Opinion No. (1999)

BILL LOCKYER Attorney General ANTHONY M. SUMMERS Deputy Attorney General THE CALIFORNIA LAW ENFORCEMENT TELECOMMUNICATIONS ADVISORY COMMITTEE has requested an opinion on the following question: May a city, which by contract provides parking citation management services to another city, have access through its police department to the California Law Enforcement Telecommunications System to assist it in performing its contractual responsibilities? CONCLUSION A city, which by contract provides parking citation management services to another city, may have access through its police department to the California Law Enforcement Telecommunications System to assist it in performing its contractual responsibilities. ANALYSIS The Legislature has authorized the Department of Justice to maintain a statewide telecommunications system, known as "CLETS," for the use of law enforcement agencies. (Gov. Code, §§ 15150 - 15167 .) 1 The purposes of CLETS are set forth in section 15151 as follows: "The maintenance of law and order is, and always has been, a primary function of government and is so recognized in both Federal and State Constitutions. The state has an unmistakable…