(Amended by Ord. No. 153,027, Eff. 11/16/79.)
A. Any employee designated as a park ranger and regularly employed as such shall have the power, authority and immunity of a public officer and employee as set forth in Penal Code Section 836.5 to make arrests without a warrant whenever the employee has reasonable cause to believe that the person to be arrested has committed a misdemeanor within a park and in the employee’s presence in violation of any of the following sections of this Code: 41.27, 41.57, 42.15, 57.308.1.2, 63.44, 63.45, 86.03 through 86.06, and California Penal Code Section 415. (Amended by Ord. No. 169,976, Eff. 9/1/94.)
B. Each such person while performing their respective duties shall wear a uniform departmental badge issued in accordance with the provisions of Section 52.32 of this Code.
C. “Park” shall include every public park, roadside rest area, playground, zoological garden, ocean, beach or other recreational facility area, together with any parking lot, reservoir, pier, swimming pool, golf course, court, field, bridle path, trail, or other recreational facility, or structure thereon, in the City of Los Angeles and under the control, operation or management of the Board of Recreation and Park Commissioners, the Los Angeles County Department of Parks and Recreation, the Los Angeles County Department of Beaches, or the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Commission. “Park” does not include any State Historic Park located within the City of Los Angeles.