A. Pursuant to Section 836.5 of the Penal Code, the City Manager, public services director, fire chief, police chief, and planning director, or an employee as fully authorized and designated by each of these positions within their capacity, or the other city employees as the City Manager may direct shall have the authority as public officer to arrest without a warrant another person when such officer has reasonable cause to believe that the person to be arrested has committed a misdemeanor in the presence of the officer or employee, which misdemeanor is a violation of a statute or ordinance which the officer or employee has the duty to enforce.
B. In any case in which an arrest is made pursuant to this authority for an offense declared to be a misdemeanor or infraction, the arresting officer, in lieu of taking the person before the magistrate, will follow the procedure prescribed by Chapter 5C (commencing with Section 853.6) Title 3 of Part 2 of the California Penal Code, unless the arrested person demands to be taken before a magistrate. The provisions of said Chapter 5C of the Penal Code shall apply, thereafter with reference to any procedures based upon the issuance of a citation.
C. There shall be no civil liability on the part of and no cause of action shall arise against any person acting pursuant to subsection A and B and within the scope of their authority for false arrest or false imprisonment arising out of any arrest which is lawful or which the arresting officer at the time of such arrest had reasonable cause to believe was lawful. No such officer shall be deemed an aggressor or lose their right to self-defense by the use of reasonable force to affect the arrest or to prevent escape or to overcome resistance. (Ord. 2017-03 § 2 (part), 2017; Ord. 493 § 2(part), 1986).