(A) Subject to the provisions of subsection (D) of this section, Enforcement Officers (as defined by § 1.08.120) are authorized by the City Council, pursuant to Cal. Penal Code §§ 832, 836.5 and 19d and subject to the provisions thereof, to arrest a person without warrant whenever the Enforcement Officer has reasonable cause to believe that the person to be arrested has violated any provision of this code, or any code adopted by reference by this code, in the Enforcement Officer's presence or fails to correct a violation of this code, or any code adopted by reference by this code, and therefore has committed a misdemeanor or an infraction which the Enforcement Officer has the discretionary duty to enforce.
(B) Enforcement Officers are further authorized by the City Council to issue a Notice to Appear and to release such person on his or her written promise to appear in court, pursuant to Cal. Penal Code §§ 853.5 and 853.6. Under no circumstances may an Enforcement Officer take the person to be arrested into custody. In the event that the person to be arrested demands to be taken before the Magistrate or refuses to provide his or her written promise to appear in court, the Enforcement Officer must either summon a Corona police officer, explain the situation and request that the Corona police officer arrest the person and take the person into custody or seek assistance of the City Attorney and request that an infraction complaint be prepared and filed against that person.
(C) In addition to the mandatory course of training prescribed by the Commission of Peace Officers standards pursuant to Cal. Penal Code § 832, the Chief of Corona Police Department shall establish and cause to be administered special enforcement training programs designed to instruct Enforcement Officers regarding provisions of this code to be enforced, the evidentiary prerequisites to proper prosecution for violations thereof, the appropriate procedures for making arrests or otherwise prudently exercising such arrest and citation authority and limitations attendant thereto. The Enforcement Officer shall be appropriately instructed to file executed citations within the Planning Department and such citations shall be filed with the Magistrate pursuant to § 1.08.070.
(D) Each Enforcement Officer shall have the authority specified in division (A) of this section to the extent that a particular Enforcement Officer's job description includes enforcement of particular provisions of this code and the Enforcement Officer has received the training required by applicable law and by the policies of the city development employing the Enforcement Officer. The City Manager may designate the specific enforcement authority for particular categories of Enforcement Officers.
(`78 Code, § 1.08.078.) (Ord. 2833 § 8, 2006; Ord. 1899 § 7, 1988; Ord. 1809 § 4, 1986.)