§ 1.12.040. Arrest powers, infractions.

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The road commissioner, county engineer/surveyor, director of environmental health and sanitation, planning director, animal services officer, director of the California State Department of Forestry, and tax collector-treasurer, and their duly appointed assistants and deputies, and designated employees of the sheriff's department (hereinafter collectively referred to as "county official") are authorized to arrest a person without a warrant whenever said official has reasonable cause to believe that the person to be arrested has committed a misdemeanor or infraction in the official's presence which is a violation of an ordinance which such official has a duty to enforce.

These county officials, for purposes of this code, shall not be considered to be peace officers.

(Ord. No. 451C, § 1, 6-22-10; Ord. 451-A § 1, 1983: Ord. 475 § 3, 1983: Ord. 451 § 3, 1980).

                    
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