Statute · California Penal Code
Cal. Penal Code § 831.6 — Peace Officers
Cal. Penal Code § 831.6
- Type
- Statute
- Source
- California Penal Code
- Jurisdiction
- California
- Date
- 1982-07-08
- Current through
- Nov 2, 2026 (California Legislative Counsel)
(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.
Citator
Cal. Penal Code § 831.6 — Peace Officers is in force in the current edition of the Code, and nothing recorded condemns it.
(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.
(d) A transportation officer may use reasonable force in establishing and maintaining custody of persons delivered to him or her by a peace officer.