(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 the victim’s 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 their 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, the person’s 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.