Pen. Code, § 13852 · Chapter 6. California Career Criminal Apprehension Program
Pen. Code, § 13852
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
Law enforcement agencies receiving funds under this chapter shall employ enhanced law enforcement management efforts and resources. Enhanced law enforcement efforts and resources shall include, but not be limited to:
(a) Crime analysis, which is the timely collection and study of local crime data to perform all of the following:
(1) Identify evolving or existing crime patterns, particularly those involving career felony criminals.
(2) Provide investigative leads.
(3) Identify geographical areas or population groups experiencing relatively severe crime victimization, in order to improve effectiveness of crime prevention efforts.
(4) Provide supporting data for improved allocation of overall law enforcement agency resources.
(b) Improved management of patrol and investigative operations involving use of information resulting from crime analysis, which may include participation in multijurisdictional investigative units and measures to increase continuity of investigative efforts from the initial patrol response through the arrest and prosecution of the offender. Such measures may include:
(1) Innovative personnel deployment techniques.
(2) Innovative techniques of case screening.
(3) Management of continuing investigations.
(4) Monitoring of investigation operations.
(c) (1) Each career criminal apprehension program, supported under this chapter, shall concentrate on the identification and arrest of career criminals and the support of their subsequent prosecution. The determination of which suspected felony offenders shall be the subject of career criminal apprehension efforts shall be in accordance with written criteria developed by the applicant law enforcement agency, consistent with Section 13853 and approved by the head district attorney. Highly qualified and experienced personnel shall be assigned to staff career criminal apprehension programs.
(2) Each career criminal apprehension program as one of its ongoing functions, shall maintain coordination with the prosecutor assigned to each case resulting from its efforts. This coordination should include, but not be limited to, case preparation, processing, and adjudication.
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History
Amended by Stats. 1985, Ch. 477, Sec. 3.
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