Posted On: September 28, 2009
CALIFORNIA CRIMINAL LAW: CAMPUS SECURITY GUARDS ARE NOT COPS!
ARE CAMPUS SECURITY GUARDS PUBLIC OFFICERS FOR PURPOSES OF PENAL CODE SECTION 148?
Campus security guard Bryan Butts chased this minor, yelling at him to stop. The minor kept on going. A police officer showed up and told the minor to stop, and the minor did so. The minor was found a ward for a violation of PC 148. 148 makes it a crime to resist a "public
officer."
Is a campus security guard a "public officer"? Nope.
In re M.M.; 2009 DJ DAR 14161; DJ, 9/28/09; C/A 4th
