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TITLE 3. POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION 66000-101460›DIVISION 8. CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY 89000-90520›PART 55. CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY 89000-90520›CHAPTER 5. Personnel 89500-89574›ARTICLE 3. California State University Police 89560-89562

§ 89560

California Education Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

The trustees may appoint one or more persons to constitute a police department for the headquarters and for each campus of the California State University. Persons employed and compensated as members of a California State University police department, when so appointed and duly sworn, are peace officers. However, such peace officers shall not exercise their powers or authority except (a) at the headquarters or upon any campus of the California State University and in an area within one mile of the exterior boundaries of each campus or the headquarters, and in or about other grounds or properties owned, operated, controlled, or administered by the California State University, or by trustees or the state on behalf of the California State University, and (b) as provided in Section 830.2 of the Penal Code.

(Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 143, Sec. 135.)

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