Section 11106.4 Of Article 3. Criminal Identification And Statistics From California Penal Code >> Title 1. >> Part 4. >> Chapter 1. >> Article 3.
11106.4
. (a) Every law enforcement agency shall develop, adopt, and
implement written policies and standard protocols pertaining to the
best manner to conduct a "welfare check," when the inquiry into the
welfare or well-being of the person is motivated by a concern that
the person may be a danger to himself or herself or to others. The
policies shall encourage a peace officer, prior to conducting the
welfare check and whenever possible and reasonable, to conduct a
search of the Department of Justice Automated Firearms System via the
California Law Enforcement Telecommunications System to determine
whether the person is the registered owner of a firearm.
(b) For purposes of this section, "reasonable" as used in
subdivision (a) means that the officer could conduct the firearm
registry check without undue burden on the execution of the officer's
other duties, that there are no exigent circumstances demanding
immediate attention, and that the peace officer has access to, or can
reasonably ascertain, relevant identifying information.