California Vehicle Code ARTICLE 2 - The California Highway Patrol

• Section 2250.
  The California Highway Patrol in the Department of the California Highway Patrol consists of the following members: the commissioner, the deputy commissioner, assistant commissioners, chiefs,...
• Section 2250.1.
  (a) The commissioner shall establish special designations of peace officers within the Department of the California Highway Patrol to assist in the transfer of responsibilities from...
• Section 2251.
  All promotions to the classes of deputy chief, assistant chief, captain, lieutenant, and sergeant shall be made from promotional eligible lists resulting from promotional examination...
• Section 2252.
  Such specialized positions as shall be designated by the commissioner with the approval of the Personnel Board shall be filled pursuant to open competitive examinations...
• Section 2253.
  For the purpose of determining the scope of employment of any member of the California Highway Patrol under the workers’ compensation laws, any such member...
• Section 2254.
  In the event any dispute arises between the department and any of its members in an industrial disability case, such member or his attorney, upon...
• Section 2255.
  No member of the California Highway Patrol, appointed to serve in any county, shall be assigned by the commissioner for service outside the county for...
• Section 2256.
  Notwithstanding Section 18932 of the Government Code, the minimum age limit for appointment to the position of entry level peace officer of the Department of...
• Section 2257.
  The commissioner shall issue to each member of the California Highway Patrol a badge of authority with the seal of the State of California in...
• Section 2258.
  Neither the commissioner nor any other person shall issue a badge to any person who is not a duly appointed member of the California Highway...
• Section 2259.
  The Department of the California Highway Patrol shall pay to the member, or his estate, the cost of repairing the uniforms and equipment of the...
• Section 2259.5.
  The commissioner shall make certified bulletproof vests available to members of the California Highway Patrol while engaged in enforcement activities. The commissioner may, at his...
• Section 2260.
  The commissioner may advance the cost of, or obtain and furnish, one complete uniform, including such items of clothing and equipment as may be required...
• Section 2261.
  A uniform substantially similar to the official uniform of members of the California Highway Patrol shall not be worn by any other law enforcement officer...
• Section 2262.
  The commissioner shall establish a school for the training and education of the members of the California Highway Patrol, and for such other employees of...
• Section 2263.
  Shooting practice and instruction in the use of firearms shall constitute part of the training to be given to members of the California Highway Patrol....
• Section 2264.
  The commissioner may procure and issue appropriate badges to patrol members for excellence in marksmanship.(Enacted by Stats. 1959, Ch. 3.)
• Section 2265.
  The Department of the California Highway Patrol shall not assess against any member of the department the cost of replacing any article of uniform clothing...
• Section 2266.
  (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(1) The public safety dispatchers and public safety operators of the Department of the California Highway Patrol are...
• Section 2267.
  (a) No person shall be appointed as a member of the California Highway Patrol who is not a citizen of the United States.(b) A member of the...
• Section 2268.
  (a) Any member of the Department of the California Highway Patrol, as specified in Sections 2250 and 2250.1, shall be capable of fulfilling the complete range...
• Section 2269.
  (a) The commissioner shall provide, as safety equipment, boots to each member of the California Highway Patrol who is assigned to ride motorcycles. This safety equipment...

Last modified: October 22, 2018