§ 14-7. City liability for special police

No special police officer shall, by virtue of any commission as such issued under this title or pursuant to any other law or ordinance, be deemed to be an officer, agent, employee or representative of the city while engaging in any activity of any character whatsoever undertaken for private hire, profit or regard, or while performing any act done in the course of his own business or affairs, or while performing any act done or undertaken in connection with or in furtherance of any private employment, business or undertaking for which such special officer is hired or engaged, nor shall any such commission be construed to confer upon the holder any privilege or immunity not expressly granted by this title, other than the authority to arrest for crime under section 836 of the Penal Code, and the right to be armed as a peace officer, subject, in both respects, to such rules and regulations of the chief of police as may relate to special police officers.

(Code 1960, § 3239)