Fort Bragg Municipal Code Ch. 2.52 Parking-Control Employees

There may be designated one (1) or more employee positions of the City to be entitled “parking-control” for the purposes of issuing citations for illegal parking within the City limits. The employees shall be authorized by this chapter to arrest persons, without a warrant, whenever the employee has reasonable cause to believe that the person to be arrested has committed a misdemeanor in his or her presence which is a violation of a statute or ordinance which the employee has the duty to enforce.

(Ord. 453(A), passed -- 1975; Am. Ord. 691, § 5, passed -- 1988)

In any such case in which a person is arrested pursuant to § 2.52.010, and the person arrested does not demand to be taken before a magistrate, the employee making the arrest shall prepare a written notice to appear and release the person on his or her promise to appear, as prescribed by Cal. Penal Code Part 2, Title 3, Chapter 5C (commencing with § 853.5). The provisions of such chapter shall thereafter apply with reference to any proceeding based upon the issuance of a written notice to appear pursuant to this authority.

(Ord. 453(B), passed -- 1975)

The governing body of a local agency, by ordinance, may authorize those of its officers and employees who have the duty to enforce such a statute or ordinance to arrest persons for violations of the statute or ordinance as provided in § 2.52.010.

(Ord. 453(C), passed -- 1975)