Law enforcement officer
United States
Police; sheriffs, undersheriffs, and their deputies. (§ 830.1[a]) Investigators of the California Department of Consumer Affairs. (§ 830.3[a]) Inspectors or investigators employed in the office of a district attorney. (§ 830.1[a]) The California Attorney General and special agents and investigators of the California Department of Justice. (§ 830.1[b]) Members of the California Highway Patrol. (§ 830.2[a]) Special agents of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. (§ 830.2[d]) California State Park Peace Officers (§ 830.2[f]) Investigators of the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control. (§ 830.2[h]) Cal Expo Police Officers (§ 830.2[i])(§ 830.3[q]) Investigators of the California Department of Motor Vehicles. (§ 830.3[c]) The State Fire Marshal and assistant or deputy state fire marshals. (§ 830.3[e]) Fraud investigators of the California Department of Insurance. (§ 830.3[i]) Investigators of the Employment Development Department. (§ 830.3[q]) A person designated by a local agency as a Park Ranger (§ 830.31[b]) Members of the University of California Police Department, California State University Police Department or of a California Community College Police Department. (§ 830.2 [b]&[c]/ 830.32 [a]) Members of the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District Police Department. (§ 830.33 [a]) Any railroad police officer commissioned by the Governor. (§ 830.33 [e] [1]) Welfare fraud Investigators of the California Department of Social Services. (§ 830.35[a]) County coroners and deputy coroners. (§ 830.35[c]) Firefighter/Security Officers of the California Military Department. (§ PC 830.37) Hospital Police Officers with the California Department of State Hospitals (used to be California Department of Mental Health) and the California Department of Developmental Services (§ 830.38) County Probation Officers, County Deputy Probation Officers, Parole officers and correctional officers of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. (§ 830.5 [a]&[b]) A security officer for a private university or college deputized or appointed as a reserve deputy sheriff or police officer. (§ 830.75) Most peace officers have jurisdiction throughout the state, but many have limited powers outside their political subdivisions. Some peace officers require special permission to carry firearms. Powers are often limited to the performance of peace officers' primary duties (usually, enforcement of specific laws within their political subdivision); however, most have power of arrest anywhere in the state for any public offense
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