Riverside County Municipal Code Ch. 2.12 County Officers Generally

The consolidated duties of the county offices of coroner and public administrator, consolidated by action of the board of supervisors on July 10, 1933, are separated.

(Ord. 213.1 § 1, 1996)

A. The duties of the county office of sheriff and the duties of the county office of coroner are consolidated.

B. The duties of the county office of sheriff and the duties of the county office of public administrator are consolidated.

C. The duties of the county office of assessor and the duties of the office county clerk and recorder are consolidated.

(Ord. 775 § 1, 1997; Ord. 213.1 §§ 2, 3, 1996)

Certain classifications of officers and employees of the county, as designated by resolution adopted by the board of supervisors, are authorized, pursuant to Section 836.5 of the Penal Code, to arrest any person without a warrant whenever he or she has reasonable cause to believe that the person to be arrested has committed a misdemeanor or an infraction in his or her presence which is a violation of a statute or an ordinance of the county, heretofore or hereafter enacted, and to issue a notice to appear and to release such person on his or her written promise to appear in court, pursuant to Section 853.6 of the Penal Code; provided, however, that such employees have successfully completed a special enforcement training program administered by the sheriff of the county.

(Ord. 556 § 1, 1976)