{"data":{"id":"us-ca/pen-831.6","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"PEN § 831.6","heading":"","body":"(a) A transportation officer is a public officer, not a peace officer, appointed on a contract basis by a peace officer to transport a prisoner or prisoners.\n(b) A transportation officer shall have the authority of a public officer, and shall have the right to carry or possess firearms, only while engaged in the transportation of a prisoner or prisoners for the duration of the contract.\n(c) Each person described in this section as a transportation officer shall, prior to the transportation of any prisoner, have satisfactorily completed the training course specified in Section 832.\n(d) A transportation officer may use reasonable force in establishing and maintaining custody of persons delivered to him or her by a peace officer.","path":["Penal Code - PEN","PART 2. OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE [681. - 1620.]","TITLE 3. ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS REGARDING CRIMINAL PROCEDURE [777. - 883.]","CHAPTER 4.5. Peace Officers [830. - 832.18.]"],"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":"4eb462e7a20c734272d7d06889af7e71cdb5db2eed9eb41938fa028a242f4a30","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/pen-831.5","next":"us-ca/pen-831.7"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}