer is the
enforcement of the law in or about properties owned, operated, or
administered by the employing agency or when performing necessary
duties with respect to patrons, employees, and properties of the
employing agency.
830.37. The following persons are peace officers whose authority
extends to any place in the state for the purpose of performing their
primary duty or when making an arrest pursuant to Section 836 as to
any public offense with respect to which there is immediate danger to
person or property, or of the escape of the perpetrator of that
offense, or pursuant to Section 8597 or 8598 of the Government Code.
These peace officers may carry firearms only if authorized and under
terms and conditions specified by their employing agency:
(a) Members of an arson-investigating unit, regularly paid and
employed in that capacity, of a fire department or fire protection
agency of a county, city, city and county, district, or the state, if
the primary duty of these peace officers is the detection and
apprehension of persons who have violated any fire law or committed
insurance fraud.
(b) Members other than members of an arson-investigating unit,
regularly paid and employed in that capacity, of a fire department or
fire protection agency of a county, city, city and county, district,
or the state, if the primary duty of these peace officers, when
acting in that capacity, is the enforcement of laws relating to fire
prevention or fire suppression.
(c) Voluntary fire wardens as are designated by the Director of
Forestry and Fire Protection pursuant to Section 4156 of the Public
Resources Code, provided that the primary duty of these peace
officers shall be the enforcement of the law as that duty is set
forth in Section 4156 of the Public Resources Code.
(d) Firefighter/security guards by the Military Department, if the
primary duty of the peace officer is the enforcement of the law in
or about properties owned, operated, or administered by the employing
agency or when performing necessary duties with respect to patrons,
employees, and properties of the employing agency.
830.38. The officers of a state hospital under the jurisdiction of
the State Department of Mental Health or the State Department of
Developmental Services appointed pursuant to Section 4313 or 4493 of
the Welfare and Institutions Code, are peace officers whose authority
extends to any place in the state for the purpose of performing
their primary duty or when making an arrest pursuant to Section 836
as to any public offense with respect to which there is immediate
danger to person or property, or of the escape of the perpetrator of
that offense, or pursuant to Section 8597 or 8598 of the Government
Code provided that the primary duty of the peace officers shall be
the enforcement of the law as set forth in Sections 4311, 4313, 4491,
and 4493 of the Welfare and Institutions Code. Those peace officers
may carry firearms only if authorized and under terms and conditions
specified by their employing agency.
830.39. (a) Any regularly employed law enforcement officer of the
Oregon State Police, the Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles and
Public Safety, or the Arizona Department of Public Safety is a peace
officer in this state if all of the following conditions are met:
(1) The officer is providing, or attempting to provide, law
enforcement services within this state on the state or county
highways and areas immediately adjacent thereto, within a distance of
up to 50 statute miles of the contiguous border of this state and
the state employing the officer.
(2) The officer is providing, or attempting to provide, law
enforcement services pursuant to either of the following:
(A) In response to a request for services initiated by a member of
the California Highway Patrol.
(B) In response to a reasonable belief that emergency law
enforcement services are necessary for the preservation of life, and
a request for services by a member of the Department of the
California Highway Patrol is impractical to obtain under the
circumstances. In those situations, the officer shall obtain
authorization as soon as practical.
(3) The officer is providing, or attempting to provide, law
enforcement services for the purpose of assisting a member of the
California Highway Patrol to provide emergency service in response to
misdemeanor or felony criminal activity, pursuant to the authority
of a peace officer as provided in subdivision (a) of Section 830.2,
or, in the event of highway-related traffic accidents, emergency
incidents or other similar public safety problems, whether or not a
member of the California Highway Patrol is present at the scene of
the event. Nothing in this section shall be construed to confer upon
the officer the authority to enforce traffic or motor vehicle
infractions.
(4) An agreement pursuant to Section 2403.5 of the Vehicle Code is
in effect between the Department of the California Highway Patrol
and the agency of the adjoining state employing the officer, the
officer acts in accordance with that agreement, and the agreement
specifies that the officer and employing agency of the adjoining
state shall be subject to the same civil immunities and liabilities
as a peace officer and his or her employing agency in this state.
(5) The officer receives no separate compensation from this state
for providing law enforcement services within this state.
(6) The adjoining state employing the officer confers similar
rights and authority upon a member of the California Highway Patrol
who renders assistance within that state.
(b) Whenever, pursuant to Nevada law, a Nevada correctional
officer is working or supervising Nevada inmates who are performing
conservation-related projects or fire suppression duties within
California, the correctional officer may maintain custody of the
inmates in California, and retake any inmate who should escape in
California, to the same extent as if the correctional officer were a
peace officer in this state and the inmate had been committed to his
or her custody in proceedings under California law.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any person who is
acting as a peace officer in this state in the manner described in
this section shall be deemed to have met the requirements of Section
1031 of the Government Code and the selection and training standards
of the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training if the
officer has completed the basic training required for peace officers
in his or her state.
(d) In no case shall a peace officer of an adjoining state be
authorized to provide services within a California jurisdiction
during any period in which the regular law enforcement agency of the
jurisdiction is involved in a labor dispute.
830.4. The following persons are peace officers whose authority
extends to any place in the state for the purpose of performing their
duties under the conditions as specified by statute. Those peace
officers may carry firearms only if authorized and under terms and
conditions specified by their employing agency.
(a) Members of the California National Guard have the powers of
peace officers when they are involved in any or all of the following:
(1) Called or ordered into active state service by the Governor
pursuant to the provisions of Section 143 or 146 of the Military and
Veterans Code.
(2) Serving within the area wherein military assistance is
required.
(3) Directly assisting civil authorities in any of the situations
specified in Section 143 or 146.
The authority of the peace officer under this subdivision extends
to the area wherein military assistance is required as to a public
offense committed or which there is reasonable cause to believe has
been committed within that area. The requirements of Section 1031 of
the Government Code are not applicable under those circumstances.
(b) Guards and messengers of the Treasurer's office when
performing assigned duties as a guard or messenger.
(c) Security officers of the Department of Justice when performing
assigned duties as security officers.
(d) Security officers of Hastings College of the Law. These
officers shall have authority of peace officers only within the City
and County of San Francisco. Notwithstanding any other provisions of
law, the peace officers designated by this subdivision shall not be
authorized by this subdivision to carry firearms either on or off
duty. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the act which
designated the persons described in this subdivision as peace
officers shall serve only to define those persons as peace officers,
the extent of their jurisdiction, and the nature and scope of their
authority, powers, and duties, and there shall be no change in the
status of those persons for purposes of retirement, workers'
compensation or similar injury or death benefits, or other employee
benefits.
830.5. The following persons are peace officers whose authority
extends to any place in the state while engaged in the performance of
the duties of their respective employment and for the purpose of
carrying out the primary function of their employment or as required
under Sections 8597, 8598, and 8617 of the Government Code. Except as
specified in this section, these peace officers may carry firearms
only if authorized and under those terms and conditions specified by
their employing agency:
(a) A parole officer of the Department of Corrections or the
Department of the Youth Authority, probation officer, deputy
probation officer, or a board coordinating parole agent employed by
the Youthful Offender Parole Board. Except as otherwise provided in
this subdivision, the authority of these parole or probation officers
shall extend only as follows:
(1) To conditions of parole or of probation by any person in this
state on parole or probation.
(2) To the escape of any inmate or ward from a state or local
institution.
(3) To the transportation of persons on parole or probation.
(4) To violations of any penal provisions of law which are
discovered while performing the usual or authorized duties of his or
her employment.
(5) To the rendering of mutual aid to any other law enforcement
agency.
For the purposes of this subdivision, "parole agent" shall have
the same meaning as parole officer of the Department of Corrections
or of the Department of the Youth Authority.
Any parole officer of the Department of Corrections, the
Department of the Youth Authority, or the Youthful Offender Parole
Board is authorized to carry firearms, but only as determined by the
director on a case-by-case or unit-by-unit basis and only under those
terms and conditions specified by the director or chairperson. The
Department of the Youth Authority shall develop a policy for arming
peace officers of the Department of the Youth Authority who comprise
"high-risk transportation details" or "high-risk escape details" no
later than June 30, 1995. This policy shall be implemented no later
than December 31, 1995.
The Department of the Youth Authority shall train and arm those
peace officers who comprise tactical teams at each facility for use
during "high-risk escape details."
(b) A correctional officer employed by the Department of
Corrections or any employee of the Department of the Youth Authority
having custody of wards or the Inspector General of the Youth and
Adult Correctional Agency or any internal affairs investigator under
the authority of the Inspector General or any employee of the
Department of Corrections designated by the Director of Corrections
or any correctional counselor series employee of the Department of
Corrections or any medical technical assistant series employee
designated by the Director of Corrections or designated by the
Director of Corrections and employed by the State Department of
Mental Health or employee of the Board of Prison Terms designated by
the Secretary of the Youth and Adult Correctional Agency or employee
of the Department of the Youth Authority designated by the Director
of the Youth Authority or any superintendent, supervisor, or employee
having custodial responsibilities in an institution operated by a
probation department, or any transportation officer of a probation
department.
(c) The following persons may carry a firearm while not on duty: a
parole officer of the Department of Corrections or the Department of
the Youth Authority, a correctional officer or correctional
counselor employed by the Department of Corrections or any employee
of the Department of the Youth Authority having custody of wards or
any employee of the Department of Corrections designated by the
Director of Corrections. A parole officer of the Youthful Offender
Parole Board may carry a firearm while not on duty only when so
authorized by the chairperson of the board and only under the terms
and conditions specified by the chairperson. Nothing in this section
shall be interpreted to require licensure pursuant to Section 12025.
The director or chairperson may deny, suspend, or revoke for good
cause a person's right to carry a firearm under this subdivision.
That person shall, upon request, receive a hearing, as provided for
in the negotiated grievance procedure between the exclusive employee
representative and the Department of Corrections, the Department of
the Youth Authority, or the Youthful Offender Parole Board, to review
the director's or the chairperson's decision.
(d) Persons permitted to carry firearms pursuant to this section,
either on or off duty, shall meet the training requirements of
Section 832 and shall qualify with the firearm at least quarterly. It
is the responsibility of the individual officer or designee to
maintain his or her eligibility to carry concealable firearms off
duty. Failure to maintain quarterly qualifications by an officer or
designee with any concealable firearms carried off duty shall
constitute good cause to suspend or revoke that person's right to
carry firearms off duty.
(e) The Department of Corrections shall allow reasonable access to
its ranges for officers and designees of either department to
qualify to carry concealable firearms off duty. The time spent on the
range for purposes of meeting the qualification requirements shall
be the person's own time during the person's off-duty hours.
(f) The Director of Corrections shall promulgate regulations
consistent with this section.
(g) "High-risk transportation details" and "high-risk escape
details" as used in this section shall be determined by the Director
of the Youth Authority, or his or her designee. The director, or his
or her designee, shall consider at least the following in determining
"high-risk transportation details" and "high-risk escape details":
protection of the public, protection of officers, flight risk, and
violence potential of the wards.
(h) "Transportation detail" as used in this section shall include
transportation of wards outside the facility, including, but not
limited to, court appearances, medical trips, and interfacility
transfers.
830.5. The following persons are peace officers whose authority
extends to any place in the state while engaged in the performance of
the duties of their respective employment and for the purpose of
carrying out the primary function of their employment or as required
under Sections 8597, 8598, and 8617 of the Government Code. Except as
specified in this section, these peace officers may carry firearms
only if authorized and under those terms and conditions specified by
their employing agency:
(a) A parole officer of the Department of Corrections or the
Department of the Youth Authority, probation officer, deputy
probation officer, or a board coordinating parole agent employed by
the Youthful Offender Parole Board. Except as otherwise provided in
this subdivision, the authority of these parole or probation officers
shall extend only as follows:
(1) To conditions of parole or of probation by any person in this
state on parole or probation.
(2) To the escape of any inmate or ward from a state or local
institution.
(3) To the transportation of persons on parole or probation.
(4) To violations of any penal provisions of law which are
discovered while performing the usual or authorized duties of his or
her employment.
(5) To the rendering of mutual aid to any other law enforcement
agency.
For the purposes of this subdivision, "parole agent" shall have
the same meaning as parole officer of the Department of Corrections
or of the Department of the Youth Authority.
Any parole officer of the Department of Corrections, the
Department of the Youth Authority, or the Youthful Offender Parole
Board is authorized to carry firearms, but only as determined by the
director on a case-by-case or unit-by-unit basis and only under those
terms and conditions specified by the director or chairperson. The
Department of the Youth Authority shall develop a policy for arming
peace officers of the Department of the Youth Authority who comprise
"high-risk transportation details" or "high-risk escape details" no
later than June 30, 1995. This policy shall be implemented no later
than December 31, 1995.
The Department of the Youth Authority shall train and arm those
peace officers who comprise tactical teams at each facility for use
during "high-risk escape details."
(b) A correctional officer employed by the Department of
Corrections or any employee of the Department of the Youth Authority
having custody of wards or the Inspector General of the Youth and
Adult Correctional Agency or any internal affairs investigator under
the authority of the Inspector General or any employee of the
Department of Corrections designated by the Director of Corrections
or any correctional counselor series employee of the Department of
Corrections or any medical technical assistant series employee
designated by the Director of Corrections or designated by the
Director of Corrections and employed by the State Department of
Mental Health or employee of the Board of Prison Terms designated by
the Secretary of the Youth and Adult Correctional Agency or employee
of the Department of the Youth Authority designated by the Director
of the Youth Authority or any superintendent, supervisor, or employee
having custodial responsibilities in an institution operated by a
probation department, or any transportation officer of a probation
department.
(c) The following persons may carry a firearm while not on duty: a
parole officer of the Department of Corrections or the Department of
the Youth Authority, a correctional officer or correctional
counselor employed by the Department of Corrections or any employee
of the Department of the Youth Authority having custody of wards or
any employee of the Department of Corrections designated by the
Director of Corrections. A parole officer of the Youthful Offender
Parole Board may carry a firearm while not on duty only when so
authorized by the chairperson of the board and only under the terms
and conditions specified by the chairperson. Nothing in this section
shall be interpreted to require licensure pursuant to Section 25400.
The director or chairperson may deny, suspend, or revoke for good
cause a person's right to carry a firearm under this subdivision.
That person shall, upon request, receive a hearing, as provided for
in the negotiated grievance procedure between the exclusive employee
representative and the Department of Corrections, the Department of
the Youth Authority, or the Youthful Offender Parole Board, to review
the director's or the chairperson's decision.
(d) Persons permitted to carry firearms pursuant to this section,
either on or off duty, shall meet the training requirements of
Section 832 and shall qualify with the firearm at least quarterly. It
is the responsibility of the individual officer or designee to
maintain his or her eligibility to carry concealable firearms off
duty. Failure to maintain quarterly qualifications by an officer or
designee with any concealable firearms carried off duty shall
constitute good cause to suspend or revoke that person's right to
carry firearms off duty.
(e) The Department of Corrections shall allow reasonable access to
its ranges for officers and designees of either department to
qualify to carry concealable firearms off duty. The time spent on the
range for purposes of meeting the qualification requirements shall
be the person's own time during the person's off-duty hours.
(f) The Director of Corrections shall promulgate regulations
consistent with this section.
(g) "High-risk transportation details" and "high-risk escape
details" as used in this section shall be determined by the Director
of the Youth Authority, or his or her designee. The director, or his
or her designee, shall consider at least the following in determining
"high-risk transportation details" and "high-risk escape details":
protection of the public, protection of officers, flight risk, and
violence potential of the wards.
(h) "Transportation detail" as used in this section shall include
transportation of wards outside the facility, including, but not
limited to, court appearances, medical trips, and interfacility
transfers.
830.55. (a) As used in this section, a correctional officer is a
peace officer, employed by a city, county, or city and county which
operates a facility described in Section 2910.5 of this code or
Section 1753.3 of the Welfare and Institutions Code or facilities
operated by counties pursuant to Section 6241 or 6242 of this code
under contract with the Department of Corrections or the Department
of the Youth Authority, who has the authority and responsibility for
maintaining custody of specified state prison inmates or wards, and
who performs tasks related to the operation of a detention facility
used for the detention of persons who have violated parole or are
awaiting parole back into the community or, upon court order, either
for their own safekeeping or for the specific purpose of serving a
sentence therein.
(b) A correctional officer shall have no right to carry or possess
firearms in the performance of his or her prescribed duties, except,
under the direction of the superintendent of the facility, while
engaged in transporting prisoners, guarding hospitalized prisoners,
or suppressing riots, lynchings, escapes, or rescues in or about a
detention facility established pursuant to Section 2910.5 of this
code or Section 1753.3 of the Welfare and Institutions Code.
(c) Each person described in this section as a correctional
officer, within 90 days following the date of the initial assignment
to that position, shall satisfactorily complete the training course
specified in Section 832. In addition, each person designated as a
correctional officer, within one year following the date of the
initial assignment as an officer, shall have satisfactorily met the
minimum selection and training standards prescribed by the Board of
Corrections pursuant to Section 6035. Persons designated as
correctional officers, before the expiration of the 90-day and
one-year periods described in this subdivision, who have not yet
completed the required training, may perform the duties of a
correctional officer only while under the direct supervision of a
correctional officer who has completed the training required in this
section, and shall not carry or possess firearms in the performance
of their prescribed duties.
(d) This section shall not be construed to confer any authority
upon a correctional officer except while on duty.
(e) A correctional officer may use reasonable force in
establishing and maintaining custody of persons delivered to him or
her by a law enforcement officer, may make arrests for misdemeanors
and felonies within the local detention facility pursuant to a duly
issued warrant, and may make warrantless arrests pursuant to Section
836.5 only during the duration of his or her job.
830.6. (a) (1) Whenever any qualified person is deputized or
appointed by the proper authority as a reserve or auxiliary sheriff
or city police officer, a reserve deputy sheriff, a reserve deputy
marshal, a reserve police officer of a regional park district or of a
transit district, a reserve park ranger, a reserve harbor or port
police officer of a county, city, or district as specified in Section
663.5 of the Harbors and Navigation Code, a reserve deputy of the
Department of Fish and Game, a reserve special agent of the
Department of Justice, a reserve officer of a community service
district which is authorized under subdivision (h) of Section 61600
of the Government Code to maintain a police department or other
police protection, a reserve officer of a school district police
department under Section 35021.5 of the Education Code, a reserve
officer of a community college police department under Section 72330,
a reserve officer of a police protection district formed under Part
1 (commencing with Section 20000) of Division 14 of the Health and
Safety Code, or a reserve housing authority patrol officer employed
by a housing authority defined in subdivision (d) of Section 830.31,
and is assigned specific police functions by that authority, the
person is a peace officer, if the person qualifies as set forth in
Section 832.6. The authority of a person designated as a peace
officer pursuant to this paragraph extends only for the duration of
the person's specific assignment. A reserve park ranger or a transit,
harbor, or port district reserve officer may carry firearms only if
authorized by, and under those terms and conditions as are specified
by, his or her employing agency.
(2) Whenever any qualified person is deputized or appointed by the
proper authority as a reserve or auxiliary sheriff or city police
officer, a reserve deputy sheriff, a reserve deputy marshal, a
reserve park ranger, a reserve police officer of a regional park
district, transit district, community college district, or school
district, a reserve harbor or port police officer of a county, city,
or district as specified in Section 663.5 of the Harbors and
Navigation Code, a reserve officer of a community service district
that is authorized under subdivision (h) of Section 61600 of the
Government Code to maintain a police department or other police
protection, or a reserve officer of a police protection district
formed under Part 1 (commencing with Section 20000) of Division 14 of
the Health and Safety Code, and is so designated by local ordinance
or, if the local agency is not authorized to act by ordinance, by
resolution, either individually or by class, and is assigned to the
prevention and detection of crime and the general enforcement of the
laws of this state by that authority, the person is a peace officer,
if the person qualifies as set forth in paragraph (1) of subdivision
(a) of Section 832.6. The authority of a person designated as a peace
officer pursuant to this paragraph includes the full powers and
duties of a peace officer as provided by Section 830.1. A transit,
harbor, or port district reserve police officer, or a city or county
reserve peace officer who is not provided with the powers and duties
authorized by Section 830.1, has the powers and duties authorized in
Section 830.33, or in the case of a reserve park ranger, the powers
and duties that are authorized in Section 830.31, or in the case of a
reserve housing authority patrol officer, the powers and duties that
are authorized in subdivision (d) of Section 830.31, and a school
district reserve police officer or a community college district
reserve police officer has the powers and duties authorized in
Section 830.32.
(b) Whenever any person designated by a Native American tribe
recognized by the United States Secretary of the Interior is
deputized or appointed by the county sheriff as a reserve or
auxiliary sheriff or a reserve deputy sheriff, and is assigned to the
prevention and detection of crime and the general enforcement of the
laws of this state by the county sheriff, the person is a peace
officer, if the person qualifies as set forth in paragraph (1) of
subdivision (a) of Section 832.6. The authority of a peace officer
pursuant to this subdivision includes the full powers and duties of a
peace officer as provided by Section 830.1.
(c) Whenever any person is summoned to the aid of any uniformed
peace officer, the summoned person is vested with the powers of a
peace officer that are expressly delegated to him or her by the
summoning officer or that are otherwise reasonably necessary to
properly assist the officer.
830.65. (a) Any person who is a regularly employed police officer
of a city or a regularly employed deputy sheriff of a county, or a
reserve peace officer of a city or county and is appointed in the
manner described in paragraph (1) or (2) of subdivision (a) of
Section 832.6, may be appointed as a Campaign Against Marijuana
Planting emergency appointee by the Attorney General pursuant to
Section 5 of Chapter 1563 of the Statutes of 1985 to assist with a
specific investigation, tactical operation, or search and rescue
operation. When so appointed, the person shall be a peace officer of
the Department of Justice, provided that the person's authority shall
extend only for the duration of the specific assignment.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any person who is
appointed as a peace officer in the manner described in this section
shall be deemed to have met the requirements of Section 1031 of the
Government Code and the selection and training standards of the
Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training.
830.7. The following persons are not peace officers but may
exercise the powers of arrest of a peace officer as specified in
Section 836 during the course and within the scope of their
employment, if they successfully complete a course in the exercise of
those powers pursuant to Section 832:
(a) Persons designated by a cemetery authority pursuant to Section
8325 of the Health and Safety Code.
(b) Persons regularly employed as security officers for
independent institutions of higher education, recognized under
subdivision (b) of Section 66010 of the Education Code, if the
institution has concluded a memorandum of understanding, permitting
the exercise of that authority, with the sheriff or the chief of
police within whose jurisdiction the institution lies.
(c) Persons regularly employed as security officers for health
facilities, as defined in Section 1250 of the Health and Safety Code,
that are owned and operated by cities, counties, and cities and
counties, if the facility has concluded a memorandum of
understanding, permitting the exercise of that authority, with the
sheriff or the chief of police within whose jurisdiction the facility
lies.
(d) Employees or classes of employees of the California Department
of Forestry and Fire Protection designated by the Director of
Forestry and Fire Protection, provided that the primary duty of the
employee shall be the enforcement of the law as that duty is set
forth in Section 4156 of the Public Resources Code.
(e) Persons regularly employed as inspectors, supervisors, or
security officers for transit districts, as defined in Section 99213
of the Public Utilities Code, if the district has concluded a
memorandum of understanding permitting the exercise of that
authority, with, as applicable, the sheriff, the chief of police, or
the Department of the California Highway Patrol within whose
jurisdiction the district lies. For the purposes of this subdivision,
the exercise of peace officer authority may include the authority to
remove a vehicle from a railroad right-of-way as set forth in
Section 22656 of the Vehicle Code.
(f) Nonpeace officers regularly employed as county parole officers
pursuant to Section 3089.
(g) Persons appointed by the Executive Director of the California
Science Center pursuant to Section 4108 of the Food and Agricultural
Code.
(h) Persons regularly employed as investigators by the Department
of Transportation for the City of Los Angeles and designated by local
ordinance as public officers, to the extent necessary to enforce
laws related to public transportation, and authorized by a memorandum
of understanding with the chief of police, permitting the exercise
of that authority. For the purposes of this subdivision,
"investigator" means an employee defined in Section 53075.61 of the
Government Code authorized by local ordinance to enforce laws related
to public transportation. Transportation investigators authorized by
this section shall not be deemed "peace officers" for purposes of
Sections 241 and 243.
(i) Persons regularly employed by any department of the City of
Los Angeles who are designated as security officers and authorized by
local ordinance to enforce laws related to the preservation of peace
in or about the properties owned, controlled, operated, or
administered by any department of the City of Los Angeles and
authorized by a memorandum of understanding with the Chief of Police
of the City of Los Angeles permitting the exercise of that authority.
Security officers authorized pursuant to this subdivision shall not
be deemed peace officers for purposes of Sections 241 and 243.
(j) Illegal dumping enforcement officers, to the extent necessary
to enforce laws related to illegal waste dumping, or littering, and
authorized by a memorandum of understanding with, as applicable, the
sheriff or chief of police within whose jurisdiction the person is
employed, permitting the exercise of that authority. An "illegal
dumping enforcement officer" is defined, for purposes of this
section, as a person employed full-time, part-time, or as a volunteer
after completing training prescribed by law, by a city, county, or
city and county, whose duties include illegal dumping enforcement and
is designated by local ordinance as a public officer. An illegal
dumping control officer may also be a person who is not regularly
employed by a city, county, or city and county, but who has met all
training requirements and is directly supervised by a regularly
employed dumping control officer. This person shall not have the
power of arrest or access to summary criminal history information. No
person may be appointed as an illegal dumping enforcement officer if
that person is disqualified pursuant to the criteria set forth in
Section 1029 of the Government Code. Persons regularly employed by a
city, county, or city and county designated pursuant to this
subdivision may be furnished state summary criminal history
information upon a showing of compelling need pursuant to subdivision
(c) of Section 11105.
830.8. (a) Federal criminal investigators and law enforcement
officers are not California peace offi
830. Any person who comes within the provisions of this chapter and
who otherwise meets all standards imposed by law on a peace officer
is a peace officer, and notwithstanding any other provision of law,
no person other than those designated in this chapter is a peace
officer. The restriction of peace officer functions of any public
officer or employee shall not affect his or her status for purposes
of retirement.
830.1. (a) Any sheriff, undersheriff, or deputy sheriff, employed
in that capacity, of a county, any chief of police of a city or
chief, director, or chief executive officer of a consolidated
municipal public safety agency that performs police functions, any
police officer, employed in that capacity and appointed by the chief
of police or chief, director, or chief executive of a public safety
agency, of a city, any chief of police, or police officer of a
district, including police officers of the San Diego Unified Port
District Harbor Police, authorized by statute to maintain a police
department, any marshal or deputy marshal of a superior court or
county, any port warden or port police officer of the Harbor
Department of the City of Los Angeles, or any inspector or
investigator employed in that capacity in the office of a district
attorney, is a peace officer. The authority of these peace officers
extends to any place in the state, as follows:
(1) As to any public offense committed or which there is probable
cause to believe has been committed within the political subdivision
that employs the peace officer or in which the peace officer serves.
(2) Where the peace officer has the prior consent of the chief of
police or chief, director, or chief executive officer of a
consolidated municipal public safety agency, or person authorized by
him or her to give consent, if the place is within a city, or of the
sheriff, or person authorized by him or her to give consent, if the
place is within a county.
(3) As to any public offense committed or which there is probable
cause to believe has been committed in the peace officer's presence,
and with respect to which there is immediate danger to person or
property, or of the escape of the perpetrator of the offense.
(b) The Attorney General and special agents and investigators of
the Department of Justice are peace officers, and those assistant
chiefs, deputy chiefs, chiefs, deputy directors, and division
directors designated as peace officers by the Attorney General are
peace officers. The authority of these peace officers extends to any
place in the state where a public offense has been committed or where
there is probable cause to believe one has been committed.
(c) Any deputy sheriff of the County of Los Angeles, and any
deputy sheriff of the Counties of Butte, Calaveras, Colusa, Glenn,
Humboldt, Imperial, Inyo, Kern, Kings, Lake, Lassen, Mariposa,
Mendocino, Plumas, Riverside, San Benito, San Diego, San Luis Obispo,
Santa Barbara, Santa Clara, Shasta, Siskiyou, Solano, Sonoma,
Stanislaus, Sutter, Tehama, Tulare, and Tuolumne who is employed to
perform duties exclusively or initially relating to custodial
assignments with responsibilities for maintaining the operations of
county custodial facilities, including the custody, care,
supervision, security, movement, and transportation of inmates, is a
peace officer whose authority extends to any place in the state only
while engaged in the performance of the duties of his or her
respective employment and for the purpose of carrying out the primary
function of employment relating to his or her custodial assignments,
or when performing other law enforcement duties directed by his or
her employing agency during a local state of emergency.
830.2. The following persons are peace officers whose authority
extends to any place in the state:
(a) Any member of the Department of the California Highway Patrol
including those members designated under subdivision (a) of Section
2250.1 of the Vehicle Code, provided that the primary duty of the
peace officer is the enforcement of any law relating to the use or
operation of vehicles upon the highways, or laws pertaining to the
provision of police services for the protection of state officers,
state properties, and the occupants of state properties, or both, as
set forth in the Vehicle Code and Government Code.
(b) A member of the University of California Police Department
appointed pursuant to Section 92600 of the Education Code, provided
that the primary duty of the peace officer shall be the enforcement
of the law within the area specified in Section 92600 of the
Education Code.
(c) A member of the California State University Police Departments
appointed pursuant to Section 89560 of the Education Code, provided
that the primary duty of the peace officer shall be the enforcement
of the law within the area specified in Section 89560 of the
Education Code.
(d) (1) Any member of the Office of Correctional Safety of the
Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, provided that the
primary duties of the peace officer shall be the investigation or
apprehension of inmates, wards, parolees, parole violators, or
escapees from state institutions, the transportation of those
persons, the investigation of any violation of criminal law
discovered while performing the usual and authorized duties of
employment, and the coordination of those activities with other
criminal justice agencies.
(2) Any member of the Office of Internal Affairs of the Department
of Corrections and Rehabilitation, provided that the primary duties
shall be criminal investigations of Department of Corrections and
Rehabilitation personnel and the coordination of those activities
with other criminal justice agencies. For purposes of this
subdivision, the member of the Office of Internal Affairs shall
possess certification from the Commission on Peace Officer Standards
and Training for investigators, or have completed training pursuant
to Section 6126.1 of the Penal Code.
(e) Employees of the Department of Fish and Game designated by the
director, provided that the primary duty of those peace officers
shall be the enforcement of the law as set forth in Section 856 of
the Fish and Game Code.
(f) Employees of the Department of Parks and Recreation designated
by the director pursuant to Section 5008 of the Public Resources
Code, provided that the primary duty of the peace officer shall be
the enforcement of the law as set forth in Section 5008 of the Public
Resources Code.
(g) The Director of Forestry and Fire Protection and employees or
classes of employees of the Department of Forestry and Fire
Protection designated by the director pursuant to Section 4156 of the
Public Resources Code, provided that the primary duty of the peace
officer shall be the enforcement of the law as that duty is set forth
in Section 4156 of the Public Resources Code.
(h) Persons employed by the Department of Alcoholic Beverage
Control for the enforcement of Division 9 (commencing with Section
23000) of the Business and Professions Code and designated by the
Director of Alcoholic Beverage Control, provided that the primary
duty of any of these peace officers shall be the enforcement of the
laws relating to alcoholic beverages, as that duty is set forth in
Section 25755 of the Business and Professions Code.
(i) Marshals and police appointed by the Board of Directors of the
California Exposition and State Fair pursuant to Section 3332 of the
Food and Agricultural Code, provided that the primary duty of the
peace officers shall be the enforcement of the law as prescribed in
that section.
(j) The Inspector General, pursuant to Section 6125, and the Chief
Deputy Inspector General, Chief Assistant Inspector General, Deputy
Inspector General In Charge, Senior Deputy Inspector General, Deputy
Inspector General, Senior Assistant Inspector General, Special
Assistant Inspector General, and those employees of the Inspector
General as designated by the Inspector General, are peace officers,
provided that the primary duty of these peace officers shall be
conducting audits of investigatory practices and other audits, as
well as conducting investigations, of the Department of Corrections
and Rehabilitation, Division of Juvenile Justice and the Board of
Parole Hearings.
830.3. The following persons are peace officers whose authority
extends to any place in the state for the purpose of performing their
primary duty or when making an arrest pursuant to Section 836 as to
any public offense with respect to which there is immediate danger to
person or property, or of the escape of the perpetrator of that
offense, or pursuant to Section 8597 or 8598 of the Government Code.
These peace officers may carry firearms only if authorized and under
those terms and conditions as specified by their employing agencies:
(a) Persons employed by the Division of Investigation of the
Department of Consumer Affairs and investigators of the Medical Board
of California and the Board of Dental Examiners, who are designated
by the Director of Consumer Affairs, provided that the primary duty
of these peace officers shall be the enforcement of the law as that
duty is set forth in Section 160 of the Business and Professions
Code.
(b) Voluntary fire wardens designated by the Director of Forestry
and Fire Protection pursuant to Section 4156 of the Public Resources
Code, provided that the primary duty of these peace officers shall be
the enforcement of the law as that duty is set forth in Section 4156
of that code.
(c) Employees of the Department of Motor Vehicles designated in
Section 1655 of the Vehicle Code, provided that the primary duty of
these peace officers shall be the enforcement of the law as that duty
is set forth in Section 1655 of that code.
(d) Investigators of the California Horse Racing Board designated
by the board, provided that the primary duty of these peace officers
shall be the enforcement of Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 19400)
of Division 8 of the Business and Professions Code and Chapter 10
(commencing with Section 330) of Title 9 of Part 1 of this code.
(e) The State Fire Marshal and assistant or deputy state fire
marshals appointed pursuant to Section 13103 of the Health and Safety
Code, provided that the primary duty of these peace officers shall
be the enforcement of the law as that duty is set forth in Section
13104 of that code.
(f) Inspectors of the food and drug section designated by the
chief pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 106500 of the Health and
Safety Code, provided that the primary duty of these peace officers
shall be the enforcement of the law as that duty is set forth in
Section 106500 of that code.
(g) All investigators of the Division of Labor Standards
Enforcement designated by the Labor Commissioner, provided that the
primary duty of these peace officers shall be the enforcement of the
law as prescribed in Section 95 of the Labor Code.
(h) All investigators of the State Departments of Health Care
Services, Public Health, Social Services, Mental Health, and Alcohol
and Drug Programs, the Department of Toxic Substances Control, the
Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development, and the Public
Employees' Retirement System, provided that the primary duty of these
peace officers shall be the enforcement of the law relating to the
duties of his or her department or office. Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, investigators of the Public Employees' Retirement
System shall not carry firearms.
(i) The Chief of the Bureau of Fraudulent Claims of the Department
of Insurance and those investigators designated by the chief,
provided that the primary duty of those investigators shall be the
enforcement of Section 550.
(j) Employees of the Department of Housing and Community
Development designated under Section 18023 of the Health and Safety
Code, provided that the primary duty of these peace officers shall be
the enforcement of the law as that duty is set forth in Section
18023 of that code.
(k) Investigators of the office of the Controller, provided that
the primary duty of these investigators shall be the enforcement of
the law relating to the duties of that office. Notwithstanding any
other law, except as authorized by the Controller, the peace officers
designated pursuant to this subdivision shall not carry firearms.
(l) Investigators of the Department of Corporations designated by
the Commissioner of Corporations, provided that the primary duty of
these investigators shall be the enforcement of the provisions of law
administered by the Department of Corporations. Notwithstanding any
other provision of law, the peace officers designated pursuant to
this subdivision shall not carry firearms.
(m) Persons employed by the Contractors State License Board
designated by the Director of Consumer Affairs pursuant to Section
7011.5 of the Business and Professions Code, provided that the
primary duty of these persons shall be the enforcement of the law as
that duty is set forth in Section 7011.5, and in Chapter 9
(commencing with Section 7000) of Division 3, of that code. The
Director of Consumer Affairs may designate as peace officers not more
than 12 persons who shall at the time of their designation be
assigned to the special investigations unit of the board.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the persons designated
pursuant to this subdivision shall not carry firearms.
(n) The Chief and coordinators of the Law Enforcement Branch of
the California Emergency Management Agency.
(o) Investigators of the office of the Secretary of State
designated by the Secretary of State, provided that the primary duty
of these peace officers shall be the enforcement of the law as
prescribed in Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 8200) of Division 1
of Title 2 of, and Section 12172.5 of, the Government Code.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the peace officers
designated pursuant to this subdivision shall not carry firearms.
(p) The Deputy Director for Security designated by Section 8880.38
of the Government Code, and all lottery security personnel assigned
to the California State Lottery and designated by the director,
provided that the primary duty of any of those peace officers shall
be the enforcement of the laws related to assuring the integrity,
honesty, and fairness of the operation and administration of the
California State Lottery.
(q) Investigators employed by the Investigation Division of the
Employment Development Department designated by the director of the
department, provided that the primary duty of those peace officers
shall be the enforcement of the law as that duty is set forth in
Section 317 of the Unemployment Insurance Code.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the peace officers
designated pursuant to this subdivision shall not carry firearms.
(r) The chief and assistant chief of museum security and safety of
the California Science Center, as designated by the executive
director pursuant to Section 4108 of the Food and Agricultural Code,
provided that the primary duty of those peace officers shall be the
enforcement of the law as that duty is set forth in Section 4108 of
the Food and Agricultural Code.
(s) Employees of the Franchise Tax Board designated by the board,
provided that the primary duty of these peace officers shall be the
enforcement of the law as set forth in Chapter 9 (commencing with
Section 19701) of Part 10.2 of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation
Code.
(t) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, a peace
officer authorized by this section shall not be authorized to carry
firearms by his or her employing agency until that agency has adopted
a policy on the use of deadly force by those peace officers, and
until those peace officers have been instructed in the employing
agency's policy on the use of deadly force.
Every peace officer authorized pursuant to this section to carry
firearms by his or her employing agency shall qualify in the use of
the firearms at least every six months.
(u) Investigators of the Department of Managed Health Care
designated by the Director of the Department of Managed Health Care,
provided that the primary duty of these investigators shall be the
enforcement of the provisions of laws administered by the Director of
the Department of Managed Health Care. Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, the peace officers designated pursuant to this
subdivision shall not carry firearms.
(v) The Chief, Deputy Chief, supervising investigators, and
investigators of the Office of Protective Services of the State
Department of Developmental Services, provided that the primary duty
of each of those persons shall be the enforcement of the law relating
to the duties of his or her department or office.
830.31. The following persons are peace officers whose authority
extends to any place in the state for the purpose of performing their
primary duty or when making an arrest pursuant to Section 836 as to
any public offense with respect to which there is immediate danger to
person or property, or of the escape of the perpetrator of that
offense, or pursuant to Section 8597 or 8598 of the Government Code.
These peace officers may carry firearms only if authorized, and under
the terms and conditions specified, by their employing agency.
(a) A police officer of the County of Los Angeles, if the primary
duty of the officer is the enforcement of the law in or about
properties owned, operated, or administered by his or her employing
agency or when performing necessary duties with respect to patrons,
employees, and properties of his or her employing agency.
(b) A person designated by a local agency as a park ranger and
regularly employed and paid in that capacity, if the primary duty of
the officer is the protection of park and other property of the
agency and the preservation of the peace therein.
(c) (1) A peace officer of the Department of General Services of
the City of Los Angeles designated by the general manager of the
department, if the primary duty of the officer is the enforcement of
the law in or about properties owned, operated, or administered by
his or her employing agency or when performing necessary duties with
respect to patrons, employees, and properties of his or her employing
agency.
(2) A peace officer designated pursuant to this subdivision, and
authorized to carry firearms by his or her employing agency, shall
satisfactorily complete the introductory course of firearm training
required by Section 832 and shall requalify in the use of firearms
every six months.
(3) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a peace officer
designated pursuant to this subdivision who is authorized to carry a
firearm by his or her employing agency while on duty shall not be
authorized to carry a firearm when he or she is not on duty.
(d) A housing authority patrol officer employed by the housing
authority of a city, district, county, or city and county or employed
by the police department of a city and county, if the primary duty
of the officer is the enforcement of the law in or about properties
owned, operated, or administered by his or her employing agency or
when performing necessary duties with respect to patrons, employees,
and properties of his or her employing agency.
830.32. The following persons are peace officers whose authority
extends to any place in the state for the purpose of performing their
primary duty or when making an arrest pursuant to Section 836 as to
any public offense with respect to which there is immediate danger to
person or property, or of the escape of the perpetrator of that
offense, or pursuant to Section 8597 or 8598 of the Government Code.
Those peace officers may carry firearms only if authorized and under
terms and conditions specified by their employing agency.
(a) Members of a California Community College police department
appointed pursuant to Section 72330 of the Education Code, if the
primary duty of the police officer is the enforcement of the law as
prescribed in Section 72330 of the Education Code.
(b) Persons employed as members of a police department of a school
district pursuant to Section 38000 of the Education Code, if the
primary duty of the police officer is the enforcement of the law as
prescribed in Section 38000 of the Education Code.
(c) Any peace officer employed by a K-12 public school district or
California Community College district who has completed training as
prescribed by subdivision (f) of Section 832.3 shall be designated a
school police officer.
830.33. The following persons are peace officers whose authority
extends to any place in the state for the purpose of performing their
primary duty or when making an arrest pursuant to Section 836 as to
any public offense with respect to which there is immediate danger to
person or property, or of the escape of the perpetrator of that
offense, or pursuant to Section 8597 or 8598 of the Government Code.
Those peace officers may carry firearms only if authorized and under
terms and conditions specified by their employing agency.
(a) A member of the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District
Police Department appointed pursuant to Section 28767.5 of the Public
Utilities Code, if the primary duty of the peace officer is the
enforcement of the law in or about properties owned, operated, or
administered by the district or when performing necessary duties with
respect to patrons, employees, and properties of the district.
(b) Harbor or port police regularly employed and paid in that
capacity by a county, city, or district other than peace officers
authorized under Section 830.1, if the primary duty of the peace
officer is the enforcement of the law in or about the properties
owned, operated, or administered by the harbor or port or when
performing necessary duties with respect to patrons, employees, and
properties of the harbor or port.
(c) Transit police officers or peace officers of a county, city,
transit development board, or district, if the primary duty of the
peace officer is the enforcement of the law in or about properties
owned, operated, or administered by the employing agency or when
performing necessary duties with respect to patrons, employees, and
properties of the employing agency.
(d) Any person regularly employed as an airport law enforcement
officer by a city, county, or district operating the airport or by a
joint powers agency, created pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with
Section 6500) of Chapter 5 of Division 7 of Title 1 of the Government
Code, operating the airport, if the primary duty of the peace
officer is the enforcement of the law in or about properties owned,
operated, and administered by the employing agency or when performing
necessary duties with respect to patrons, employees, and properties
of the employing agency.
(e) (1) Any railroad police officer commissioned by the Governor
pursuant to Section 8226 of the Public Utilities Code, if the primary
duty of the peace officer is the enforcement of the law in or about
properties owned, operated, or administered by the employing agency
or when performing necessary duties with respect to patrons,
employees, and properties of the employing agency.
(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a railroad police
officer who has met the current requirements of the Commission on
Peace Officer Standards and Training necessary for exercising the
powers of a peace officer, and who has been commissioned by the
Governor as described herein, and the officer's employing agency, may
apply for access to information from the California Law Enforcement
Telecommunications System (CLETS) through a local law enforcement
agency that has been granted direct access to CLETS, provided that,
in addition to other review standards and conditions of eligibility
applied by the Department of Justice, the CLETS Advisory Committee
and the Attorney General, before access is granted the following are
satisfied:
(A) The employing agency shall enter into a Release of CLETS
Information agreement as provided for in the CLETS policies,
practices, and procedures, and the required background check on the
peace officer and other pertinent personnel has been completed,
together with all required training.
(B) The Release of CLETS Information agreement shall be in
substantially the same form as prescribed by the CLETS policies,
practices, and procedures for public agencies of law enforcement who
subscribe to CLETS services, and shall be subject to the provisions
of Chapter 2.5 (commencing with Section 15150) of Title 2 of Division
3 of the Government Code and the CLETS policies, practices, and
procedures.
(C) (i) The employing agency shall expressly waive any objections
to jurisdiction in the courts of the State of California for any
liability arising from use, abuse, or misuse of CLETS access or
services or the information derived therefrom, or with respect to any
legal actions to enforce provisions of California law relating to
CLETS access, services, or information under this subdivision, and
provided that this liability shall be in addition to that imposed by
Public Utilities Code Section 8226.
(ii) The employing agency shall further agree to utilize CLETS
access, services, or information only for law enforcement activities
by peace officers who have met the current requirements of the
Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training necessary for
exercising the powers of a peace officer, and who have been
commissioned as described herein who are operating within the State
of California, where the activities are directly related to
investigations or arrests arising from conduct occurring within the
State of California.
(iii) The employing agency shall further agree to pay to the
Department of Justice and the providing local law enforcement agency
all costs related to the provision of access or services, including,
but not limited to, any and all hardware, interface modules, and
costs for telephonic communications, as well as administrative costs.
830.34. The following persons are peace officers whose authority
extends to any place in the state for the purpose of performing their
primary duty or when making an arrest pursuant to Section 836 as to
any public offense with respect to which there is immediate danger to
person or property, or of the escape of the perpetrator of that
offense, or pursuant to Section 8597 or 8598 of the Government Code.
Those peace officers may carry firearms only if authorized and under
terms and conditions specified by their employing agency.
(a) Persons designated as a security officer by a municipal
utility district pursuant to Section 12820 of the Public Utilities
Code, if the primary duty of the officer is the protection of the
properties of the utility district and the protection of the persons
thereon.
(b) Persons designated as a security officer by a county water
district pursuant to Section 30547 of the Water Code, if the primary
duty of the officer is the protection of the properties of the county
water district and the protection of the persons thereon.
(c) The security director of the public utilities commission of a
city and county, if the primary duty of the security director is the
protection of the properties of the commission and the protection of
the persons thereon.
(d) Persons employed as a park ranger by a municipal water
district pursuant to Section 71341.5 of the Water Code, if the
primary duty of the park ranger is the protection of the properties
of the municipal water district and the protection of the persons
thereon.
830.35. The following persons are peace officers whose authority
extends to any place in the state for the purpose of performing their
primary duty or when making an arrest pursuant to Section 836 as to
any public offense with respect to which there is immediate danger to
person or property, or of the escape of the perpetrator of that
offense, or pursuant to Section 8597 or 8598 of the Government Code.
Those peace officers may carry firearms only if authorized and under
terms and conditions specified by their employing agency.
(a) A welfare fraud investigator or inspector, regularly employed
and paid in that capacity by a county, if the primary duty of the
peace officer is the enforcement of the provisions of the Welfare and
Institutions Code.
(b) A child support investigator or inspector, regularly employed
and paid in that capacity by a district attorney's office, if the
primary duty of the peace officer is the enforcement of the
provisions of the Family Code and Section 270.
(c) The coroner and deputy coroners, regularly employed and paid
in that capacity, of a county, if the primary duty of the peace
officer are those duties set forth in Sections 27469 and 27491 to
27491.4, inclusive, of the Government Code.
830.36. The following persons are peace officers whose authority
extends to any place in the state for the purpose of performing their
primary duty or when making an arrest pursuant to Section 836 as to
any public offense with respect to which there is immediate danger to
person or property, or of the escape of the perpetrator of that
offense, or pursuant to Section 8597 or 8598 of the Government Code.
Those peace officers may carry firearms only if authorized and under
terms and conditions specified by their employing agency.
(a) The Sergeant-at-Arms of each house of the Legislature, if the
primary duty of the peace officer is the enforcement of the law in or
about properties owned, operated, or administered by the employing
agency or when performing necessary duties with respect to patrons,
employees, and properties of the employing agency.
(b) Marshals of the Supreme Court and bailiffs of the courts of
appeal, and coordinators of security for the judicial branch, if the
primary duty of the peace officer is the enforcement of the law in or
about properties owned, operated, or administered by the employing
agency or when performing necessary duties with respect to patrons,
employees, and properties of the employing agency.
(c) Court service officer in a county of the second class and
third class, if the primary duty of the peace officer is the
enforcement of the law in or about properties owned, operated, or
administered by the employing agency or when performing necessary
duties with respect to patrons, employees, and properties of the
employing agency.
830.37. The following persons are peace officers whose authority
extends to any place in the state for the purpose of performing their
primary duty or when making an arrest pursuant to Section 836 as to
any public offense with respect to which there is immediate danger to
person or property, or of the escape of the perpetrator of that
offense, or pursuant to Section 8597 or 8598 of the Government Code.
These peace officers may carry firearms only if authorized and under
terms and conditions specified by their employing agency:
(a) Members of an arson-investigating unit, regularly paid and
employed in that capacity, of a fire department or fire protection
agency of a county, city, city and county, district, or the state, if
the primary duty of these peace officers is the detection and
apprehension of persons who have violated any fire law or committed
insurance fraud.
(b) Members other than members of an arson-investigating unit,
regularly paid and employed in that capacity, of a fire department or
fire protection agency of a county, city, city and county, district,
or the state, if the primary duty of these peace officers, when
acting in that capacity, is the enforcement of laws relating to fire
prevention or fire suppression.
(c) Voluntary fire wardens as are designated by the Director of
Forestry and Fire Protection pursuant to Section 4156 of the Public
Resources Code, provided that the primary duty of these peace
officers shall be the enforcement of the law as that duty is set
forth in Section 4156 of the Public Resources Code.
(d) Firefighter/security guards by the Military Department, if the
primary duty of the peace officer is the enforcement of the law in
or about properties owned, operated, or administered by the employing
agency or when performing necessary duties with respect to patrons,
employees, and properties of the employing agency.
830.38. The officers of a state hospital under the jurisdiction of
the State Department of Mental Health or the State Department of
Developmental Services appointed pursuant to Section 4313 or 4493 of
the Welfare and Institutions Code, are peace officers whose authority
extends to any place in the state for the purpose of performing
their primary duty or when making an arrest pursuant to Section 836
as to any public offense with respect to which there is immediate
danger to person or property, or of the escape of the perpetrator of
that offense, or pursuant to Section 8597 or 8598 of the Government
Code provided that the primary duty of the peace officers shall be
the enforcement of the law as set forth in Sections 4311, 4313, 4491,
and 4493 of the Welfare and Institutions Code. Those peace officers
may carry firearms only if authorized and under terms and conditions
specified by their employing agency.
830.39. (a) Any regularly employed law enforcement officer of the
Oregon State Police, the Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles and
Public Safety, or the Arizona Department of Public Safety is a peace
officer in this state if all of the following conditions are met:
(1) The officer is providing, or attempting to provide, law
enforcement services within this state on the state or county
highways and areas immediately adjacent thereto, within a distance of
up to 50 statute miles of the contiguous border of this state and
the state employing the officer.
(2) The officer is providing, or attempting to provide, law
enforcement services pursuant to either of the following:
(A) In response to a request for services initiated by a member of
the California Highway Patrol.
(B) In response to a reasonable belief that emergency law
enforcement services are necessary for the preservation of life, and
a request for services by a member of the Department of the
California Highway Patrol is impractical to obtain under the
circumstances. In those situations, the officer shall obtain
authorization as soon as practical.
(3) The officer is providing, or attempting to provide, law
enforcement services for the purpose of assisting a member of the
California Highway Patrol to provide emergency service in response to
misdemeanor or felony criminal activity, pursuant to the authority
of a peace officer as provided in subdivision (a) of Section 830.2,
or, in the event of highway-related traffic accidents, emergency
incidents or other similar public safety problems, whether or not a
member of the California Highway Patrol is present at the scene of
the event. Nothing in this section shall be construed to confer upon
the officer the authority to enforce traffic or motor vehicle
infractions.
(4) An agreement pursuant to Section 2403.5 of the Vehicle Code is
in effect between the Department of the California Highway Patrol
and the agency of the adjoining state employing the officer, the
officer acts in accordance with that agreement, and the agreement
specifies that the officer and employing agency of the adjoining
state shall be subject to the same civil immunities and liabilities
as a peace officer and his or her employing agency in this state.
(5) The officer receives no separate compensation from this state
for providing law enforcement services within this state.
(6) The adjoining state employing the officer confers similar
rights and authority upon a member of the California Highway Patrol
who renders assistance within that state.
(b) Whenever, pursuant to Nevada law, a Nevada correctional
officer is working or supervising Nevada inmates who are performing
conservation-related projects or fire suppression duties within
California, the correctional officer may maintain custody of the
inmates in California, and retake any inmate who should escape in
California, to the same extent as if the correctional officer were a
peace officer in this state and the inmate had been committed to his
or her custody in proceedings under California law.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any person who is
acting as a peace officer in this state in the manner described in
this section shall be deemed to have met the requirements of Section
1031 of the Government Code and the selection and training standards
of the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training if the
officer has completed the basic training required for peace officers
in his or her state.
(d) In no case shall a peace officer of an adjoining state be
authorized to provide services within a California jurisdiction
during any period in which the regular law enforcement agency of the
jurisdiction is involved in a labor dispute.
830.4. The following persons are peace officers whose authority
extends to any place in the state for the purpose of performing their
duties under the conditions as specified by statute. Those peace
officers may carry firearms only if authorized and under terms and
conditions specified by their employing agency.
(a) Members of the California National Guard have the powers of
peace officers when they are involved in any or all of the following:
(1) Called or ordered into active state service by the Governor
pursuant to the provisions of Section 143 or 146 of the Military and
Veterans Code.
(2) Serving within the area wherein military assistance is
required.
(3) Directly assisting civil authorities in any of the situations
specified in Section 143 or 146.
The authority of the peace officer under this subdivision extends
to the area wherein military assistance is required as to a public
offense committed or which there is reasonable cause to believe has
been committed within that area. The requirements of Section 1031 of
the Government Code are not applicable under those circumstances.
(b) Guards and messengers of the Treasurer's office when
performing assigned duties as a guard or messenger.
(c) Security officers of the Department of Justice when performing
assigned duties as security officers.
(d) Security officers of Hastings College of the Law. These
officers shall have authority of peace officers only within the City
and County of San Francisco. Notwithstanding any other provisions of
law, the peace officers designated by this subdivision shall not be
authorized by this subdivision to carry firearms either on or off
duty. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the act which
designated the persons described in this subdivision as peace
officers shall serve only to define those persons as peace officers,
the extent of their jurisdiction, and the nature and scope of their
authority, powers, and duties, and there shall be no change in the
status of those persons for purposes of retirement, workers'
compensation or similar injury or death benefits, or other employee
benefits.
830.5. The following persons are peace officers whose authority
extends to any place in the state while engaged in the performance of
the duties of their respective employment and for the purpose of
carrying out the primary function of their employment or as required
under Sections 8597, 8598, and 8617 of the Government Code. Except as
specified in this section, these peace officers may carry firearms
only if authorized and under those terms and conditions specified by
their employing agency:
(a) A parole officer of the Department of Corrections or the
Department of the Youth Authority, probation officer, deputy
probation officer, or a board coordinating parole agent employed by
the Youthful Offender Parole Board. Except as otherwise provided in
this subdivision, the authority of these parole or probation officers
shall extend only as follows:
(1) To conditions of parole or of probation by any person in this
state on parole or probation.
(2) To the escape of any inmate or ward from a state or local
institution.
(3) To the transportation of persons on parole or probation.
(4) To violations of any penal provisions of law which are
discovered while performing the usual or authorized duties of his or
her employment.
(5) To the rendering of mutual aid to any other law enforcement
agency.
For the purposes of this subdivision, "parole agent" shall have
the same meaning as parole officer of the Department of Corrections
or of the Department of the Youth Authority.
Any parole officer of the Department of Corrections, the
Department of the Youth Authority, or the Youthful Offender Parole
Board is authorized to carry firearms, but only as determined by the
director on a case-by-case or unit-by-unit basis and only under those
terms and conditions specified by the director or chairperson. The
Department of the Youth Authority shall develop a policy for arming
peace officers of the Department of the Youth Authority who comprise
"high-risk transportation details" or "high-risk escape details" no
later than June 30, 1995. This policy shall be implemented no later
than December 31, 1995.
The Department of the Youth Authority shall train and arm those
peace officers who comprise tactical teams at each facility for use
during "high-risk escape details."
(b) A correctional officer employed by the Department of
Corrections or any employee of the Department of the Youth Authority
having custody of wards or the Inspector General of the Youth and
Adult Correctional Agency or any internal affairs investigator under
the authority of the Inspector General or any employee of the
Department of Corrections designated by the Director of Corrections
or any correctional counselor series employee of the Department of
Corrections or any medical technical assistant series employee
designated by the Director of Corrections or designated by the
Director of Corrections and employed by the State Department of
Mental Health or employee of the Board of Prison Terms designated by
the Secretary of the Youth and Adult Correctional Agency or employee
of the Department of the Youth Authority designated by the Director
of the Youth Authority or any superintendent, supervisor, or employee
having custodial responsibilities in an institution operated by a
probation department, or any transportation officer of a probation
department.
(c) The following persons may carry a firearm while not on duty: a
parole officer of the Department of Corrections or the Department of
the Youth Authority, a correctional officer or correctional
counselor employed by the Department of Corrections or any employee
of the Department of the Youth Authority having custody of wards or
any employee of the Department of Corrections designated by the
Director of Corrections. A parole officer of the Youthful Offender
Parole Board may carry a firearm while not on duty only when so
authorized by the chairperson of the board and only under the terms
and conditions specified by the chairperson. Nothing in this section
shall be interpreted to require licensure pursuant to Section 12025.
The director or chairperson may deny, suspend, or revoke for good
cause a person's right to carry a firearm under this subdivision.
That person shall, upon request, receive a hearing, as provided for
in the negotiated grievance procedure between the exclusive employee
representative and the Department of Corrections, the Department of
the Youth Authority, or the Youthful Offender Parole Board, to review
the director's or the chairperson's decision.
(d) Persons permitted to carry firearms pursuant to this section,
either on or off duty, shall meet the training requirements of
Section 832 and shall qualify with the firearm at least quarterly. It
is the responsibility of the individual officer or designee to
maintain his or her eligibility to carry concealable firearms off
duty. Failure to maintain quarterly qualifications by an officer or
designee with any concealable firearms carried off duty shall
constitute good cause to suspend or revoke that person's right to
carry firearms off duty.
(e) The Department of Corrections shall allow reasonable access to
its ranges for officers and designees of either department to
qualify to carry concealable firearms off duty. The time spent on the
range for purposes of meeting the qualification requirements shall
be the person's own time during the person's off-duty hours.
(f) The Director of Corrections shall promulgate regulations
consistent with this section.
(g) "High-risk transportation details" and "high-risk escape
details" as used in this section shall be determined by the Director
of the Youth Authority, or his or her designee. The director, or his
or her designee, shall consider at least the following in determining
"high-risk transportation details" and "high-risk escape details":
protection of the public, protection of officers, flight risk, and
violence potential of the wards.
(h) "Transportation detail" as used in this section shall include
transportation of wards outside the facility, including, but not
limited to, court appearances, medical trips, and interfacility
transfers.
830.5. The following persons are peace officers whose authority
extends to any place in the state while engaged in the performance of
the duties of their respective employment and for the purpose of
carrying out the primary function of their employment or as required
under Sections 8597, 8598, and 8617 of the Government Code. Except as
specified in this section, these peace officers may carry firearms
only if authorized and under those terms and conditions specified by
their employing agency:
(a) A parole officer of the Department of Corrections or the
Department of the Youth Authority, probation officer, deputy
probation officer, or a board coordinating parole agent employed by
the Youthful Offender Parole Board. Except as otherwise provided in
this subdivision, the authority of these parole or probation officers
shall extend only as follows:
(1) To conditions of parole or of probation by any person in this
state on parole or probation.
(2) To the escape of any inmate or ward from a state or local
institution.
(3) To the transportation of persons on parole or probation.
(4) To violations of any penal provisions of law which are
discovered while performing the usual or authorized duties of his or
her employment.
(5) To the rendering of mutual aid to any other law enforcement
agency.
For the purposes of this subdivision, "parole agent" shall have
the same meaning as parole officer of the Department of Corrections
or of the Department of the Youth Authority.
Any parole officer of the Department of Corrections, the
Department of the Youth Authority, or the Youthful Offender Parole
Board is authorized to carry firearms, but only as determined by the
director on a case-by-case or unit-by-unit basis and only under those
terms and conditions specified by the director or chairperson. The
Department of the Youth Authority shall develop a policy for arming
peace officers of the Department of the Youth Authority who comprise
"high-risk transportation details" or "high-risk escape details" no
later than June 30, 1995. This policy shall be implemented no later
than December 31, 1995.
The Department of the Youth Authority shall train and arm those
peace officers who comprise tactical teams at each facility for use
during "high-risk escape details."
(b) A correctional officer employed by the Department of
Corrections or any employee of the Department of the Youth Authority
having custody of wards or the Inspector General of the Youth and
Adult Correctional Agency or any internal affairs investigator under
the authority of the Inspector General or any employee of the
Department of Corrections designated by the Director of Corrections
or any correctional counselor series employee of the Department of
Corrections or any medical technical assistant series employee
designated by the Director of Corrections or designated by the
Director of Corrections and employed by the State Department of
Mental Health or employee of the Board of Prison Terms designated by
the Secretary of the Youth and Adult Correctional Agency or employee
of the Department of the Youth Authority designated by the Director
of the Youth Authority or any superintendent, supervisor, or employee
having custodial responsibilities in an institution operated by a
probation department, or any transportation officer of a probation
department.
(c) The following persons may carry a firearm while not on duty: a
parole officer of the Department of Corrections or the Department of
the Youth Authority, a correctional officer or correctional
counselor employed by the Department of Corrections or any employee
of the Department of the Youth Authority having custody of wards or
any employee of the Department of Corrections designated by the
Director of Corrections. A parole officer of the Youthful Offender
Parole Board may carry a firearm while not on duty only when so
authorized by the chairperson of the board and only under the terms
and conditions specified by the chairperson. Nothing in this section
shall be interpreted to require licensure pursuant to Section 25400.
The director or chairperson may deny, suspend, or revoke for good
cause a person's right to carry a firearm under this subdivision.
That person shall, upon request, receive a hearing, as provided for
in the negotiated grievance procedure between the exclusive employee
representative and the Department of Corrections, the Department of
the Youth Authority, or the Youthful Offender Parole Board, to review
the director's or the chairperson's decision.
(d) Persons permitted to carry firearms pursuant to this section,
either on or off duty, shall meet the training requirements of
Section 832 and shall qualify with the firearm at least quarterly. It
is the responsibility of the individual officer or designee to
maintain his or her eligibility to carry concealable firearms off
duty. Failure to maintain quarterly qualifications by an officer or
designee with any concealable firearms carried off duty shall
constitute good cause to suspend or revoke that person's right to
carry firearms off duty.
(e) The Department of Corrections shall allow reasonable access to
its ranges for officers and designees of either department to
qualify to carry concealable firearms off duty. The time spent on the
range for purposes of meeting the qualification requirements shall
be the person's own time during the person's off-duty hours.
(f) The Director of Corrections shall promulgate regulations
consistent with this section.
(g) "High-risk transportation details" and "high-risk escape
details" as used in this section shall be determined by the Director
of the Youth Authority, or his or her designee. The director, or his
or her designee, shall consider at least the following in determining
"high-risk transportation details" and "high-risk escape details":
protection of the public, protection of officers, flight risk, and
violence potential of the wards.
(h) "Transportation detail" as used in this section shall include
transportation of wards outside the facility, including, but not
limited to, court appearances, medical trips, and interfacility
transfers.
830.55. (a) As used in this section, a correctional officer is a
peace officer, employed by a city, county, or city and county which
operates a facility described in Section 2910.5 of this code or
Section 1753.3 of the Welfare and Institutions Code or facilities
operated by counties pursuant to Section 6241 or 6242 of this code
under contract with the Department of Corrections or the Department
of the Youth Authority, who has the authority and responsibility for
maintaining custody of specified state prison inmates or wards, and
who performs tasks related to the operation of a detention facility
used for the detention of persons who have violated parole or are
awaiting parole back into the community or, upon court order, either
for their own safekeeping or for the specific purpose of serving a
sentence therein.
(b) A correctional officer shall have no right to carry or possess
firearms in the performance of his or her prescribed duties, except,
under the direction of the superintendent of the facility, while
engaged in transporting prisoners, guarding hospitalized prisoners,
or suppressing riots, lynchings, escapes, or rescues in or about a
detention facility established pursuant to Section 2910.5 of this
code or Section 1753.3 of the Welfare and Institutions Code.
(c) Each person described in this section as a correctional
officer, within 90 days following the date of the initial assignment
to that position, shall satisfactorily complete the training course
specified in Section 832. In addition, each person designated as a
correctional officer, within one year following the date of the
initial assignment as an officer, shall have satisfactorily met the
minimum selection and training standards prescribed by the Board of
Corrections pursuant to Section 6035. Persons designated as
correctional officers, before the expiration of the 90-day and
one-year periods described in this subdivision, who have not yet
completed the required training, may perform the duties of a
correctional officer only while under the direct supervision of a
correctional officer who has completed the training required in this
section, and shall not carry or possess firearms in the performance
of their prescribed duties.
(d) This section shall not be construed to confer any authority
upon a correctional officer except while on duty.
(e) A correctional officer may use reasonable force in
establishing and maintaining custody of persons delivered to him or
her by a law enforcement officer, may make arrests for misdemeanors
and felonies within the local detention facility pursuant to a duly
issued warrant, and may make warrantless arrests pursuant to Section
836.5 only during the duration of his or her job.
830.6. (a) (1) Whenever any qualified person is deputized or
appointed by the proper authority as a reserve or auxiliary sheriff
or city police officer, a reserve deputy sheriff, a reserve deputy
marshal, a reserve police officer of a regional park district or of a
transit district, a reserve park ranger, a reserve harbor or port
police officer of a county, city, or district as specified in Section
663.5 of the Harbors and Navigation Code, a reserve deputy of the
Department of Fish and Game, a reserve special agent of the
Department of Justice, a reserve officer of a community service
district which is authorized under subdivision (h) of Section 61600
of the Government Code to maintain a police department or other
police protection, a reserve officer of a school district police
department under Section 35021.5 of the Education Code, a reserve
officer of a community college police department under Section 72330,
a reserve officer of a police protection district formed under Part
1 (commencing with Section 20000) of Division 14 of the Health and
Safety Code, or a reserve housing authority patrol officer employed
by a housing authority defined in subdivision (d) of Section 830.31,
and is assigned specific police functions by that authority, the
person is a peace officer, if the person qualifies as set forth in
Section 832.6. The authority of a person designated as a peace
officer pursuant to this paragraph extends only for the duration of
the person's specific assignment. A reserve park ranger or a transit,
harbor, or port district reserve officer may carry firearms only if
authorized by, and under those terms and conditions as are specified
by, his or her employing agency.
(2) Whenever any qualified person is deputized or appointed by the
proper authority as a reserve or auxiliary sheriff or city police
officer, a reserve deputy sheriff, a reserve deputy marshal, a
reserve park ranger, a reserve police officer of a regional park
district, transit district, community college district, or school
district, a reserve harbor or port police officer of a county, city,
or district as specified in Section 663.5 of the Harbors and
Navigation Code, a reserve officer of a community service district
that is authorized under subdivision (h) of Section 61600 of the
Government Code to maintain a police department or other police
protection, or a reserve officer of a police protection district
formed under Part 1 (commencing with Section 20000) of Division 14 of
the Health and Safety Code, and is so designated by local ordinance
or, if the local agency is not authorized to act by ordinance, by
resolution, either individually or by class, and is assigned to the
prevention and detection of crime and the general enforcement of the
laws of this state by that authority, the person is a peace officer,
if the person qualifies as set forth in paragraph (1) of subdivision
(a) of Section 832.6. The authority of a person designated as a peace
officer pursuant to this paragraph includes the full powers and
duties of a peace officer as provided by Section 830.1. A transit,
harbor, or port district reserve police officer, or a city or county
reserve peace officer who is not provided with the powers and duties
authorized by Section 830.1, has the powers and duties authorized in
Section 830.33, or in the case of a reserve park ranger, the powers
and duties that are authorized in Section 830.31, or in the case of a
reserve housing authority patrol officer, the powers and duties that
are authorized in subdivision (d) of Section 830.31, and a school
district reserve police officer or a community college district
reserve police officer has the powers and duties authorized in
Section 830.32.
(b) Whenever any person designated by a Native American tribe
recognized by the United States Secretary of the Interior is
deputized or appointed by the county sheriff as a reserve or
auxiliary sheriff or a reserve deputy sheriff, and is assigned to the
prevention and detection of crime and the general enforcement of the
laws of this state by the county sheriff, the person is a peace
officer, if the person qualifies as set forth in paragraph (1) of
subdivision (a) of Section 832.6. The authority of a peace officer
pursuant to this subdivision includes the full powers and duties of a
peace officer as provided by Section 830.1.
(c) Whenever any person is summoned to the aid of any uniformed
peace officer, the summoned person is vested with the powers of a
peace officer that are expressly delegated to him or her by the
summoning officer or that are otherwise reasonably necessary to
properly assist the officer.
830.65. (a) Any person who is a regularly employed police officer
of a city or a regularly employed deputy sheriff of a county, or a
reserve peace officer of a city or county and is appointed in the
manner described in paragraph (1) or (2) of subdivision (a) of
Section 832.6, may be appointed as a Campaign Against Marijuana
Planting emergency appointee by the Attorney General pursuant to
Section 5 of Chapter 1563 of the Statutes of 1985 to assist with a
specific investigation, tactical operation, or search and rescue
operation. When so appointed, the person shall be a peace officer of
the Department of Justice, provided that the person's authority shall
extend only for the duration of the specific assignment.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any person who is
appointed as a peace officer in the manner described in this section
shall be deemed to have met the requirements of Section 1031 of the
Government Code and the selection and training standards of the
Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training.
830.7. The following persons are not peace officers but may
exercise the powers of arrest of a peace officer as specified in
Section 836 during the course and within the scope of their
employment, if they successfully complete a course in the exercise of
those powers pursuant to Section 832:
(a) Persons designated by a cemetery authority pursuant to Section
8325 of the Health and Safety Code.
(b) Persons regularly employed as security officers for
independent institutions of higher education, recognized under
subdivision (b) of Section 66010 of the Education Code, if the
institution has concluded a memorandum of understanding, permitting
the exercise of that authority, with the sheriff or the chief of
police within whose jurisdiction the institution lies.
(c) Persons regularly employed as security officers for health
facilities, as defined in Section 1250 of the Health and Safety Code,
that are owned and operated by cities, counties, and cities and
counties, if the facility has concluded a memorandum of
understanding, permitting the exercise of that authority, with the
sheriff or the chief of police within whose jurisdiction the facility
lies.
(d) Employees or classes of employees of the California Department
of Forestry and Fire Protection designated by the Director of
Forestry and Fire Protection, provided that the primary duty of the
employee shall be the enforcement of the law as that duty is set
forth in Section 4156 of the Public Resources Code.
(e) Persons regularly employed as inspectors, supervisors, or
security officers for transit districts, as defined in Section 99213
of the Public Utilities Code, if the district has concluded a
memorandum of understanding permitting the exercise of that
authority, with, as applicable, the sheriff, the chief of police, or
the Department of the California Highway Patrol within whose
jurisdiction the district lies. For the purposes of this subdivision,
the exercise of peace officer authority may include the authority to
remove a vehicle from a railroad right-of-way as set forth in
Section 22656 of the Vehicle Code.
(f) Nonpeace officers regularly employed as county parole officers
pursuant to Section 3089.
(g) Persons appointed by the Executive Director of the California
Science Center pursuant to Section 4108 of the Food and Agricultural
Code.
(h) Persons regularly employed as investigators by the Department
of Transportation for the City of Los Angeles and designated by local
ordinance as public officers, to the extent necessary to enforce
laws related to public transportation, and authorized by a memorandum
of understanding with the chief of police, permitting the exercise
of that authority. For the purposes of this subdivision,
"investigator" means an employee defined in Section 53075.61 of the
Government Code authorized by local ordinance to enforce laws related
to public transportation. Transportation investigators authorized by
this section shall not be deemed "peace officers" for purposes of
Sections 241 and 243.
(i) Persons regularly employed by any department of the City of
Los Angeles who are designated as security officers and authorized by
local ordinance to enforce laws related to the preservation of peace
in or about the properties owned, controlled, operated, or
administered by any department of the City of Los Angeles and
authorized by a memorandum of understanding with the Chief of Police
of the City of Los Angeles permitting the exercise of that authority.
Security officers authorized pursuant to this subdivision shall not
be deemed peace officers for purposes of Sections 241 and 243.
(j) Illegal dumping enforcement officers, to the extent necessary
to enforce laws related to illegal waste dumping, or littering, and
authorized by a memorandum of understanding with, as applicable, the
sheriff or chief of police within whose jurisdiction the person is
employed, permitting the exercise of that authority. An "illegal
dumping enforcement officer" is defined, for purposes of this
section, as a person employed full-time, part-time, or as a volunteer
after completing training prescribed by law, by a city, county, or
city and county, whose duties include illegal dumping enforcement and
is designated by local ordinance as a public officer. An illegal
dumping control officer may also be a person who is not regularly
employed by a city, county, or city and county, but who has met all
training requirements and is directly supervised by a regularly
employed dumping control officer. This person shall not have the
power of arrest or access to summary criminal history information. No
person may be appointed as an illegal dumping enforcement officer if
that person is disqualified pursuant to the criteria set forth in
Section 1029 of the Government Code. Persons regularly employed by a
city, county, or city and county designated pursuant to this
subdivision may be furnished state summary criminal history
information upon a showing of compelling need pursuant to subdivision
(c) of Section 11105.
830.8. (a) Federal criminal investigators and law enforcement
officers are not California peace offi
