DIVISION 10. PREVENTION OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE 6200-6460›PART 3. EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE ORDERS 6240-6275›CHAPTER 3. Duties of Law Enforcement Officer 6270-6275

§ 6272

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(a) A law enforcement officer shall use every reasonable means to enforce an emergency protective order.

(b) A law enforcement officer who acts in good faith to enforce an emergency protective order is not civilly or criminally liable.

(Added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 219, Sec. 154. Effective January 1, 1994.)

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