Pursuant to Section 13522 of Title 4, Chapter 1 of the California Penal Code, the City of San Juan Bautista while receiving aid from the State of California pursuant to said Chapter 1 will adhere to the standards for recruitment and training established by the California Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this Code to the contrary, whenever a function, power, obligation, or liability is imposed upon the office of the Police Department, or upon the office or personage of Police Chief, police officer or the like, either by the general laws of the State of California, by this Code or by any administrative rules, regulations, custom or practice of the City of San Juan Bautista, the City Manager as Director of Public Safety or the City Manager’s designee, including a contracting agency approved by the City Council, shall have or exercise such function, power, obligation or be subject to such liability and shall be fully vested with the requisite legal authority and exclusive responsibility to have or perform such function, power, obligation or incur such liability. The City Manager shall, at all times, either assign an employee or employees of the City to the former duties of the Police Department and/or to the duties of a Police Chief or police officer, or, with the approval of the City Council, execute all documents necessary to cause a contracting agency to perform such duties, and the assigned employees or contracting agencies shall possess the requisite licenses, registrations and qualifications for such duties. For the authentication and certification of official acts, documents and records, the assigned employees or contracting agencies shall use the seal, title and emoluments, if any, of their respective offices.