BILL NUMBER: AB 2461	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Davis

                        FEBRUARY 24, 2012

   An act relating to law enforcement officers.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2461, as introduced, Davis. Law enforcement officers: powers of
arrest.
   Existing law provides that certain persons, such as federal
criminal investigators and law enforcement officers, who are not
California peace officers, are authorized to exercise the powers of
arrest of a peace officer in this state under specified
circumstances, including when probable cause exists to believe that a
public offense that involves immediate danger to persons or property
has just occurred or is being committed.
   This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation amending the provision authorizing certain persons who
are not California peace officers to exercise the powers of arrest of
a peace officer in this state.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation amending Section 830.8 of the Penal Code, relating to
persons who are not California peace officers but who are authorized
to exercise the powers of arrest of a peace officer in this state.