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Cal. Gov. Code § 3307

Public Safety Officers

Known as the Public Safety Officers Procedural Bill of Rights Act

The act spans §§ 3300–3313 (20 sections).

Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case 222 Cal. App. 4th 993 - Quezada v. City of Los Angeles (2014)

Most recently applied in 222 Cal. App. 4th 993 - Quezada v. City of Los Angeles (January 2014)

Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 112, Sec. 1

(a) No public safety officer shall be compelled to submit to a lie detector test against his or her will. No disciplinary action or other recrimination shall be taken against a public safety officer refusing to submit to a lie detector test, nor shall any comment be entered anywhere in the investigator’s notes or anywhere else that the public safety officer refused to take, or did not take, a lie detector test, nor shall any testimony or evidence be admissible at a subsequent hearing, trial, or proceeding, judicial or administrative, to the effect that the public safety officer refused to take, or was subjected to, a lie detector test.

(b) For the purpose of this section, “lie detector” means a polygraph, deceptograph, voice stress analyzer, psychological stress evaluator, or any other similar device, whether mechanical or electrical, that is used, or the results of which are used, for the purpose of rendering a diagnostic opinion regarding the honesty or dishonesty of an individual.

Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.