Section 393 Of Article 5. Reciprocal Agreements With Adjoining States From California Fish And Game Code >> Division 1. >> Chapter 3. >> Article 5.
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. (a) A regularly employed law enforcement officer of an Oregon,
Nevada, or Arizona state law enforcement agency, including, but not
limited to, the Oregon State Police, the Nevada Department of
Wildlife, or the Arizona Game and Fish Department, is a peace officer
in this state, if all of the following conditions are met:
(1) The officer is providing, or attempting to provide, law
enforcement services within this state, within a distance of up to 50
statute miles of the contiguous border of this state and the state
employing the officer, or within waters offshore of this state in the
Exclusive Economic Zone.
(2) The officer is providing, or attempting to provide, law
enforcement services pursuant to either of the following:
(A) In response to a request for services initiated by a member of
the department.
(B) In response to a reasonable belief that emergency law
enforcement services are necessary for the preservation of life, and
a request for services by a member of the department is impractical
to obtain under the circumstances. In those situations, the officer
shall obtain authorization as soon as practical.
(3) The officer is providing, or attempting to provide, law
enforcement services for the purpose of assisting a member of the
department in response to misdemeanor or felony criminal activity,
pursuant to the authority of a peace officer as provided in
subdivision (e) of Section 830.2 of the Penal Code, or, in the event
of an emergency incident or other similar public safety problem,
whether or not a member of the department is present at the scene of
the event.
(4) An agreement pursuant to Section 392 is in effect between the
department and the agency of the adjoining state employing the
officer, the officer acts in accordance with that agreement, and the
agreement specifies that the officer and employing agency of the
adjoining state shall be subject to the same civil immunities and
liabilities as a peace officer and his or her employing agency in
this state.
(5) The officer receives no separate compensation from this state
for providing law enforcement services within this state.
(6) The adjoining state employing the officer confers similar
rights and authority upon a member of the department who renders
assistance within that state.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person who is
acting as a peace officer in this state in the manner described in
this section shall be deemed to have met the requirements of Section
1031 of the Government Code and the selection and training standards
of the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training, if the
officer has completed the basic training required for peace officers
in his or her state.
(c) A peace officer of an adjoining state shall not provide
services within a California jurisdiction during a period in which
officers of the department are involved in a labor dispute that
results in a formal work slowdown or stoppage.