(A) Officers and employees of the town who have discretionary duty to enforce a statute or ordinance may, pursuant to Cal. Penal Code § 836.5 and subject to the provisions of this chapter, 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 a misdemeanor or infraction in the officer’s or employee’s presence which he or she has the discretionary duty to enforce, and to issue a notice to appear in court, pursuant to Cal. Penal Code Title 3, Chapter 5C, Part 2, commencing with § 853.5.
(B) No officer or employee shall be allowed by his or her supervisor to exercise the arrest and citation authority conferred in this section unless the officer or employee is within a classification of town officers and employees designated by resolution of the Town Council to exercise the arrest and citation authority as to specified misdemeanor or infraction violations.
(Prior Code, § 1.12.010) (Ord. 528, passed - -1984)
(A) The Town Manager shall establish and cause to be administered a special enforcement training program designed to instruct each officer or employee who will exercise the arrest and citation authority, regarding the provisions of the statutes and ordinances to be enforced, the evidentiary prerequisites to proper prosecution for violations thereof, the appropriate procedures for making arrests or otherwise prudently exercising the arrest and citation authority, and the legal and practical ramifications and limitations attendant thereto.
(B) Any such officers or employees shall be appropriately instructed to deposit executed citations or notices with the appropriate town department for filing with the court, after review for legal sufficiency.
(Prior Code, § 1.12.020) (Ord. 528, passed - -1984)