Posted On: September 28, 2009
SAN DIEGO CRIMINAL DEFENSE ATTORNEY MARY FRANCES PREVOST: ARE CAMPUS SECURITY GUARDS PUBLIC OFFICERS FOR PURPOSES OF PENAL CODE?
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 California Penal Code sec. 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
