Pen. Code, § 830.33 · Chapter 4.5. Peace Officers
Pen. Code, § 830.33
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
The following persons are peace officers whose authority extends to any place in the state for the purpose of performing their primary duty or when making an arrest pursuant to Section 836 as to any public offense with respect to which there is immediate danger to person or property, or of the escape of the perpetrator of that offense, or pursuant to Section 8597 or 8598 of the Government Code. Those peace officers may carry firearms only if authorized and under terms and conditions specified by their employing agency.
(a) A member of the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District Police Department appointed pursuant to Section 28767.5 of the Public Utilities Code, if the primary duty of the peace officer is the enforcement of the law in or about properties owned, operated, or administered by the district or when performing necessary duties with respect to patrons, employees, and properties of the district.
(b) Harbor or port police regularly employed and paid in that capacity by a county, city, or district other than peace officers authorized under Section 830.1, if the primary duty of the peace officer is the enforcement of the law in or about the properties owned, operated, or administered by the harbor or port or when performing necessary duties with respect to patrons, employees, and properties of the harbor or port.
(c) Transit police officers or peace officers of a county, city, transit development board, or district, if the primary duty of the peace officer is the enforcement of the law in or about properties owned, operated, or administered by the employing agency or when performing necessary duties with respect to patrons, employees, and properties of the employing agency.
(d) Any person regularly employed as an airport law enforcement officer by a city, county, or district operating the airport or by a joint powers agency, created pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with Section 6500) of Chapter 5 of Division 7 of Title 1 of the Government Code, operating the airport, if the primary duty of the peace officer is the enforcement of the law in or about properties owned, operated, and administered by the employing agency or when performing necessary duties with respect to patrons, employees, and properties of the employing agency.
(e) (1) Any railroad police officer commissioned by the Governor pursuant to Section 8226 of the Public Utilities Code, if the primary duty of the peace officer is the enforcement of the law in or about properties owned, operated, or administered by the employing agency or when performing necessary duties with respect to patrons, employees, and properties of the employing agency.
(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a railroad police officer who has met the current requirements of the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training necessary for exercising the powers of a peace officer, and who has been commissioned by the Governor as described herein, and the officer’s employing agency, may apply for access to information from the California Law Enforcement Telecommunications System (CLETS) through a local law enforcement agency that has been granted direct access to CLETS, provided that, in addition to other review standards and conditions of eligibility applied by the Department of Justice, the CLETS Advisory Committee and the Attorney General, before access is granted the following are satisfied:
(A) The employing agency shall enter into a Release of CLETS Information agreement as provided for in the CLETS policies, practices, and procedures, and the required background check on the peace officer and other pertinent personnel has been completed, together with all required training.
(B) The Release of CLETS Information agreement shall be in substantially the same form as prescribed by the CLETS policies, practices, and procedures for public agencies of law enforcement who subscribe to CLETS services, and shall be subject to the provisions of Chapter 2.5 (commencing with Section 15150) of Title 2 of Division 3 of the Government Code and the CLETS policies, practices, and procedures.
(C) (i) The employing agency shall expressly waive any objections to jurisdiction in the courts of the State of California for any liability arising from use, abuse, or misuse of CLETS access or services or the information derived therefrom, or with respect to any legal actions to enforce provisions of California law relating to CLETS access, services, or information under this subdivision, and provided that this liability shall be in addition to that imposed by Public Utilities Code Section 8226.
(ii) The employing agency shall further agree to utilize CLETS access, services, or information only for law enforcement activities by peace officers who have met the current requirements of the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training necessary for exercising the powers of a peace officer, and who have been commissioned as described herein who are operating within the State of California, where the activities are directly related to investigations or arrests arising from conduct occurring within the State of California.
(iii) The employing agency shall further agree to pay to the Department of Justice and the providing local law enforcement agency all costs related to the provision of access or services, including, but not limited to, any and all hardware, interface modules, and costs for telephonic communications, as well as administrative costs.
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History
Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 510, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2005.
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This section cites
Provisions in this library that the text above cites, as it prints each citation. A range cited as “ss. 61.13-61.16” links its first and last provisions.
Government Code
- Gov. Code, tit. 1, div. 7, ch. 5, art. 1Joint Powers AgreementsPrinted as Article 1 (commencing with Section 6500) of Chapter 5 of Division 7 of Title 1 of the Government Code
- Gov. Code, § 8597Printed as Section 8597 or 8598 of the Government Code
- Gov. Code, § 8598Printed as Section 8597 or 8598 of the Government Code
Cited by 39 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites Pen. Code, § 830.33. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Code of Civil Procedure
Government Code
Harbors and Navigation Code
Labor Code
Penal Code
- Pen. Code, § 148.1Printed as Section 830.33
- Pen. Code, § 148.5Printed as Section 830.31, 830.32, 830.33, 830.34, 830.35, 830.36, 830.37, or 830.4 | Section 830.33
- Pen. Code, § 148.9Printed as Section 830.33
- Pen. Code, § 190Printed as Section 830.33
- Pen. Code, § 190.2Printed as Section 830.1, 830.2, 830.3, 830.31, 830.32, 830.33, 830.34, 830.35, 830.36, 830.37, 830.4, 830.5, 830.6, 830.10, 830.11, or 830.12
- Pen. Code, § 633.1Printed as Section 830.33
- Pen. Code, § 646.91Printed as Section 830.33
- Pen. Code, § 647aPrinted as Section 830.31, 830.32, or 830.33
- Pen. Code, § 830.6Printed as Section 830.33
- Pen. Code, § 830.15Printed as Section 830.33
- Pen. Code, § 1170.02Printed as Section 830.1, 830.2, 830.3, 830.31, 830.32, 830.33, 830.34, 830.35, 830.36, 830.37, 830.4, 830.5, 830.6, 830.10, 830.11, or 830.12
- Pen. Code, § 3055Printed as Section 830.1, 830.2, 830.3, 830.31, 830.32, 830.33, 830.34, 830.35, 830.36, 830.37, 830.4, 830.5, 830.6, 830.10, 830.11, or 830.12
- Pen. Code, § 3550Printed as Section 830.1, 830.2, 830.3, 830.31, 830.32, 830.33, 830.34, 830.35, 830.36, 830.37, 830.4, 830.5, 830.6, 830.10, 830.11, or 830.12
- Pen. Code, § 13700Printed as Section 830.33
- Pen. Code, § 18250Printed as Section 830.33
- Pen. Code, § 25450Printed as Section 830.33
- Pen. Code, § 25455Printed as Section 830.33
- Pen. Code, § 25460Printed as Section 830.33
- Pen. Code, § 25465Printed as Section 830.33
- Pen. Code, § 25470Printed as Section 830.33
- Pen. Code, § 25900Printed as Section 830.33
- Pen. Code, § 25905Printed as Section 830.33
- Pen. Code, § 25915Printed as Section 830.33
- Pen. Code, § 25920Printed as Section 830.33
- Pen. Code, § 29855Printed as Section 830.1, 830.2, 830.31, 830.32, 830.33, or 830.5
- Pen. Code, § 30310Printed as Section 830.33
- Pen. Code, § 32000Printed as Section 830.33
Public Utilities Code
- Pub. Util. Code, § 8226Printed as Section 830.33 of the Penal Code
- Pub. Util. Code, § 22558Printed as Section 830.33 of the Penal Code
- Pub. Util. Code, § 30504Printed as Section 830.33 of the Penal Code
- Pub. Util. Code, § 120550Printed as Section 830.33 of the Penal Code
- Pub. Util. Code, § 125600Printed as Section 830.33 of the Penal Code
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