P.C. § 150 provides that a uniformed peace officer, or any peace officer described in P.C. §§ 830.1, 830.2(a), (b), (c), (d), (e), or (f), or 830.33(a), has authority to command any “able-bodied” individual over the age of 18 to assist in an arrest. Similarly, P.C. § 1550 says that “(e)very peace officer or other person empowered to make the arrest hereunder shall have the same authority, in arresting the accused, to command assistance therefor as the persons designated in Section 150. Failure or refusal to render that assistance is a violation of Section 150.” Refusing such a command is an infraction, punishable by a fine of from $50 to $1,000. Effective January 1, 2020, however, in another example of Governor Newsom and the California Legislature’s lack of support for law enforcement, both sections (on the books since 1872) have been repealed (SB 192).