{"data":{"id":"us-ca/pen-697","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"PEN § 697","heading":"","body":"Public offenses may be prevented by the intervention of the officers of justice:\n1. By requiring security to keep the peace;\n2. By forming a police in cities and towns, and by requiring their attendance in exposed places;\n3. By suppressing riots.","path":["Penal Code - PEN","PART 2. OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE [681. - 1620.]","TITLE 1. OF THE PREVENTION OF PUBLIC OFFENSES [692. - 727.]","CHAPTER 2. Of the Intervention of the Officers of Justice [697. - 698.]"],"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":"0f3ce67e21d1295a7b6500f8c02e316a0c17752e1303c68d90af7d0fff97fb62","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/pen-694","next":"us-ca/pen-698"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}