§ 1-3-2. Issuance of citations by designated officers and employees.
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Officers and employees of the city who have the discretionary duty to enforce a statute
or ordinance may, pursuant to Penal Code § 836.5 and subject to the provisions of
this section, arrest a person without a warrant whenever any such officer or employee
has reasonable cause to believe that the person to be arrested has committed an offense
in the officer's or employee's presence which he has the discretionary duty to enforce,
and to issue a notice to appear, and to release such person on his written promise
to appear in court, pursuant to Penal Code § 853.6. No officer or employee shall be
allowed by his superior to exercise the arrest and citation authority conferred in
this section unless such officer or employee is within a classification of city officers
and employees designated by resolution of the city council to exercise such arrest
and citation authority as to specified violations. Any such officer or employee shall
be appropriately instructed to deposit executed citations or notice with the police
department for filing with the court, after review for legal sufficiency.
