San Marino Municipal Code Art. 10 Costs for Special Police

When a party or gathering occurs on private property and a police officer at the scene determines that such a party or gathering violates section 14.04.05 of this chapter or the party or gathering for any other reason is a threat to the public peace, health, safety or general welfare, the person in charge of the premises and the person responsible for the event, or if either of those persons is a minor, then the parents or guardians of the minor, will be held jointly and severally liable for the cost of providing police personnel on special security assignment over and above the services normally provided by the police department and for any damages to city property and/or injuries to city personnel incurred in connection with providing such special security assignment. The police personnel utilized during a first response after a warning to abate the violation of section 14.04.05 of this chapter or otherwise to control the threat to the public peace, health, safety or general welfare, shall be deemed to be on special security assignment over and above the services normally provided.

Upon first response to such an assemblage, the person in charge of the assemblage and the person in charge of the premises, and if such person is a minor, then the parents or guardians of that minor, shall be given a warning in the form of a written notification stating that the first police response, as above described, shall be deemed to be the normal police services provided. The police personnel necessarily utilized after such warning to control violations of section 14.04.05 of this chapter or other threats to the public peace, health, safety or general welfare shall be deemed to be on special security assignment over and above the normal services provided, and the owner of the property and/or the person in charge of the property where such assemblage occurs and/or the person responsible for such assemblage shall be personally responsible for the cost of such special security assignment and for damage to city property and/or injuries to city personnel incurred in providing such special police services. (Ord. 0-07-1195, 10-10-2007)

The chief of police or his/her designee shall establish accounting procedures and records in order to accurately assess the costs to the city of such special security assignment as provided in section 14.10.01 of this article. The chief of police is hereby authorized and directed to prepare appropriate advisory procedures to be followed by peace officers during the course of duty with respect to the application of said section 14.10.01 including, without limitation, a procedure whereby peace officers responding to an incident shall distribute printed advisory materials to the person in ostensible charge or control of the premises and the event which describes the provisions of this chapter. (Ord. 939, 4-6-1988)