{"data":{"id":"us-ca/pen-22820","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"PEN § 22820","heading":"","body":"Nothing in this division prohibits any person who is a peace officer, as defined in Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section 830) of Title 3 of Part 2, from purchasing, possessing, transporting, or using any tear gas or tear gas weapon if the person has satisfactorily completed a course of instruction approved by the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training in the use of tear gas.","path":["Penal Code - PEN","PART 6. CONTROL OF DEADLY WEAPONS [16000. - 34400.]","TITLE 3. WEAPONS AND DEVICES OTHER THAN FIREARMS [19910. - 23025.]","DIVISION 11. TEAR GAS AND TEAR GAS WEAPONS [22810. - 23025.]","CHAPTER 1. General Provisions [22810. - 22840.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"32d3cf0167c8cd2981723d081ee72450203200f756fa98cd52510d3381f1cc0e","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/pen-22815","next":"us-ca/pen-22825"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}