{"code":"PEN","codeName":"Penal Code","section":"697","citation":"Pen. Code, § 697","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"PART 2. OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE [681. - 1620.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/part-2"},{"name":"TITLE 1. OF THE PREVENTION OF PUBLIC OFFENSES [692. - 727.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/part-2/title-1"},{"name":"CHAPTER 2. Of the Intervention of the Officers of Justice [697. - 698.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/part-2/title-1/chapter-2"}],"history":"Enacted 1872.","effective":null,"html":"<p>Public offenses may be prevented by the intervention of the officers of justice:</p><p>1. By requiring security to keep the peace;</p><p>2. By forming a police in cities and towns, and by requiring their attendance in exposed places;</p><p>3. By suppressing riots.</p>","text":"Public offenses may be prevented by the intervention of the officers of justice: 1. By requiring security to keep the peace; 2. By forming a police in cities and towns, and by requiring their attendance in exposed places; 3. By suppressing riots.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/of-the-intervention-of-the-officers-of-justice-697","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}