§ 1.16.025. AUTHORITY TO ENFORCE CODE - AUTHORITY TO ISSUE CRIMINAL CITATIONS AND CIVIL FINES.

(A) Those officers and employees in the divisions of the Community Development Department, as well as those officers and employees in the Public Works and Utilities, Community Services, Fire and Police Departments, and such other persons as determined and designated from time to time by the city manager, shall have the power, authority, and immunity, as set forth in Cal. Penal Code § 836.5, to issue citations and make arrests without a warrant whenever such officers or employees have reasonable cause to believe that the person to be arrested has committed an infraction or misdemeanor violation of an ordinance of the city or state statute which such officers or employees have the duty to enforce, and the violation has been committed in the presence of such officers or employees.

(B) The City Manager, in consultation with the Police Chief, shall establish and cause to be administered a training program designed to instruct each officer and employee in the proper exercise of their criminal citation authority.

(C) The officers and employees identified in subsection A of this section shall have the concurrent authority to issue civil fines under Chapter 1.17, as well as any other persons designated to do so by the city manager. Persons with such concurrent authority are defined in Chapter 1.17 as “Enforcement Officers” or “Officers.”

(`83 Code, § 1.16.025) (Ord. 92-23 § 2, 1992; Ord. 93-24 § 1, 1993; Ord. 2007-18 § 2 (part), 2007)