Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 416, Sec. 1. Effective July 8, 1982.
(a)A transportation officer is a public officer, not a peace officer, appointed on a contract basis by a peace officer to transport a prisoner or prisoners.
(b)A transportation officer shall have the authority of a public officer, and shall have the right to carry or possess firearms, only while engaged in the transportation of a prisoner or prisoners for the duration of the contract.
(c)Each person described in this section as a transportation officer shall, prior to the transportation of any prisoner, have satisfactorily completed the training course specified in Section 832.
(d)A transportation officer may use reasonable force in establishing and maintaining custody of persons delivered to him or her by a peace officer.
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