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Ord 1484 - AN URGENCY ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN OF LOS GA`i'OS GRANTING PEACE OFFICERS POWER TO CERTAIN LOSORDINANCE NO. 14-84 AN URGENCY ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN OF LOS GA`i'OS GRANTING PEACE OFFICERS POWER TO CERTAIN LOS GATOS POLICE RESERVE OFFICERS The Town Council of the Town of Los Gatos hereby ordains as follows: Section 1. Section 21 -21.1 is hereby added to the Town Code, as follows: Pursuant to the provisions of California Penal Code Section 832.6 as amended effective January 1, 1981, those members of the Los Gatos Police Reserve who have been issued a. Level. I Reserve Officer Certificate before January 1 1981 shall have the full powers and duties of a peace officer as provided by California Penal Code Section 830.1. Section 2. It is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public, peace, health and safety that this ordinance take effect immediately upon adoption, based on the following facts: AB 3217, effective January 1, 1981, provides that reserve police officers may exercise peace officers powers (i.e., carry arms) only if they have completed very extensive training requirements. The Town makes extensive use of such reserve officers, but because they are paid very little, very few of them have completed the required training. Accordingly, many of the Town's reserve officers would no longer be eligible to exercise peace officer powers after January 1, 1981, without some grandfathering provision. California Penal Code Section 832.6, enacted as part of AB 3217, provides such grandfathering provision by stating that any person who is issued a Level. I Reserve Officer Certificate before January 1, 1981, shall have the full powers and duties of a peace officer if so designated by local ordinance, if the appointing authority determines the person is qualified to perform general law enforcement duties by reason of the person's training and experience. The Town has a number of reserve officers who are eligible for Level I Certificates, but starting January 1, 1981, these officers will not be able to exercise peace officers powers until an ordinance is adopted giving them such powers. Waiting until after January 1, 1981, to adopt such an ordinance would leave the Town temporarily - 1 - without adequate law enforcement personnel, creating a danger to public safety. In order to avoid such danger, this ordinance must take effect before January 1, 1981. It shall therefore take effect immediately upon adoption. This ordinance was adopted as an urgency measure at a continued regular meeting of the Town Council of the Town of Los Gatos on December 2, 1980, by the following vote: AYES: COUNCILb/IE2vlBERS: Mar.Lyn J. Rasmussen, Peter W. Siemens Brent N. Ventura and Thomas J. Ferrito NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: None ABSTAIN: COUNCILMEMBERS: None ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: Ruth Cannon SIGNED: R OF THE ;?OxOr L S GATOS ATTEST: CLERK OF THE TOWN OF LOS G - 2 --