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BP 25662(a): Minor In Possession - M

Any person under the age of 21 years who has any alcoholic beverage in his or her possession on any street or highway or in any public place or in any place open to the public
BP 4140: Possession of a Syringe - M

No person shall possess or have under his or her control any hypodermic needle or syringe except when acquired in accordance with this article.
HS 11350(a): Possession of a Controled Substance (Heroin/Cocaine) - F

Every person who possesses any controlled substance, unless upon the written prescription of a physician, dentist, podiatrist, or veterinarian licensed to practice in this state
HS 11351: Possession for Sale(Heroin/Cocaine)- F

Every person who possesses for sale or purchases for purposes of sale, any controlled substance
HS 11352(a): Transport/Import/Give Controlled Substance (Heroin/Cocaine)- F

Every person who transports, imports into this state, sells, furnishes, administers, or gives away, or offers to transport, import into this state, sell, furnish, administer, or give away, or attempts to import into this state or transport any controlled substance, unless upon the written prescription of a physician, dentist, podiatrist, or veterinarian licensed to practice in this state
HS 11357(a): Possession of Marijuana - M/F

Except as authorized by law, every person who possesses
any concentrated cannabis
HS 11364(a): Drug Paraphernalia - M

It is unlawful to possess an opium pipe or any device, contrivance, instrument, or paraphernalia used for unlawfully injecting or smoking a controlled substance
HS 11377(a): Possession of a Controled Substance (Meth) - F

Every person who possesses any controlled substance, which is NOT A NARCOTIC DRUG, unless upon the written prescription of a physician, dentist, podiatrist, or veterinarian licensed to practice in this state
HS 11378: Possession for Sale(Meth)- F

Every person who possesses for sale or purchases for purposes of sale any
controlled substance, NOT A NARCOTIC DRUG.
HS 11379(a): Transport/Import/Give Away Controlled Substance (Meth)- F

Every person who transports, imports into this state, sells, furnishes, administers, or gives away, or offers to transport, import into this state, sell, furnish, administer, or give away, or attempts to import into this state or transport any controlled substance, which is NOT A NARCOTIC DRUG unless upon the written prescription of a physician, dentist, podiatrist, or veterinarian licensed to practice in this state,
HS 11550: Under the Influence of a Controlled Substance - M

No person shall use, or be under the influence of any controlled substance except when administered by or under the direction of a person licensed by the state to dispense, prescribe, or administer controlled substances.
MC 8-107: Loitering/Prostitution - M

It is unlawful for any person to loiter in, or about any public place or place open to public view in a manner and under circumstances manifesting a purpose of engaging in soliciting acts of prostitution.
MC 8-120: Public Drinking

(a) No person shall drink any beer, wine or other intoxicating beverage on any street, sidewalk, pedestrian mall, alley, highway, playground, parking lot open to the general public or other lot open to the general public.
MC 8-128: Curfew for Minors

No person under the age of eighteen years shall loiter, idle, wander, stroll or play in or upon the public streets, highways, roads, alleys, parks, playgrounds or other public grounds, public places and public buildings, places of amusement and eating places, vacant lots or any unsupervised place between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. of the following day. The provisions of this section do not apply when the minor is accompanied by his or her parent, guardian or other adult person having the care and custody of the minor, or when the minor is upon an emergency errand directed by his or her parent, guardian or other adult person having the care and custody of the minor, or when the minor is returning directly home from a meeting, entertainment, recreational activity or dance.
MC 8-131: Urination/Defecation

No person shall commit a nuisance in any public place, or upon any private property, or in any place where there are other persons to be offended or annoyed thereby. The phrase "commit a nuisance" as used in this section shall mean evacuate the bowels or bladder at a place not provided for that purpose.
MC 8-305: Loud Noise

No person shall make, cause, or permit to be made any place within the city, any noise which causes discomfort or annoyance to any reasonable person of normal sensitiveness residing or working in the area, unless such noise or sound is specifically authorized by or in accordance with this article. This section shall apply to, but not limited to, the following noise sources:

(a) Radios, musical instruments, television sets, or amplification devices.

(b) Animals or fowl.

(c) Machinery or equipment.

(d) Construction equipment or work.
PC 11411(a): Hate Crimes - M

Any person who places or displays a sign, mark, symbol, emblem, or other physical impression, including, but not limited to, a Nazi swastika on the private property of another, without authorization, for the purpose of terrorizing the owner or occupant of that private property or in reckless disregard of the risk of terrorizing the owner or occupant of that private property

(b) Two or more occasions - F
PC 12020(a)(1): Possess/Manufacture/etc Prohibited Weapons - F

â–ª Any person who
â–ª manufactures or causes to be manufactured, or
â–ª imports into the state, or
â–ª sells, offers for sale, exposes for sale, keeps for sale, or
â–ª gives, lends, or possesses
â–ª any weapon that has been specified within this Penal Code section as
prohibited.
PC 12021(a)(1): Felon/Drug Addict in Possession of a Weapon - F

Any person who has been convicted of a felony or who is addicted to the use of any narcotic drug, who owns, purchases, receives, or has in his or her possession or under his or her custody or control any firearm
PC 12025: Carrying a Concealed Weapon - F

A person is guilty of carrying a concealed firearm when he or she does any of the following:
(1) Carries concealed within any vehicle which is under his or her control or direction any pistol, revolver, or other firearm capable of being concealed upon the person.
(2) Carries concealed upon his or her person any pistol, revolver, or other firearm capable of being concealed upon the person.
(3) Causes to be carried concealed within any vehicle in which he or she is an occupant any pistol, revolver, or other firearm capable of being concealed upon the person.
PC 1203.2(a): Probation Violation

At any time during the probationary period of a person released on probation under the care of a probation officer pursuant to this chapter, or of a person released on conditional sentence or summary probation not under the care of a probation officer, if any probation officer or peace officer has probable cause to believe that the probationer is violating any term or condition of his or her probation or conditional sentence, the officer may, without warrant or other process and at any time until the final disposition of the case, rearrest the person and bring him or her before the court or the court may, in its discretion, issue a warrant for his or her rearrest.
PC 12031(a)(1): Possession of a Loaded Firearm in Public - M

Carrying a loaded firearm on his or her person or in a vehicle while in any public place or on any public street in an incorporated city or in any public place or on any public street in a prohibited area of unincorporated territory.
PC 148(a)(1): Resist/Obstruct/Delay - M

Every person who willfully resists, delays, or obstructs any public officer, peace officer, or an emergency medical technician in the discharge or attempt to
discharge any duty of his or her office or employment
PC 148(b) (c) (d): Taking of Officers Weapons

(b) -M- Every person who while R/D/O removes or takes any weapon, other than
a firearm, from a peace officer.

(c) -F- Every person who while R/D/O removes or takes a firearm from a peace officer

(d) -M/F- Every person who removes or takes without intent to permanently deprive, or who attempts to remove or take a firearm from a peace officer, while the officer is engaged in the
performance of his or her lawful duties
PC 148.9(a): False Name - M

Any person who falsely represents or identifies himself or herself as another person or as a fictitious person to any peace officer, upon a lawful detention or arrest of the person, either to evade the process of the court, or to evade the proper identification of the person by the investigating officer
PC 166(a)(4): Violation of a Court Order - M

Willful disobedience of the terms as written of any process or court order or out-of-state court order, lawfully issued by any court, including orders pending trial.
PC 207(a): Kidnapping - F

Every person who forcibly, or by any other means of instilling fear, steals or takes, or holds, detains, or arrests any person in this state, and carries the person into another country, state, or county, or into another part of the same county.
PC 211(a): Robbery - F

Taking of personal property in the possession of another, from his person or immediate presence, and against his will, accomplished by means of force or fear.
PC 215(a): Carjacking - F

Taking of a motor vehicle in the possession of another, from his or her person or immediate presence, or from the person or immediate presence of a passenger of
the motor vehicle, against his or her will and with the intent to either permanently or temporarily deprive the person in possession of the motor vehicle of his or her possession, accomplished by means of force or fear.
PC 236(a): False Imprisonment -M/F

The unlawful violation of the personal liberty of another.

F = If the false imprisonment is effected by violence, menace, fraud, or deceit
PC 242: Battery - M

Any willful and unlawful use of force or violence upon the person of another.
PC 243(b): Battery on Specified People - M

When a battery is committed against the person of a peace officer, custodial officer, firefighter, emergency medical technician, lifeguard, process server, traffic officer, code enforcement officer, or animal control officer engaged in the performance of his or her duties, or a nonsworn employee of a probation department engaged in the performance of his or her duties, or a physician or nurse engaged in rendering emergency medical care outside a health care facility, and the person committing the offense knows or reasonably should know that the victim is a peace officer, custodial officer, firefighter, emergency medical technician, lifeguard, process server, traffic officer, code enforcement officer, or animal control officer engaged in the performance of his or her duties, nonsworn employee of a probation department, or a physician or nurse engaged in rendering emergency medical care.
PC 245(a)(1) (2): ADW - F

(1) Any person who commits an assault upon the person of another with a deadly weapon or instrument other than a firearm or by any means of force likely to produce great bodily injury.

(2) Any person who commits an assault upon the person of another with a firearm
PC 261(a)(2): Rape - F

Act of sexual intercourse accomplished with a person not the spouse of the perpetrator, accomplished against a person's will by means of force, violence, duress, menace, or fear of immediate and unlawful bodily injury on the person or another.
PC 273.5(a): Spousal Abuse - F

Any person who willfully inflicts upon a person who is his or her spouse, former spouse, cohabitant, former cohabitant, or the mother or father of his or her child, corporal injury resulting in a traumatic condition
PC 243(e)(1): Spousal Battery - M

When a battery is committed against a spouse, a person with whom the defendant is cohabiting, a person who is the parent of the defendant's child, former spouse, fiance, or fiancee, or a person with whom the defendant currently has, or has previously had, a dating or engagement relationship
PC 243(c)(1) (2): Battery Against specified People - F

(1) Battery against specified professions (other than Peace Officer) while in the course of their duties, where the offender knows or should reasonably know the victims profession, and the victim is injured

(2) Battery on a peace officer in the performance of his/her duties, where the offender knows or should reasonably know that the victim is an officer, that results in injuries to the officer.
PC 246: Shooting into Dwelling - F

Any person who shall maliciously and willfully discharge a firearm at an inhabited dwelling house, occupied building, occupied
motor vehicle, occupied aircraft, inhabited housecar, or inhabited camper
PC 272(a)(1): Contributing to the Delenquency of a Minor - M

Every person who commits any act or omits the performance of any duty, which act or omission causes or tends to cause or encourage any person under the age of 18 years to come within the provisions of Section 300, 601, or 602 of the Welfare and Institutions Code or which act or omission contributes thereto, or any person who, by any act or omission, or by threats, commands, or persuasion, induces or endeavors to induce any person under the age of 18 years or any ward or dependent child of the juvenile court to fail or refuse to conform to a lawful order of the juvenile court, or to do or to perform any act or to follow any course of conduct or to so live as would cause or manifestly tend to cause that person to
become or to remain a person within the provisions of Section 300, 601, or 602 of the Welfare and Institutions Code
PC 273a(a): Cruelty to Child (GBI) - M/F

Any person who, under circumstances or conditions likely to produce great bodily harm or death, willfully causes or permits any child to suffer, or inflicts thereon unjustifiable physical pain or mental suffering, or having the care or custody of any child, willfully causes or permits the person or health of that child to be injured, or willfully causes or permits that child to be placed in a situation where his or her person or health is endangered
PC 273a(b): Cruelty to Child (non-GBI) - M

Any person who, under circumstances or conditions other than those likely to produce great bodily harm or death, willfully causes or permits any child to suffer, or inflicts thereon unjustifiable physical pain or mental suffering, or having the care or custody of any child, willfully causes or permits the person or health of that child to be injured, or willfully causes or permits that child to be placed in a situation where his or her person or health may be endangered
PC 273.6(a): Violation of a DV R.O. - M

Any intentional and knowing violation of a protective order
PC 286(a): Sodomy - F

Penetration of the anus with the penis, however slight, against the will of the victim.
PC 288(a): Lewd Acts with a Child - F

Any person who willfully and lewdly commits any lewd or lascivious act, including any of the acts constituting other crimes provided for in Part 1, upon or with the body, or any part or member thereof, of a child who is under the age of 14 years, with the intent of arousing, appealing to, or gratifying the lust, passions, or sexual desires of that person or the childAny person who willfully and lewdly commits any lewd or lascivious act, including any of the acts constituting other crimes provided for in Part 1, upon or with the body, or any part or member thereof, of a child who is under the age of 14 years, with the intent of arousing, appealing to, or gratifying the lust, passions, or sexual desires of that person or the child
PC 288a(c)(2): Oral Copulation - F

Any person who commits the act of copulating the mouth of one person with the sexual organ or anus of another person when the act is accomplished against the victim's will by means of force, violence, duress, menace, or fear of immediate and unlawful bodily injury on the victim or another person
PC 289(a): Penetration with a Forign Object - F

The penetration of the anus or vagina with any forign object against the victims will by means of force, violence, duress, menace, or fear of immediate and unlawful bodily injury on the victim or another person
PC 290(a)(g)(1) (a)(g)(2) (a)(g)(3): Failure to Register (Sex Offenders)

(1) -M- Failure to register after conviction of misdemeanor sex crime conviction.

(2) -F- Failure to register after conviction of felony sex crime conviction.

(3) -F- Failure to register with prior conviction for failure to register.
PC 3056: Parole Violation

Prisoners on parole shall remain under the legal custody of the department and shall be subject at any time to be taken back within the inclosure of the prison.
PC 314: Indecent Exposure - M/F

Every person who willfully and lewdly, either:
1. Exposes his person, or the private parts thereof, in any public place, or in any place where there are present other persons to be offended or annoyed thereby; or,
2. Procures, counsels, or assists any person so to expose himself or take part in any model artist exhibition, or to make any other exhibition of himself to public view, or the view of any number of persons, such as is offensive to decency, or is adapted to excite to vicious or lewd thoughts or acts

F = Prior conviction for 314 or 288.
PC 368(b)(1): Elder Abuse - M/F

Any person who knows or reasonably should know that a person is an elder or dependent adult and who, under circumstances or conditions likely to produce great bodily harm or death, willfully causes or permits any elder or dependent adult to suffer, or inflicts thereon unjustifiable physical pain or mental suffering, or having the care or custody of any elder or dependent adult, willfully causes or permits the person or health of the elder or dependent adult to be injured, or willfully causes or permits the elder or dependent adult to be placed in a situation in which his or her person or health is endangered
PC 415: Disturbing the Peace - M

(1) Any person who unlawfully fights in a public place or challenges another person in a public place to fight.

(2) Any person who maliciously and willfully disturbs another person by loud and unreasonable noise.

(3) Any person who uses offensive words in a public place which are inherently likely to provoke an immediate violent reaction.
PC 417(a)(1) (a)(2): Brandishing a Weapon - M

(1) Every person who, except in self-defense, in the presence of any other person, draws or exhibits any deadly weapon whatsoever, other than a firearm, in a rude, angry, or threatening manner, or who in any manner, unlawfully uses a deadly weapon other than a firearm in any fight or quarrel

(2) Every person who, except in self-defense, in the presence of any other person, draws or exhibits any firearm, whether loaded or unloaded, in a rude, angry, or threatening manner, or who in any manner, unlawfully uses a firearm in any fight or quarrel
PC 422: Criminal Threats - F

Any person who willfully threatens to commit a crime which will result in death or great bodily injury to another person, with the specific intent that the statement, made verbally, in writing, or by means of an electronic communication device, is to be taken as a threat, even if there is no intent of actually carrying it out, which, on its face and under the circumstances in which it is made, is so unequivocal, unconditional, immediate, and specific as to convey to the person threatened, a gravity of purpose and an immediate prospect of execution of the threat, and thereby causes that person reasonably to be in sustained fear for his or her own safety or for his or her immediate family's safety
PC 451: Arson - F

A person is guilty of arson when he or she willfully and maliciously sets fire to or burns or causes to be burned or who aids, counsels, or procures the burning of, any structure, forest land, or property.

(a) -F- Arson that causes great bodily injury

(b) -F- Arson that causes an inhabited structure or inhabited property to burn

(c) -F- Arson of a structure or forest land

(d) -F- Arson of property
PC 459: Burglary - F

Every person who enters any specified structure with intent to commit grand or petit larceny or any felony
PC 470: Forgery - F

Every person who, with the intent to defraud, knowing that he or she has no authority to do so, signs the name of another person or of a fictitious person to any check, bond, bank bill, or note, cashier's check, traveler's check, money order, etc.
PC 484: Theft - M/F

The taking and carrying away of the personal property of another without consent with the intent to permanantly deprive

M = Value < or = $400
F = (PC 487) Value > $400
PC 487: Grand Theft - F

(a) Value > $400
(b)(1)(A) Produce > $100
(b)(2) Fish, etc. > $100
(b)(3) Employee in 12 months takes > or = $400
(c) "Pickpocket"
(d)(1) automobile, horse, mare, gelding, any bovine animal, any caprine animal, mule, jack, jenny, sheep, lamb, hog, sow, boar, gilt, barrow, or pig.
(d)(2) Firearm
PC 496(a): Receiving Stolen Property - F

Every person who buys or receives any property that has
been stolen or that has been obtained in any manner constituting theft or extortion, knowing the property to be so stolen or obtained, or who conceals, sells, withholds, or aids in concealing, selling, or withholding any property from the owner, knowing the property to be so stolen or obtained
PC 503: Embezzlement - M

Embezzlement is the fraudulent appropriation of property by a person to whom it has been intrusted.
PC 530.5(a): Identity Theft - F

Every person who willfully obtains personal identifying information of another person, and uses that information for any unlawful purpose, in the name of the other person without the consent of that person
PC 591: Tampering with utility - M

A person who unlawfully and maliciously takes down, removes, injures, or obstructs any line of telegraph, telephone, or cable television, or any other line used to conduct electricity, or any part thereof, or appurtenances or apparatus connected therewith, or severs any wire thereof, or makes any unauthorized connection with any line, other than a telegraph, telephone, or cable television line, used to conduct electricity, or any part thereof, or appurtenances or apparatus connected therewith
PC 594(a): Vandalism - M

Every person who maliciously commits any of the following acts with respect to any real or personal property not his or her own, in cases other than those specified by state law, is guilty of vandalism:
(1) Defaces with graffiti or other inscribed material.
(2) Damages.
(3) Destroys.
PC 602(l) (j): Trespass - M

(l) any person who enters and occupies
real property or structures of any kind
without consent of the owner, the owner's agent, or the person in lawfull posession.

(j) any person who enters any land, with or without a fence
for the purpose of injuring any property or property rights, or
with the intention of interfering with, obstructing, or injuring any lawful business or occupation
carried on by the owner of the land, the owner's agent or by the person in lawful possession.
PC 602.1(a): Interfering w/ lawful business - M

Any person who intentionally interferes with any lawful business or occupation carried on by the owner or agent of a business establishment open to the public, by obstructing or intimidating those attempting to carry on business, or their customers, and who refuses to leave the premises of the business establishment after being requested to leave by the owner or the owner's agent, or by a peace officer acting at the request of the owner or owner's agent
PC 626: School crimes
PC 646.9(a): Stalking - M/F

Any person who willfully, maliciously, and repeatedly
follows or willfully and maliciously harasses another person and who makes a credible threat with the intent to place that person in
reasonable fear for his or her safety, or the safety of his or her immediate family
PC 647(a) (b) (c) (d) (f) (h) (i) (j) (k): Disorderly conduct - M

(a) Lewd Conduct
(b) Prostitution
(c) Obstruction of a public way
(d) Loitering about a public toilette
(f) Public Intoxication
(h) Prowling
(i) Peeping
(j) Illegal lodging
(k) Invasion of privacy (peepholes)
PC 653m(a): Annoying phone calls - M

Every person who, with intent to annoy, telephones or makes contact by means of an electronic communication device with another and addresses to or about the other person any obscene language or addresses to the other person any threat to inflict injury to the person or property of the person addressed or any member of his or her family
PC 666: Theft w/ prior conviction - F

Every person who, having been convicted of petty theft, grand theft, auto theft under Section 10851 of the Vehicle Code, burglary, carjacking, robbery, or a felony violation of Section 496 and having served a term therefor in any penal institution or having been imprisoned therein as a condition of probation for that offense, is subsequently convicted of petty theft, then the person convicted of that subsequent offense is punishable by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding one year, or in the state prison.
VC 10851(a): Stolen vehicle - M/F

Taking or driving a vehicle,
without the consent of the owner,
with the intent to temporarily or permanantly deprive the owner of title or posession of the vehicle.
Or any accomplice to the above.
VC 12500(a): Unlicensed Driver - M

Driving a motor vehicle
Upon a highway
Without a valid drivers license
VC 14601(a): Suspended license - M

Driving a motor vehicle
Upon a highway
With driving privlages suspended or revoked for reckless driving, or negligent or incompetent driving acts.
With knowledge or the suspension or revocation.
VC 20001(a): Hit and Run (Injury or Death) - F

Any person who
is involved in a traffic accident
resulting in the injury or any other person or the death of any person
who does not immediately stop at the scene of the accident
and fulfill all requirements of CVC 20003(information/aid) and CVC 20004(report to Law Enforcement).
VC 21453(a): Red light - I

When facing a circular red light, a driver must stop before the limit line or crosswalk, and must remain stopped until given an indication to proceed.

* No right turn on red is 21453(b)
VC 21658(a): Unsafe lane change - I

A vehicle shall be driven as nearly as practical entirely within a single lane, and shall not be moved from the lane, until such movement can be made with reasonable safety.
VC 21703: Follow too closely - I

The driver of a motor vehicle shall not follow another vehicle more closely than is reasonable and prudent, having due regard for the speed of such vehicle and the traffic upon, and the condition of the roadway.
VC 21801(a): Failure to yield (left turn) - I

A driver of a vehicle intending to turn left or complete a U-turn upon a highway shall yield, and continue to yield, the right of way to any vehicles coming from the opposite direction which are close enough to constitute a hazard at any time during the turning movement.
VC 22100(a) (b): Turn position - I

(a) Right turns. Both the approach for a right-hand turn and a right-hand turn shall be made as close as practicable to the right hand curb or edge of the roadway.

(b) Left turn. The approach for a left turn shall be made as close as practicable to the left-hand edge of the extreme left-hand lane or portion of the roadway lawfully available to traffic moving the direction of travel of the vehicle and when turning at an intersection the left turn shall not be made before entering the intersection
VC 22106: Unsafe backing - I

No person shall start a vehicle stopped, standing, or parked on a highway, nor shall any person back a vehicle on a highway until such movement can be made with reasonable safety.
VC 22350: Basic Speed Law (Prima Facie speed) - I

No person shall drive a vehicle upon a highway at a speed greater than is reasonable or prudent having due regard for weather visibility, the traffic on, and the surface and width of, the highway, and in no event at a speed which endangers the safety of persons or property.
VC 22450(a): Stop sign - I

Thr driver of any vehicle aproaching a stop sign at the entrance to, or within an intersection, or rail road grade crossing shall stop at/before a limit line/crosswalk/before entering intersection.
VC 22500: Illegal Parking - I

No person shall park or leave standing any vehicle whether attended or unattended in any of the following places

(a) Within an intersection
(b) On a crosswalk
(c) Safety Zone (Signed or red painted curb)
(d) Within 15 feet of a Fire Dept driveway.
(e) In front of a driveway
(f) On a sidewalk
(g) Alongside an obstruction (where stoping would obstruct traffic)
(h) Double parked
(i) Bus Loading/Unloading Zone (Signed or red painted curb)
(j) In a tube or tunnel
(k) Upon a bridge
(l) In front of or upon a portion of a sidewalk cut down for wheelchair access.
VC 23152(b): DUI - M

It is unlawful for any person who has 0.08 percent or more, by weight, of alcohol in his or her blood to drive a vehicle
VC 2800(a): Failure to yield / obey Peace Officer - M

Willfully fail or refuse to comply with any lawful order,signal, or direction of any peace officer, when that officer is in uniform and enforcing any provision of the Vehicle Code. (or)

Refusal to submit to any lawful inspection under the Vehicle Code.
WIC 5150: Mental Illness

Danger to self or others, or gravely disabled
As a result of a mental condition.
VC 20002(a): Hit and Run (Property Damage) - M

Any person who
is involved in a traffic accident
resulting only in the damage of property
who does not immediately stop at the nearest location that will not impede the flow of traffic or jeopardize the safety of other motorists
and either

(1) notify the owner or person in charge of the property of name/addresses/drivers licenses of driver & owner of vehicle, and vehicle registation (or)
(2) leave in a conspicuous place on the damaged property
written notice giving the name and address of the driver and registered owner and the circumstances of the accident and without unnecessary delay notify law enforcement.
VC 23153(b): DUI with Injuries - F

It is unlawful for any person, while having 0.08 percent or more, by weight, of alcohol in his or her blood to drive a vehicle and concurrently do any act forbidden by law, or neglect any duty imposed by law in driving the vehicle, which act or neglect proximately causes bodily injury to any person other than the driver.
PC 835a: Effecting arrest; resistance

Any peace officer who has reasonable cause to believe that the person to be arrested has committed a public offense may use reasonable force to effect the arrest, to prevent escape or to overcome resistance.
A peace officer who makes or attempts to make an arrest need not retreat or desist from his efforts by reason of the resistance or threatened resistance of the person being arrested; nor shall such officer be deemed an aggressor or lose his right to self-defense be the use of reasonable force to effect the arrest or to prevent escape or to overcome resistance.
PC 836: Arrests with or without warrants

A peace officer may arrest a person in obedience to a warrant or without a warrant, may arrest whenever any of the following circumstances occur:
1. The officer has probable cause to believe that the person to be arrested has committed a public offense in the officerâ€™s presence.
2. The person arrested has committed a felony, although not in the officerâ€™s presence.
3. The officer has probable cause to believe that the person to be arrested has committed a felony, whether or not a felony, in fact, has been committed.
PC 837: Arrests by private persons

A private person may arrest another:
1. For a public offense committed or attempted in his presence.
2. When the person arrested has committed a felony, although not in his presence.
3. When a felony has been in fact committed, and he has reasonable cause for believing the person arrested to have committed it.
PC 840: When arrest can be made

An arrest for the commission of a felony may be made on any day and at any time of the day or night. An arrest for the commission of a misdemeanor or an infraction cannot be made between the hours of 10 oâ€™clock p.m. of any day and 6 oâ€™clock a.m. of the succeeding day, unless:

â€¢The arrest is made without a warrant pursuant to PC 836 or 837.
â€¢The arrest is made in a public place.
â€¢The arrest is made when the person is in custody pursuant to another lawful arrest.
â€¢The arrest is made pursuant to a warrant which, for good cause shown, directs that it may be served at any time of the day or night.
PC 843: Use of force

When the arrest is being made by an officer under the authority of a warrant , after information of the intention to make the arrest, if the person to be arrested either flees or forcibly resists, the officer may use all necessary means to effect the arrest.
PC 844: Forcible entry

To make an arrest, a private person, if the offense is a felony, and in all cases a peace officer, may break open the door or window of the house in which the person to be arrested is, or in which they have reasonable grounds for believing the person to be, after having a demanded admittance and explained the purpose for which admittance is desired.

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Number of cards 94