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State of California
<br />GOVERNMENTCODE
<br />Section3300
<br />3300.ThischapterisknownandmaybecitedasthePublicSafetyOfficersProcedural
<br />Bill of Rights Act.
<br />(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 465.)
<br />Government Code -GOV
<br />TITLE 1. GENERAL \[100 -7931.000\] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. )
<br />DIVISION 4. PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES \[1000 -3599.84\] ( Division 4 enacted by
<br />Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. )
<br />CHAPTER 9.7. Public Safety Officers \[3300 -3313\] ( Chapter 9.7 added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 465. )
<br />3300. This chapter is known and may be cited as the Public Safety Officers Procedural Bill of Rights
<br />Act.
<br />(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 465.)
<br />3301. For purposes of this chapter, the term public safety officer means all peace officers specified in
<br />Sections 830.1, 830.2, 830.3, 830.31, 830.32, 830.33, except subdivision (e), 830.34, 830.35, except
<br />subdivision (c), 830.36, 830.37, 830.38,830.4, and 830.5 of the Penal Code.
<br />The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the rights and protections provided to peace officers
<br />under this chapter constitute a matter of statewide concern. The Legislature further finds and declares
<br />that effectivelaw enforcement depends upon the maintenance of stable employer-employee relations,
<br />between public safety employees and their employers. In order to assure that stable relations are
<br />continued throughout the state and to further assure that effective services are provided to all people of
<br />the state, it is necessary that this chapter be applicable to all public safety officers, as defined in this
<br />section, wherever situated within the State of California.
<br />(Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 675, Sec. 1.)
<br />3302. (a) Except as otherwise provided by law, or whenever on duty or in uniform, no public safety
<br />officer shall be prohibited from engaging, or be coerced or required to engage, in political activity.
<br />(b) No public safety officer shall be prohibited fromseeking election to, or serving as a member of, the
<br />governing board of a school district.
<br />(Amended by Stats. 1978, Ch. 1173.)
<br />3303. When any public safety officer is under investigation and subjected to interrogation by his or her
<br />commanding officer, orany other member of the employing public safety department, that could lead
<br />to punitive action, the interrogation shall be conducted under the following conditions. For the purpose
<br />of this chapter, punitive action means any action that may lead to dismissal, demotion, suspension,
<br />reduction in salary, written reprimand, or transfer for purposes of punishment.
<br />(a) The interrogation shall be conducted at a reasonable hour, preferably at a time when the public
<br />safety officer is on duty, or during the normal waking hours for the public safety officer, unless the
<br />seriousness of the investigation requires otherwise. If the interrogation does occur during off-duty time
<br />of the public safety officer being interrogated, the public safety officer shall be compensated for any
<br />off-duty time in accordance with regular department procedures, and the public safety officer shall not
<br />be released from employment for any work missed.
<br />(b) The public safety officer under investigation shall be informed prior to the interrogation of the rank,
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