Alameda County Municipal Code Ch. 9.40 Liability for Cost of Police Responses to Parties or Assemblages

When the sheriff's department is called to the scene of a party or assemblage and a deputy sheriff determines that there is a threat to the public peace, health, safety, or general welfare, the deputy sheriff shall notify the owner of the premises, the person in lawful custody of the premises, or the person responsible for said assemblage that that person, (or if that person is a minor, the parents or guardians of that minor person) shall be personally liable for the costs incurred for providing sheriff's personnel for a second or subsequent response to the same location due to a continuation of the same conduct.

(Prior gen. code § 3-250.0)

The costs incurred by the sheriff's department for a second or subsequent response to a party or assemblage which is a threat to the public peace, health, safety, or general welfare shall be charged to and borne by the owner of the premises, the person in lawful custody of the premises, or the person responsible for said assemblage, (or in the event that person is a minor, that person's parents or guardians).

(Prior gen. code § 3-250.1)

The first response and warning shall be deemed to be normal police service. Personnel utilized on a second or subsequent response shall be deemed to be on special assignment. The costs incurred from such special assignment are declared to be beyond normal services provided by the sheriff's department.

(Prior gen. code § 3-250.2)

The costs of such special assignment include personnel and equipment costs, damage to county property and injuries to county personnel. The sheriff's department will determine the reasonable cost of such special assignment, but not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) for a single incident. The remedy provided by this chapter shall be in addition to any other remedy provided by law.

(Prior gen. code § 3-250.3)

The costs of such special assignment shall be a charge against the person liable for costs under this chapter. The charge constitutes a debt of that person and is collectible by the county in the same manner as in the case of an obligation under a contract, expressed or implied.

(Prior gen. code § 3-250.4)

This chapter shall not apply to any assemblage or gathering the purpose of which is the exercise of protected speech, including but not limited to union meetings and picketing.

(Prior gen. code § 3-250.5)