The Assembly Sergeant-at-Arms Department is a California Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) participating agency. The department is a legislative sworn law enforcement agency whose authority and jurisdiction originates in the California Penal Code 830.36 (a).
Authority
CHAPTER 4.5 Peace Officers [830-832.19] (Chapter 4.5 added by Stats. 1968, Ch. 1222.) 830.36:
The following persons are peace officers whose authority extends to any place in the state for the purpose of performing their primary duty or when making an arrest pursuant to Section 836 as to any public offense with respect to which there is immediate danger to person or property, or of the escape of the perpetrator of that offense, or pursuant to Section 8597 or 8598 of the Government Code. Those peace officers may carry firearms only if authorized and under terms and conditions specified by their employing agency.
(a) The Sergeant-at-Arms of each house of the Legislature, if the primary duty of the peace officer is the enforcement of the law in or about properties owned, operated, or administered by the employing agency or when performing necessary duties with respect to patrons, employees, and properties of the employing agency.