5-07/060.10 - Warrant Service for Health and Safety Violations



When a warrant charging a violation of the Health and Safety Code is received by a Station, particularly the code sections concerning contagious diseases and the defendant is in the Station area, the warrant shall be served immediately.  If no Station detectives are available, Field Deputies shall serve the warrant.

When the defendant is held at a Sheriff's Station, responsibility for ordering him to court shall rest with the Station detectives.

When the defendant is housed at Men’s Central Jail, responsibility for ordering him to court shall be with the Warrants and Detainers Unit of IRC.