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    Default What Law Enforcement Agencies Can Check for Criminal Records

    My question involves criminal records for the state of: California

    Can the Highway patrol check if someone has a criminal record during a traffic stop, What about a Park Ranger or the School/university campus Police?

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    Default Re: What Law Enforcement Agencies Can Check for Criminal Records

    Yes to all three (assuming it is actually a campus police force and not just security/public safety). If not directly from the vehicle, they can call dispatch to do it.

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    Default Re: What Law Enforcement Agencies Can Check for Criminal Records

    What kind of authority does campus public safety have. Can they pull you over and demand to see you i.d./license while on campus? Do they have any authority off campus?

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    Default Pretty Much, Yes

    If they are peace officers employed by a California state university, state college, community college, or school district, they have police authority anywhere in the state.

    While security officers for some private colleges are not peace officers (the police) they may exercise the powers of arrest of a peace officer during the course and within the scope of their employment, provided they have received certain training and the college concluded a memorandum of understanding permitting the exercise of that authority with the sheriff or the chief of police within whose jurisdiction the institution lies.

    The authority to detain you and/or demand identification will depend on the circumstances of the situation.

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