(a) "Criminal Justice Personnel" means a prosecutor, assistant prosecutor or deputy prosecutor of any local, state or federal prosecutor's office; or a judge, magistrate, commissioner, former judge, former magistrate or former commissioner of any court of record in the local, state, or federal system, against whom a criminal act was committed in retaliation for, or to prevent, the victim's performance of his or her official duties.
(b) "Public Safety Personnel" means a peace officer as defined in State of California Penal Code section 7(8), or a firefighter or emergency rescue personnel as defined in Penal Code section 245.1, engaged in the performance of his or her duties, whom the suspect knew or reasonably should have known was a peace officer, firefighter or emergency rescue personnel, during the commission of the criminal act.
(c) "Reward" means an authorized payment of monetary compensation to a person or persons for:
1. Information received by the City leading to the determination of the identity and apprehension of a person or persons whose willful misconduct has resulted in injury or death to a person or persons, or who has willfully damaged or destroyed any property; or
2. Coming to the aid of a City of Los Angeles police officer, or for the furnishing of information to the City leading to the arrest and conviction of any person or persons who killed, assaulted with a deadly weapon, or inflicted serious bodily harm upon a police officer of the City.
(d) "Witness to a Crime" means a person against whom a criminal act was committed that prevented, or that was in retaliation for, his or her testimony in a criminal or juvenile proceeding.
SECTION HISTORY
Added by Ord. No. 158,157*, Eff. 9-4-83.
Amended by: Ord. No. 175,927, Eff. 5-26-04; Subsec. (c)2., Ord. No. 181,615, Eff. 4-25-11.