(a) In accordance with Section 836.5 of the California Penal Code, sheriff’s department personnel, the duly designated code enforcement officers of the city, and such other officers and employees of the city as may hereafter be specifically designated by ordinance or resolution of the city council, have the power, authority and immunity, as provided for in that Section 836.5, to make arrests without a warrant, and to issue citations, whenever those officers or employees have reasonable cause to believe that the person to be arrested has committed in their presence a violation of an ordinance or statute that those officers or employees have the duty to enforce.
(b) In any case in which a person is arrested pursuant to this authority and the person arrested does not demand to be taken before a magistrate, the officer or employee making the arrest must prepare a written notice to appear and release the person on his or her promise to appear, as prescribed by Chapter 5C (commencing with Section 853.5) of the California Penal Code.
(Ord. 762 § 1 (part), 1998)