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It shall be unlawful for any person to willfully listen by means of any radio receiving device located in or upon any vehicle to any official message which is being transmitted by the Police Department or Fire Department of the City of Los Angeles or any law enforcement agency over a radio transmitting station owned or operated by such city or agency. The provisions herein shall not apply to any person to whom a permit to listen to such radio messages has been issued in writing by the Chief of Police of the City of Los Angeles after the Chief of Police determines that public interest will be served by the issuance of such permit, nor shall the provisions of this section apply to any officer, agent, or servant of any government agency or public utility, the performance of whose duty as such officer, agent or servant, requires that the officer, agent or servant listen to such messages.
No person who intercepts, overhears or receives any message or communication transmitted by any radio transmission station operating upon a wave length or radio frequency assigned by the Federal Communication Commission for use by any police or law enforcement department shall, for the financial benefit of themself or another communicate such message or communication to another or directly or indirectly use the information so obtained.
No person shall willfully make to the Police Department of the City any false, misleading or unfounded report, for the purpose of interfering with the operation of the Police Department or with the intention of misleading any police officer.
A false oral statement made upon the initiative of one who resorts to the police department or member thereof for the specific purpose of having some action taken with respect thereto is a violation of the foregoing section.
People v. Minler,(135 Cal. App. 2d Supp. P. 889.)
See also People v. Smith. CRA 3242 (131 Cal. App. 2d Supp. P. 889.)
No person shall willfully, and in a manner not otherwise prohibited by Penal Code Section 597, tease, harass, agitate, provoke, beat, kick, strike, injure, or in any way interfere with, any dog, horse or any other animal being used by any law enforcement officer in the performance of the officer’s official duties. (Added by Ord. No. 157,283, Eff. 1/7/83.)
Persons owning, conducting, managing or operating any building, place or premises other than a private garage, wherein any motor vehicle is parked or stored by or for the public, shall make a written report to the Chief of Police of each motor vehicle not the property of such person, which shall have been parked or stored in such building, place or premises for a period of seventy-two (72 hours continuously. Said written report shall be filed with the police department, within twenty-four 24 hours from and after the expiration of said seventy-two (72) hours, and contain:
(a) The name of the person making such report;
(b) The address of the building, place or premises where such motor vehicle shall have been parked or stored for such seventy-two (72) hour period;
(c) The name and address of the registered owner of such motor vehicle as shown on the certificate of registration issued by the Division of Motor Vehicles of the State of California, or if there be no such certificate of registration in or on such vehicle, such fact shall be stated;
(d) A brief description of such motor vehicle, including the name or make, the motor number and license number thereof as shown by the number plates thereon, together with the name of the state issuing such license plates.
(Amended by Ord. No. 151,354, Eff. 9/16/78)
(a) For purposes of this section:
1. “Unclaimed property” shall mean any and all property of others in the possession of the Police Department and for which no claim or demand has been made nor owner found.
2. The Property Division of the Police Department is designated as the “stores agency” for purposes of retention, sale or destruction of unclaimed property.
(b) (Amended by Ord. No. 166,322, Eff. 11/22/90.) Unclaimed property shall be held by the Police Department for a period of at least three months before further disposition as herein provided, provided however that bicycles may be disposed of as set forth in Subsection (c). The Police Department is hereby authorized to thereafter cause such unclaimed property to be processed for public sale, retention or destruction as hereinafter provided:
1. The property may be sold at public auction to the highest bidder upon notice of sale given by the Chief of Police at least five days before the time fixed therefor by publication at least once in a newspaper of general circulation in the County of Los Angeles; or that such property is needed and is suitable for public use, it need not be sold. The stores agency may retain the property for use of the Police Department in accordance with Civil Code Section 2080.4 and approved procedures for regulation and use thereof. The procedures shall include a determination by the Department, before the property is placed into service, that
A. expenditures required for its installation, operation, repair and ongoing maintenance will not require further funding approval, or
B. placing the property into service will preclude the need for acquisition of the same or similar property previously approved during the City’s budget process.
Identification of all such property retained shall be submitted with the Department’s next annual budget request.
2. In the event such unclaimed property is neither sold nor retained as above-provided, the stores agency may cause it to be summarily destroyed if it is in a dilapidated, deteriorated, or unsafe condition, or the possession thereof by the public is unlawful.
(c) Unclaimed bicycles may be disposed of in accordance with Subsection (b) or, if the bicycle has a value less than $500 and remains unclaimed for a period of at least 90 days, may be transferred pursuant to Welfare and Institutions Code Section 217 to governmental and nonprofit organizations described in said code section for use in programs or activities designed to prevent juvenile delinquency. Before transfer to a governmental or nonprofit organization, the property owner, if known or reasonably can be ascertained, shall be notified as described in said code. (Amended by Ord. No. 185,206, Eff. 11/22/17.)
Editor’s note: The Department of Animal Regulation and the Board of Animal Regulation Commissioners were renamed “Department of Animal Services” and “Board of Animal Services Commissioners”, respectively, by Ord. No. 174,735, Eff. 9/13/02.
Section
53.00 Definitions.
53.01 Pound, Hours Open.
53.02 Issuing of Badges to Department – Department Members as Police Officers.
53.02.1 Board, Duties of.
53.03 Inspections.
53.03.1 Minimum Age – Duties of Employees.
53.04 Unenclosed Premises, Impounding.
53.05 Impounding. Duty of Police.
53.06 Animals at Large.
53.06.1 Maximum Number of Dogs and Cats.
53.06.2 Restraint of Dogs.
53.06.3 Trapping – Permit Required.
53.06.4 Certain Animals Declared to Be a Public Nuisance – Summary Destruction Authorized.
53.06.5 Feeding of Non-domesticated Mammalian Predators Prohibited.
53.07 Animals on Unenclosed Premises.
53.08 Animals in Los Angeles River Bed.
53.09 Stray Animals. Notice Required.
53.10 Permitting Animals to Go Without Care – Duty to Enter and Remove Same.
53.11 Animals. Impounding – Sale.
53.12 Animal Shelter Adoption Fee Schedule.
53.12.1 Uncared for Animals – Impounding.
53.12.2 Impoundment of Unaltered Dogs and Cats – Civil Penalties.
53.13 Redemption Fees.
53.14 Records of Impounded Animals.
53.15 Dog License Tax – Penalties.
53.15.1 Equine License Fee.
53.15.2 Breeding and Transfer of Dogs and Cats.
53.15.3 Dog License Fee.
53.15.4 Veterinarians and Others Authorized to Distribute Dog License Applications or Sell Dog Licenses.
53.15.5 Electronic Animal Identification Device.
53.17 Licenses – What to State.
53.18 Record of Licenses.
53.18.5 Hearing Procedures and License Revocations.
53.19 Cat Tag – Issuance of.
53.21 Dog Tags – Wearing of and Registry.
53.22 Dog Tag – Must Be Official.
53.23 Dog Tags – Removal of.
53.24 Receipt – Certificate – Failure to Exhibit.
53.25 Collection – Depositing of.
53.26 License Taxes – Right to Sue for Recovery.
53.27 Transfer of Ownership; Notice Required.
53.28 Harboring of Unlicensed Dogs.
53.29 Female Dogs and Cats, Straying During Season.
53.30 Keeping of Diseased or Crippled Animals.
53.31 Public Spay and Neuter Clinic.
53.32 Animals – Disposal of.
53.33 Vicious Animals – Private Premises.
53.34 Animals at Large.
53.34.1 Menacing Dogs.
53.34.2 Impoundment – Biting or Attacking Animal.
53.34.3 Restricted Dog Permit.
53.34.4 Dangerous Animal – Procedures.
53.35 Animals – Transportation of.
53.36 Resisting Officers or Employees.
53.37 Dogs – Exemptions.
53.38 Wild Animals – Keeping – Permit.
53.39 Wild Animals – Power of Department Over.
53.39.1 Wild or Exotic Animal – Exhibition.
53.40 Bull Fights.
53.41 Animals – Food Poisoning.
53.42 Animals, Sale of – as Novelties – on Streets.
53.43 Pigeons – Feeding – Restricted Area.
53.44 Veterinaries - Notices of Death of Animals.
53.45 Veterinaries - Retention of Dead Animals.
53.46 Wild Birds – Impounding – Crating.
53.47 Breeding Animals – Enclosures.
53.48 Song Birds – Killing.
53.49 Dogs - Dog Defecation to Be Removed by Owners.
53.50 Permits.
53.51 Vaccination of Dogs Required.
53.52 Exemptions.
53.53 Duty of Veterinarians Performing Vaccinations.
53.54 Vaccination Certificates, Proof of Sterilization and Other Proof to Be Retained by Owner.
53.55 Dogs on Beaches Prohibited – Exception.
53.56 Imported Dogs.
53.57 Unlawful Possession – Certificates.
53.58 Rules and Regulations.
53.59 Animals – Distances – Separation from Dwelling.
53.60 Carrier and Homing Pigeons – Permits.
53.62 Animals; Burial of.
53.63 Barking Dog Noise.
53.64 Regulation of Sentry Dog Services.
53.65 Maiming, Injuring or Killing Animals During Performance.
53.66 Guard Dogs.
53.67 Animal Sacrifice.
53.68 Fees for Services to Subdividers.
53.69 Fees for Trap Rental.
53.70 Care and Maintenance of Dogs.
53.71 Roosters – Limit.
53.72 Declawing of Cats or Other Animals – Prohibition.
53.73 Sale of Commercially Bred Dogs, Cats and Rabbits in Pet Stores – Prohibition.
53.74 Bullhooks – Prohibition on Use.
53.75 Prohibition to Sell, Trade, or Distribute Fur Products.
53.76 Posting of Pet Laws at Certain Establishments.
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