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2023 California Code › Penal Code - PEN › PART 4 - PREVENTION OF CRIMES AND APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS › TITLE 6 - CALIFORNIA COUNCIL ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE › CHAPTER 4 - Criminal Justice Planning Committee for State Judicial System › ARTICLE 2 - Local Assistance Centers for Victims and Witnesses › Section 13835.

13835. The Legislature finds and declares as follows:
(a) That there is a need to develop methods to reduce the trauma and insensitive treatment that victims and witnesses may experience in the wake of a crime, since all too often citizens who become involved with the criminal justice system, either as victims or witnesses to crime, are further victimized by that system.
(b) That when a crime is committed, the chief concern of criminal justice agencies has been apprehending and dealing with the criminal, and that after police leave the scene of the crime, the victim is frequently forgotten.
(c) That victims often become isolated and receive little practical advice or necessary care.
(d) That witnesses must make arrangements to appear in court regardless of their own schedules, child care responsibilities, or transportation problems, and that they often find long waits, crowded courthouse hallways, confusing circumstances and, after testifying, receive no information as to the disposition of the case.
(e) That a large number of victims and witnesses are unaware of both their rights and obligations.
(f) That although the State of California has a fund for needy victims of violent crimes, and compensation is available for medical expenses, lost income or wages, and rehabilitation costs, the application process may be difficult, complex, and time-consuming, and victims may not be aware that the compensation provisions exist.
It is, therefore, the intent of the Legislature to provide services to meet the needs of both victims and witnesses of crime through the funding of local comprehensive centers for victim and witness assistance.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1312, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Penal Code - PEN › PART 4 - PREVENTION OF CRIMES AND APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS › TITLE 6 - CALIFORNIA COUNCIL ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE › CHAPTER 4 - Criminal Justice Planning Committee for State Judicial System › ARTICLE 2 - Local Assistance Centers for Victims and Witnesses › Section 13835.2.

13835.2. (a) Funds appropriated from the Victim-Witness Assistance Fund shall be made available through the Office of Emergency Services to any public or private nonprofit agency for the assistance of victims and witnesses that meets all of the following requirements:
(1) It provides comprehensive services to victims and witnesses of all types of crime. It is the intent of the Legislature to make funds available only to programs that do not restrict services to victims and witnesses of a particular type of crime, and do not restrict services to victims of crime in which there is a suspect in the case.
(2) It is recognized by the board of supervisors as the major provider of comprehensive services to victims and witnesses in the county.
(3) It is selected by the board of supervisors as the agency to receive funds pursuant to this article.
(4) It assists victims of crime in the preparation, verification, and presentation of their claims to the California Victim Compensation Board for indemnification pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with Section 13959) of Part 4 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code.
(5) It cooperates with the California Victim Compensation Board in verifying the data required by Article 1 (commencing with Section 13959) of Part 4 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code.
(b) The Office of Emergency Services shall consider the following factors, together with any other circumstances it deems appropriate, in awarding funds to public or private nonprofit agencies designated as victim and witness assistance centers:
(1) The capability of the agency to provide comprehensive services as defined in this article.
(2) The stated goals and objectives of the center.
(3) The number of people to be served and the needs of the community.
(4) Evidence of community support.
(5) The organizational structure of the agency that will operate the center.
(6) The capability of the agency to provide confidentiality of records.
(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 31, Sec. 258. (SB 836) Effective June 27, 2016.)
2023 California Code › Penal Code - PEN › PART 4 - PREVENTION OF CRIMES AND APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS › TITLE 6 - CALIFORNIA COUNCIL ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE › CHAPTER 4 - Criminal Justice Planning Committee for State Judicial System › ARTICLE 2 - Local Assistance Centers for Victims and Witnesses › Section 13835.4.

13835.4. In order to ensure the effective delivery of comprehensive services to victims and witnesses, a center established by an agency receiving funds pursuant to this article shall carry out all of the following activities in connection with both primary and optional services:
(a) Translation services for non-English-speaking victims and witnesses or the deaf or hard of hearing.
(b) Follow-up contact to determine whether the client received the necessary assistance.
(c) Field visits to a client’s home, place of business, or other location, whenever necessary to provide services.
(d) Service to victims and witnesses of all types of crime.
(e) Volunteer participation to encourage community involvement.
(f) Services for elderly victims of crime, appropriate to their special needs.
(Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 561, Sec. 199. (AB 1516) Effective January 1, 2018.)
2023 California Code › Penal Code - PEN › PART 4 - PREVENTION OF CRIMES AND APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS › TITLE 6 - CALIFORNIA COUNCIL ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE › CHAPTER 4 - Criminal Justice Planning Committee for State Judicial System › ARTICLE 2 - Local Assistance Centers for Victims and Witnesses › Section 13835.5.

13835.5. (a) Comprehensive services shall include all of the following primary services:
(1) Crisis intervention, providing timely and comprehensive responses to the individual needs of victims.
(2) Emergency assistance, directly or indirectly providing food, housing, clothing, and, when necessary, cash.
(3) Resource and referral counseling to agencies within the community which are appropriate to meet the victim’s needs.
(4) Direct counseling of the victim on problems resulting from the crime.
(5) Assistance in the processing, filing, and verifying of claims filed by victims of crime pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with Section 13959) of Part 4 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code.
(6) Assistance in obtaining the return of a victim’s property held as evidence by law enforcement agencies, if requested.
(7) Orientation to the criminal justice system.
(8) Court escort.
(9) Presentations to and training of criminal justice system agencies.
(10) Public presentations and publicity.
(11) Monitoring appropriate court cases to keep victims and witnesses apprised of the progress and outcome of their case.
(12) Notification to friends, relatives, and employers of the occurrence of the crime and the victim’s condition, upon request of the victim.
(13) Notification to the employer of the victim or witness, if requested by the victim or witness, informing the employer that the employee was a victim of or witness to a crime and asking the employer to minimize any loss of pay or other benefits which may result because of the crime or the employee’s participation in the criminal justice system.
(14) Upon request of the victim, assisting in obtaining restitution for the victim, in ascertaining the victim’s economic loss, and in providing the probation department, district attorney, and court with information relevant to his or her losses prior to the imposition of sentence.
(b) Comprehensive services may include the following optional services, if their provision does not preclude the efficient provision of primary services:
(1) Employer intervention.
(2) Creditor intervention.
(3) Child care.
(4) Notification to witnesses of any change in the court calendar.
(5) Funeral arrangements.
(6) Crime prevention information.
(7) Witness protection, including arranging for law enforcement protection or relocating witnesses in new residences.
(8) Assistance in obtaining temporary restraining orders.
(9) Transportation.
(10) Provision of a waiting area during court proceedings separate from defendants and families and friends of defendants.
(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 629, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1997.)
2023 California Code › Penal Code - PEN › PART 4 - PREVENTION OF CRIMES AND APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS › TITLE 6 - CALIFORNIA COUNCIL ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE › CHAPTER 4 - Criminal Justice Planning Committee for State Judicial System › ARTICLE 2 - Local Assistance Centers for Victims and Witnesses › Section 13835.6.

13835.6. (a) The Office of Emergency Services, in cooperation with representatives from local victim and witness assistance centers, shall develop standards defining the activities and services enumerated in this article.
(b) The Office of Emergency Services, in cooperation with representatives from local victim and witness assistance centers, shall develop a method of evaluating the activities and performance of centers established pursuant to this article.
(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 352, Sec. 446. (AB 1317) Effective September 26, 2013. Operative July 1, 2013, by Sec. 543 of Ch. 352.)
2023 California Code › Penal Code - PEN › PART 4 - PREVENTION OF CRIMES AND APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS › TITLE 6 - CALIFORNIA COUNCIL ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE › CHAPTER 4 - Criminal Justice Planning Committee for State Judicial System › ARTICLE 2 - Local Assistance Centers for Victims and Witnesses › Section 13835.7.

13835.7. There is in the State Treasury the Victim-Witness Assistance Fund. Funds appropriated thereto shall be dispensed to the Office of Emergency Services exclusively for the purposes specified in this article, for any other purpose that supports victims, and for the support of the centers specified in Section 13837.
(Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 28, Sec. 74. (SB 854) Effective June 20, 2014.)
2023 California Code › Penal Code - PEN › PART 4 - PREVENTION OF CRIMES AND APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS › TITLE 6 - CALIFORNIA COUNCIL ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE › CHAPTER 4 - Criminal Justice Planning Committee for State Judicial System › ARTICLE 3 - Training of Sexual Assault Investigators › Section 13836.

13836. The Office of Emergency Services shall establish an advisory committee which shall develop a course of training for district attorneys in the investigation and prosecution of sexual assault cases, child sexual exploitation cases, child sexual abuse cases, and sexual abuse cases involving victims with developmental disabilities, and shall approve grants awarded pursuant to Section 13837. The courses shall include training in the unique emotional trauma experienced by victims of these crimes.
It is the intent of the Legislature in the enactment of this chapter to encourage the establishment of sex crime prosecution units, which shall include, but not be limited to, child sexual exploitation and child sexual abuse cases, in district attorneys’ offices throughout the state.
(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 177, Sec. 1. (AB 640) Effective January 1, 2020.)
2023 California Code › Penal Code - PEN › PART 4 - PREVENTION OF CRIMES AND APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS › TITLE 6 - CALIFORNIA COUNCIL ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE › CHAPTER 4 - Criminal Justice Planning Committee for State Judicial System › ARTICLE 3 - Training of Sexual Assault Investigators › Section 13836.1.

13836.1. The committee shall consist of 11 members. Five shall be appointed by the Director of Emergency Services, and shall include three district attorneys or assistant or deputy district attorneys, one representative of a city police department or a sheriff or a representative of a sheriff’s department, and one public defender or assistant or deputy public defender of a county. Six shall be public members appointed by the Commission on the Status of Women and Girls, and shall include one representative of a rape crisis center, and one medical professional experienced in dealing with sexual assault trauma victims. The committee members shall represent the points of view of diverse ethnic and language groups.
Members of the committee shall receive no compensation for their services but shall be reimbursed for their expenses actually and necessarily incurred by them in the performance of their duties. Staff support for the committee shall be provided by the Office of Emergency Services.
(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 352, Sec. 450. (AB 1317) Effective September 26, 2013. Operative July 1, 2013, by Sec. 543 of Ch. 352.)
2023 California Code › Penal Code - PEN › PART 4 - PREVENTION OF CRIMES AND APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS › TITLE 6 - CALIFORNIA COUNCIL ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE › CHAPTER 4 - Criminal Justice Planning Committee for State Judicial System › ARTICLE 3 - Training of Sexual Assault Investigators › Section 13836.2.

13836.2. (a) The office shall reimburse each county for the costs of salaries and transportation to the extent necessary to permit up to 10 percent of the staff of the district attorney to complete the course of training established pursuant to this chapter. The office shall prescribe the manner in which the training shall be obtained. The training shall be offered at least twice each year in both northern and southern California.
(b) The office shall seek certification from the State Bar of the course as a course which may be taken to complete the Criminal Law Specialist Certificate.
(Amended by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1262, Sec. 6.)
2023 California Code › Penal Code - PEN › PART 4 - PREVENTION OF CRIMES AND APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS › TITLE 6 - CALIFORNIA COUNCIL ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE › CHAPTER 4 - Criminal Justice Planning Committee for State Judicial System › ARTICLE 4 - Rape Victim Counseling Centers › Section 13838.

13838. “Peer counselor” means a provider of mental health counseling services who has completed a specialized course in rape crisis counseling skills development, participates in continuing education in rape crisis counseling skills development, and provides rape crisis counseling in consultation with a mental health practitioner licensed within the State of California.
(Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1357, Sec. 4.)
2023 California Code › Penal Code - PEN › PART 4 - PREVENTION OF CRIMES AND APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS › TITLE 6 - CALIFORNIA COUNCIL ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE › CHAPTER 5 - California Community Crime Resistance Program › Section 13840.

13840. The Legislature hereby finds the resistance to crime and juvenile delinquency requires the cooperation of both community and law enforcement officials; and that successful crime resistance programs involving the participation of citizen volunteers and community leaders shall be identified and given recognition. In enacting this chapter, the Legislature intends to recognize successful crime resistance and prevention programs, disseminate successful techniques and information and to encourage local agencies to involve citizen volunteers in efforts to combat crime and related problems.
(Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1291, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Penal Code - PEN › PART 4 - PREVENTION OF CRIMES AND APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS › TITLE 6 - CALIFORNIA COUNCIL ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE › CHAPTER 5 - California Community Crime Resistance Program › Section 13841.

13841. As used in this chapter:
(a) “Community” means city or county governments or portions or combinations thereof.
(b) “Elderly or senior citizen” means individuals 55 years of age or older.
(c) “Teenagers and young adults” means individuals between the ages of 15 and 24 years of age.
(d) “Community policing” means the coalescing of community organizations, residents, law enforcement, public social services, education, churches, and local governmental entities to unitedly combat illegal drug activity within a designated neighborhood, and create employment opportunity for neighborhood residents. In no case shall “community policing” include expenditures for the purchase of law enforcement equipment which would have been purchased from existing resources in the normal course of business.
(Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1419, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Penal Code - PEN › PART 4 - PREVENTION OF CRIMES AND APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS › TITLE 6 - CALIFORNIA COUNCIL ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE › CHAPTER 5 - California Community Crime Resistance Program › Section 13843.

13843. (a) Allocation and award of funds made available under this chapter shall be made upon application to the Office of Emergency Services. All applications shall be reviewed and evaluated by the Office of Emergency Services.
(b) The Director of Emergency Services may allocate and award funds to communities developing and providing ongoing citizen involvement and crime resistance programs in compliance with the established policies and criteria of the agency. Applications receiving funding under this section shall be selected from among those deemed appropriate for funding according to the criteria, policy, and procedures established by the Office of Emergency Services.
(c) With the exception of funds awarded for programs authorized under paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 13844, no single award of funds under this chapter shall exceed a maximum of two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) for a 12-month grant period.
(d) Funds disbursed under this chapter shall not supplant local funds that would, in the absence of the California Community Crime Resistance Program, be made available to support crime resistance programs.
(e) Funds disbursed under this chapter shall be supplemented with local funds constituting, at a minimum, 10 percent of the total crime resistance program budget during the initial year and 20 percent in subsequent periods of funding.
(f) Annually, up to a maximum of 10 percent of the total funds appropriated to the Community Crime Resistance Program may be used by the Office of Emergency Services to support statewide technical assistance, training, and public awareness activities relating to crime prevention.
(g) Funds awarded under this program as local assistance grants shall not be subject to review as specified in Section 14780 of the Government Code.
(h) Guidelines shall set forth the terms and conditions upon which the Office of Emergency Services is prepared to offer grants of funds pursuant to statutory authority. The guidelines do not constitute rules, regulations, orders, or standards of general application.
(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 352, Sec. 451. (AB 1317) Effective September 26, 2013. Operative July 1, 2013, by Sec. 543 of Ch. 352.)
2023 California Code › Penal Code - PEN › PART 4 - PREVENTION OF CRIMES AND APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS › TITLE 6 - CALIFORNIA COUNCIL ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE › CHAPTER 5 - California Community Crime Resistance Program › Section 13845.

13845. Selection of communities to receive funding shall include consideration of, but need not be limited to, the following:
(1) Compliance with subdivisions (a), (b), and (c) of Section 13844.
(2) The rate of reported crime, by type, including, but not limited to, the seven major offenses, in the community making the application.
(3) The number of elderly citizens residing in the community compared to the degree of service to be offered by the program for the elderly population.
(4) The number and ratio of elderly crime victims compared to the total senior citizen population in that community.
(5) The number of teenagers and young adults residing in the community.
(6) The number and ratio of crimes committed by teenagers and young adults.
(7) The proportion of families with an income below the federally established poverty level in the community.
(8) The proportion of non-English-speaking citizens in the community.
(9) The display of efforts of cooperation between the community and their local law enforcement agency in dealing with the crime problem.
(10) Demonstrated effort on the part of the applicant to show how funds that may be awarded under this program may be coordinated or consolidated with other local, state or federal funds available for the activities set forth in Section 13844.
(11) Applicant must be a city or county government, or portion or combinations thereof.
(Amended by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1462, Sec. 5.)
2023 California Code › Penal Code - PEN › PART 4 - PREVENTION OF CRIMES AND APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS › TITLE 6 - CALIFORNIA COUNCIL ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE › CHAPTER 5 - California Community Crime Resistance Program › Section 13845.5.

13845.5. Notwithstanding Section 13845, the selection of communities to receive funding pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 13844 shall include consideration of, but is not limited to, the following:
(a) The rate of reported drug crime within the community making the application.
(b) The degree to which the program proposes to empower the people within the targeted neighborhoods to combat drug crime.
(c) The display of efforts of cooperation between the community and its local law enforcement agency in dealing with the drug crime problem.
(d) The commitment of the targeted neighborhoods to fight the drug problem.
(e) The commitment of local governmental entities to join with law enforcement and the citizens to fight the drug problem. At a minimum, this commitment shall be demonstrated by the school districts, parks and recreation departments, public social services, and code enforcement agencies.
(f) The approval of the program by either the city council or the county board of supervisors.
(g) Demonstrated effort on the part of the applicant to show how funds that may be awarded under this program may be coordinated or consolidated with other local, state, or federal funds available for the activities set forth in Section 13844.
(h) Applicant shall be a city or county law enforcement agency, or portion, or combination thereof.
(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1419, Sec. 4.)
2023 California Code › Penal Code - PEN › PART 4 - PREVENTION OF CRIMES AND APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS › TITLE 6 - CALIFORNIA COUNCIL ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE › CHAPTER 5 - California Community Crime Resistance Program › Section 13846.

13846. (a) Evaluation and monitoring of all grants made under this section shall be the responsibility of the office. The office shall issue standard reporting forms for reporting the level of activities and number of crimes reported in participating communities.
(b) Information on successful programs shall be made available and relayed to other California communities through the technical assistance procedures of the office.
(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 352, Sec. 453. (AB 1317) Effective September 26, 2013. Operative July 1, 2013, by Sec. 543 of Ch. 352.)
2023 California Code › Penal Code - PEN › PART 4 - PREVENTION OF CRIMES AND APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS › TITLE 6 - CALIFORNIA COUNCIL ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE › CHAPTER 5.5 - Rural Indian Crime Prevention Program › Section 13847.

13847. (a) There is hereby established in the Office of Emergency Services a program of financial and technical assistance for local law enforcement, called the Rural Indian Crime Prevention Program. The program shall target the relationship between law enforcement and Native American communities to encourage and to strengthen cooperative efforts and to implement crime suppression and prevention programs.
(b) The Director of Emergency Services may allocate and award funds to those local units of government, or combinations thereof, in which a special program is established in law enforcement agencies that meets the criteria set forth in Sections 13847.1 and 13847.2.
(c) The allocation and award of funds shall be made upon application executed by the chief law enforcement officer of the applicant unit of government and approved by the legislative body. Funds disbursed under this chapter shall not supplant local funds that would, in the absence of the Rural Indian Crime Prevention Program, be made available to support the suppression and prevention of crime on reservations and rancherias.
(d) The Director of Emergency Services shall prepare and issue administrative guidelines and procedures for the Rural Indian Crime Prevention Program consistent with this chapter.
(e) The guidelines shall set forth the terms and conditions upon which the Office of Emergency Services is prepared to offer grants of funds pursuant to statutory authority. The guidelines do not constitute rules, regulations, orders, or standards of general application.
(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 352, Sec. 454. (AB 1317) Effective September 26, 2013. Operative July 1, 2013, by Sec. 543 of Ch. 352.)
2023 California Code › Penal Code - PEN › PART 4 - PREVENTION OF CRIMES AND APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS › TITLE 6 - CALIFORNIA COUNCIL ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE › CHAPTER 5.5 - Rural Indian Crime Prevention Program › Section 13847.1.

13847.1. Law enforcement agencies receiving funds under this chapter shall meet the following criteria:
(a) Training of law enforcement personnel to be culturally sensitive in the delivery of services to the Native American communities. This training shall include, but shall not be limited to, all of the following:
(1) The creation of an Indian community officer position.
(2) The recruiting and training of Native American volunteers to assist in implementing and conducting reservation or rancheria crime prevention programs.
(b) Increasing community crime awareness by establishing community involvement programs, such as community or neighborhood watch programs, tailored for reservations and rancherias.
(c) Establishing drug traffic intervention programs on reservations through the increased use of law enforcement and special assignment officers.
(d) Developing a delinquency prevention or diversion program for Indian teenagers and young adults.
(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 132, Sec. 1. Effective June 11, 1990.)
2023 California Code › Penal Code - PEN › PART 4 - PREVENTION OF CRIMES AND APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS › TITLE 6 - CALIFORNIA COUNCIL ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE › CHAPTER 5.5 - Rural Indian Crime Prevention Program › Section 13847.2.

13847.2. (a) The Rural Indian and Law Enforcement Local Advisory Committee shall be composed of a chief executive of a law enforcement agency, two tribal council members, two tribal elders, one Indian law enforcement officer, one Indian community officer, one representative of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and any additional members that may prove to be crucial to the committee. All members of the advisory committee shall be designated by the Director of Emergency Services, who shall provide staff services to the advisory committee.
(b) The Director of Emergency Services, in consultation with the advisory committee, shall develop specific guidelines, and administrative procedures, for the selection of projects to be funded by the Rural Indian Crime Prevention Program which guidelines shall include the selection criteria described in this chapter.
(c) Administration of the overall program and the evaluation and monitoring of all grants made under this chapter shall be performed by the Office of Emergency Services, provided that funds expended for these functions shall not exceed 5 percent of the total annual amount made available for the purpose of this chapter.
(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 352, Sec. 455. (AB 1317) Effective September 26, 2013. Operative July 1, 2013, by Sec. 543 of Ch. 352.)
2023 California Code › Penal Code - PEN › PART 4 - PREVENTION OF CRIMES AND APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS › TITLE 6 - CALIFORNIA COUNCIL ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE › CHAPTER 5.7 - High Technology Theft Apprehension and Prosecution Program › Section 13848.

13848. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this chapter to provide local law enforcement and district attorneys with the tools necessary to successfully interdict the promulgation of high technology crime. According to the federal Law Enforcement Training Center, it is expected that states will see a tremendous growth in high technology crimes over the next few years as computers become more available and computer users more skilled in utilizing technology to commit these faceless crimes. High technology crimes are those crimes in which technology is used as an instrument in committing, or assisting in the commission of, a crime, or which is the target of a criminal act.
(b) Funds provided under this program are intended to ensure that law enforcement is equipped with the necessary personnel and equipment to successfully combat high technology crime which includes, but is not limited to, the following offenses:
(1) White-collar crime, such as check, automated teller machine, and credit card fraud, committed by means of electronic or computer-related media.
(2) Unlawful access, destruction of or unauthorized entry into and use of private, corporate, or government computers and networks, including wireless and wireline communications networks and law enforcement dispatch systems, and the theft, interception, manipulation, destruction, or unauthorized disclosure of data stored within those computers and networks.
(3) Money laundering accomplished with the aid of computer networks or electronic banking transfers.
(4) Theft and resale of telephone calling codes, theft of telecommunications service, theft of wireless communication service, and theft of cable television services by manipulation of the equipment used to receive those services.
(5) Software piracy and other unlawful duplication of information.
(6) Theft and resale of computer components and other high technology products produced by the high technology industry.
(7) Remarking and counterfeiting of computer hardware and software.
(8) Theft of trade secrets.
(c) This program is also intended to provide support to law enforcement agencies by providing technical assistance to those agencies with respect to the seizure and analysis of computer systems used to commit high technology crimes or store evidence relating to those crimes.
(Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 555, Sec. 2. Effective September 18, 1998.)
2023 California Code › Penal Code - PEN › PART 4 - PREVENTION OF CRIMES AND APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS › TITLE 6 - CALIFORNIA COUNCIL ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE › CHAPTER 5.7 - High Technology Theft Apprehension and Prosecution Program › Section 13848.2.

13848.2. There is hereby established a program of financial and technical assistance for law enforcement and district attorneys’ offices, designated the High Technology Theft Apprehension and Prosecution Program.
(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 43, Sec. 75. (SB 1023) Effective June 27, 2012.)
2023 California Code › Penal Code - PEN › PART 4 - PREVENTION OF CRIMES AND APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS › TITLE 6 - CALIFORNIA COUNCIL ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE › CHAPTER 5.7 - High Technology Theft Apprehension and Prosecution Program › Section 13848.4.

13848.4. (a) Moneys allocated for the High Technology Theft Apprehension and Prosecution Program pursuant to Section 13821 shall be expended to fund programs to enhance the capacity of local law enforcement and prosecutors to deter, investigate, and prosecute high technology related crimes. Funds shall be expended to fund programs to enhance the capacity of local law enforcement, state police, and local prosecutors to deter, investigate, and prosecute high technology related crimes. Any funds distributed under this chapter shall be expended for the exclusive purpose of deterring, investigating, and prosecuting high technology related crimes.
(b) The funds allocated to the Department of Justice pursuant to paragraph (8) of subdivision (c) of Section 13821 shall be used for developing and maintaining a statewide database on high technology crime for use in developing and distributing intelligence information to participating law enforcement agencies and for the purposes of establishing statewide programs of education, training, and research for public prosecutors, investigators, and law enforcement officers relating to deterring, investigating, and prosecuting high technology related crimes.
(c) Any regional task force receiving funds under this section may elect to have the Department of Justice administer the regional task force program. The department may be reimbursed for any expenditures incurred for administering a regional task force from funds given to local law enforcement pursuant to subdivision (b).
(d) No contract shall be entered into with the California District Attorneys Association for the purposes of financial and technical assistance pursuant to the High Technology Theft Apprehension and Prosecution Program authorized by Section 13848.2.
(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 83, Sec. 4. (SB 157) Effective July 16, 2021.)
2023 California Code › Penal Code - PEN › PART 4 - PREVENTION OF CRIMES AND APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS › TITLE 6 - CALIFORNIA COUNCIL ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE › CHAPTER 6 - California Career Criminal Apprehension Program › Section 13850.

13850. The Legislature hereby finds that a substantial and disproportionate amount of serious crime is committed against the people of California by a relatively small number of multiple and repeat felony offenders, commonly known as career criminals. In enacting this chapter, the Legislature intends to support increased efforts by local law enforcement agencies to investigate and apprehend career criminals through management, organization and operational techniques that have been demonstrated to be effective in selected cities and counties in this and other states, and through advanced state-of-the-art techniques that focus law enforcement efforts and resources on identifying persons subject to career criminal apprehension efforts.
(Amended by Stats. 1985, Ch. 477, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Penal Code - PEN › PART 4 - PREVENTION OF CRIMES AND APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS › TITLE 6 - CALIFORNIA COUNCIL ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE › CHAPTER 6 - California Career Criminal Apprehension Program › Section 13851.

13851. (a) There is hereby established in the Office of Emergency Services a program of financial, training, and technical assistance for local law enforcement, called the California Career Criminal Apprehension Program. All funds made available to the Office of Emergency Services for the purposes of this chapter shall be administered and disbursed by the Director of Emergency Services.
(b) The Director of Emergency Services is authorized to allocate and award funds to those local units of government or combinations thereof, in which a special program is established in law enforcement agencies that meets the criteria set forth in Sections 13852 and 13853.
(c) The allocation and award of funds shall be made upon application executed by the chief law enforcement officer of the applicant unit of government and approved by the legislative body. Funds disbursed under this chapter shall not supplant local funds that would, in the absence of the California Career Criminal Apprehension Program, be made available to support the apprehension of multiple or repeat felony criminal offenders.
(d) The Director of Emergency Services shall prepare and issue administrative guidelines and procedures for the California Career Criminal Apprehension Program consistent with this chapter.
(e) These guidelines shall set forth the terms and conditions upon which the Office of Emergency Services is prepared to offer grants of funds pursuant to statutory authority. The guidelines do not constitute rules, regulations, orders, or standards of general application.
(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 352, Sec. 456. (AB 1317) Effective September 26, 2013. Operative July 1, 2013, by Sec. 543 of Ch. 352.)
2023 California Code › Penal Code - PEN › PART 4 - PREVENTION OF CRIMES AND APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS › TITLE 6 - CALIFORNIA COUNCIL ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE › CHAPTER 6 - California Career Criminal Apprehension Program › Section 13852.

13852. Law enforcement agencies receiving funds under this chapter shall employ enhanced law enforcement management efforts and resources. Enhanced law enforcement efforts and resources shall include, but not be limited to:
(a) Crime analysis, which is the timely collection and study of local crime data to perform all of the following:
(1) Identify evolving or existing crime patterns, particularly those involving career felony criminals.
(2) Provide investigative leads.
(3) Identify geographical areas or population groups experiencing relatively severe crime victimization, in order to improve effectiveness of crime prevention efforts.
(4) Provide supporting data for improved allocation of overall law enforcement agency resources.
(b) Improved management of patrol and investigative operations involving use of information resulting from crime analysis, which may include participation in multijurisdictional investigative units and measures to increase continuity of investigative efforts from the initial patrol response through the arrest and prosecution of the offender. Such measures may include:
(1) Innovative personnel deployment techniques.
(2) Innovative techniques of case screening.
(3) Management of continuing investigations.
(4) Monitoring of investigation operations.
(c) (1) Each career criminal apprehension program, supported under this chapter, shall concentrate on the identification and arrest of career criminals and the support of their subsequent prosecution. The determination of which suspected felony offenders shall be the subject of career criminal apprehension efforts shall be in accordance with written criteria developed by the applicant law enforcement agency, consistent with Section 13853 and approved by the head district attorney. Highly qualified and experienced personnel shall be assigned to staff career criminal apprehension programs.
(2) Each career criminal apprehension program as one of its ongoing functions, shall maintain coordination with the prosecutor assigned to each case resulting from its efforts. This coordination should include, but not be limited to, case preparation, processing, and adjudication.
(Amended by Stats. 1985, Ch. 477, Sec. 3.)
2023 California Code › Penal Code - PEN › PART 4 - PREVENTION OF CRIMES AND APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS › TITLE 6 - CALIFORNIA COUNCIL ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE › CHAPTER 6 - California Career Criminal Apprehension Program › Section 13853.

13853. An individual who is under investigation for the commission or attempted commission of one or more of the felonies listed in paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 999e and who is determined to have committed three or more separate felony offenses not arising out of the same transaction, or has been convicted during the preceding 10 years for the commission or attempted commission of any felony listed in subdivision (a), or at least two convictions during the preceding 10 years for the commission or attempted commission of any felony listed in subdivision (b) may be the subject of career criminal apprehension efforts.
(a) Robbery of the first degree, carjacking, burglary of the first degree, arson as defined in Section 451 or 452, forcible rape, sodomy or oral copulation committed with force, lewd or lascivious conduct committed upon a child, kidnapping as defined in Section 209 or 209.5, murder, or manslaughter.
(b) Grand theft, grand theft auto, receiving stolen property, robbery of the second degree, burglary of the second degree, kidnapping as defined in Section 207, assault with a deadly weapon or instrument, or any unlawful act relating to controlled substances in violation of Section 11351 or 11352 of the Health and Safety Code.
For purposes of this chapter, the 10-year periods specified in this section shall be exclusive of any time which the arrested person has served in state prison.
(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 646, Sec. 2. Effective September 19, 1996.)
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13854. (a) The Director of Emergency Services shall develop specific guidelines, and administrative procedures, for the selection of the California Career Criminal Apprehension Program.
(b) Administration of the overall program and the evaluation and monitoring of all grants made under this chapter shall be performed by the Office of Emergency Services, provided that funds expended for those functions shall not exceed 7.5 percent of the total annual amount made available for the purpose of this chapter.
(c) Local assistance grants made pursuant to this chapter shall not be subject to review pursuant to Section 10290 of the Public Contract Code.
(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 352, Sec. 457. (AB 1317) Effective September 26, 2013. Operative July 1, 2013, by Sec. 543 of Ch. 352.)
2023 California Code › Penal Code - PEN › PART 4 - PREVENTION OF CRIMES AND APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS › TITLE 6 - CALIFORNIA COUNCIL ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE › CHAPTER 7 - Suppression of Drug Abuse in Schools › Section 13860.

13860. The Legislature finds and declares that a substantial drug abuse and drug trafficking problem exists among school-age children on and around school campuses in the State of California. By enacting this chapter, it is the intention of the Legislature to support increased efforts by local law enforcement agencies, working in conjunction with school districts and county drug offices to suppress trafficking and prevent drug abuse among school age children on and around school campuses through the development of innovative and model programs by local law enforcement agencies and schools and drug abuse agencies. As used in this chapter, drugs are defined as marijuana, inhalants, narcotics, dangerous drugs, pharmaceuticals, glue and alcohol. It is the further intention of the Legislature to establish a program of financial and technical assistance for local law enforcement and school districts.
(Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 952, Sec. 1. Effective September 20, 1983.)
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13861. There is hereby created in the Office of Emergency Services the Suppression of Drug Abuse in Schools Program. All funds made available to the Office of Emergency Services for the purposes of this chapter shall be administered and disbursed by the Director of Emergency Services in consultation with the State Suppression of Drug Abuse in Schools Advisory Committee established pursuant to Section 13863.
(a) The Director of Emergency Services, in consultation with the State Suppression of Drug Abuse in Schools Advisory Committee, is authorized to allocate and award funds to local law enforcement agencies and public schools jointly working to develop drug abuse prevention and drug trafficking suppression programs in substantial compliance with the policies and criteria set forth in Sections 13862 and 13863.
(b) The allocation and award of funds shall be made upon the joint application by the chief law enforcement officer of the coapplicant law enforcement agency and approved by the law enforcement agency’s legislative body and the superintendent and board of the school district coapplicant. The joint application of the law enforcement agency and the school district shall be submitted for review to the Local Suppression of Drug Abuse in Schools Advisory Committee established pursuant to paragraph (4) of subdivision (a) of Section 13862. After review, the application shall be submitted to the Office of Emergency Services. Funds disbursed under this chapter may enhance but shall not supplant local funds that would, in the absence of the Suppression of Drug Abuse in Schools Program, be made available to suppress and prevent drug abuse among schoolage children and to curtail drug trafficking in and around school areas.
(c) The coapplicant local law enforcement agency and the coapplicant school district may enter into interagency agreements between themselves which will allow the management and fiscal tasks created pursuant to this chapter and assigned to both the law enforcement agency and the school district to be performed by only one of them.
(d) Within 90 days of the effective date of this chapter, the Director of Emergency Services, in consultation with the State Suppression of Drug Abuse in Schools Advisory Committee established pursuant to Section 13863, shall prepare and issue administrative guidelines and procedures for the Suppression of Drug Abuse in Schools Program consistent with this chapter. In addition to all other formal requirements that may apply to the enactment of these guidelines and procedures, a complete and final draft shall be submitted within 60 days of the effective date of this chapter to the Chairpersons of the Committee on Criminal Law and Public Safety of the Assembly and the Judiciary Committee of the Senate of the California Legislature.
(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 352, Sec. 458. (AB 1317) Effective September 26, 2013. Operative July 1, 2013, by Sec. 543 of Ch. 352.)
2023 California Code › Penal Code - PEN › PART 4 - PREVENTION OF CRIMES AND APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS › TITLE 6 - CALIFORNIA COUNCIL ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE › CHAPTER 8 - Information on Racial, Ethnic and Religious Crimes › Section 13872.

13872. The crimes that shall be the focus of this chapter shall include a wide variety of incidents, which reflect obvious racial, ethnic, or religious motivations, ranging from vandalizing a place of worship to assaults between members of gangs, including, but not limited to, incidents that occur on school grounds and between gang members and any other incidents that law enforcement officers on a case-by-case basis identify as having a racial, ethnic or religious motivation. They shall not include incidents of discrimination in employment.
(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1482, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Penal Code - PEN › PART 4 - PREVENTION OF CRIMES AND APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS › TITLE 6 - CALIFORNIA COUNCIL ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE › CHAPTER 8.6 - Law Enforcement Response to Drug Endangered Children › Section 13879.80.

13879.80. (a) Every law enforcement and social services agency in this state is encouraged to develop, adopt, and implement written policies and standards for their response to narcotics crime scenes where a child is either immediately present or where there is evidence that a child lives, by January 1, 2005. These policies shall reflect the fact that exposing a child to the manufacturing, trafficking, and use of narcotics is criminal conduct and that a response coordinated by law enforcement and social services agencies is essential to the child’s health and welfare.
(b) The needs of a drug endangered child are best served with written policies encouraging the arrest of an individual for child endangerment where there is probable cause that an offense has been committed coordinated with an appropriate investigation of the child’s welfare by child protective agencies. Protocols that encourage a dependency investigation contemporaneous with a law enforcement investigation at a narcotics crime scene, when appropriate, are consistent with a child’s best interest.
(Added by Stats. 2003, Ch. 75, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2004.)
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13879.81. Communities are encouraged to form multijurisdictional groups that include law enforcement officers, prosecutors, public health professionals, and social workers to address the welfare of children endangered by parental drug use. These coordinated groups should develop standards and protocols, evidenced by memorandums of understanding, that address the following:
(a) Felony and misdemeanor arrests.
(b) Immediate response of protective social workers to a narcotics crime scene involving a child.
(c) Outsourcing protective social workers to law enforcement.
(d) Dependency investigations.
(e) Forensic drug testing and interviewing.
(f) Decontamination of a child found in a lab setting.
(g) Medical examinations and developmental evaluations.
(h) Creation of two hours of P.O.S.T. drug endangered children awareness training.
(Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 405, Sec. 24. Effective January 1, 2005.)