El Cajon Municipal Code Ch. 1.28 Arrest Procedure

Any person violating any provision or failing to comply with any requirement of this code or of the ordinances of the city is guilty of a misdemeanor, unless provision is otherwise herein made.

If any person is arrested for a violation of this code or of the ordinances of the city, and such person does not demand to be taken before a magistrate, the arresting officer may issue a citation in the manner prescribed in Chapter 5C (commencing with Section 853.5) of Title 3, Part 2 of the Penal Code of the state.

(Prior code § 1-7.1; Ord. 2893 § 3, 1975; Ord. 3647 § 1, 1983)