California Code of Regulations
Title 15 - Crime Prevention and Corrections
Division 3 - Adult Institutions, Programs and Parole
Chapter 1 - Rules and Regulations of Adult Operations and Programs
Subchapter 4 - General Institution Regulations
Article 2 - Security
Section 3275 - Weapons

(a) Only such weaponry as has been approved by the Secretary for department-wide use, or for use only by designated jurisdictions of the department, shall be issued/assigned to an employee or carried/used by an employee while on duty. For the purpose of this section, weaponry includes any offensive or defensive lethal or less lethal device. Employees assigned to facilities or work locations where incarcerated/supervised persons are located, or in the supervision of incarcerated/supervised persons in the community, shall not have accessible, carry or use any privately owned weaponry while on duty, except as authorized by the Secretary.

(b) No weaponry of any kind shall be taken into the security areas of an institution where incarcerated/supervised persons are located except for emergency use as ordered by the official in charge, or for use in regularly armed posts as prescribed in local procedures or post orders.

(c) All necessary precautions shall be taken in the storage, use and movement of weaponry to prevent it from falling into the hands of incarcerated persons, supervised persons or other unauthorized persons.