California Penal Code

§ 831.6

PEN § 831.6 Effective Jul 8, 1982Title 3 · Part 2 · Ch. 4.5

Statute text

(a)A transportation officer is a public officer, not a peace officer, appointed on a contract basis by a peace officer to transport a prisoner or prisoners.

(b)A transportation officer shall have the authority of a public officer, and shall have the right to carry or possess firearms, only while engaged in the transportation of a prisoner or prisoners for the duration of the contract.

(c)Each person described in this section as a transportation officer shall, prior to the transportation of any prisoner, have satisfactorily completed the training course specified in Section 832.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 416, Sec. 1. Effective July 8, 1982.