Peace officers: communications.

Existing law establishes various prohibitions against eavesdropping and recording or intercepting certain communications. Violations of these prohibitions are crimes. Existing law exempts specified law enforcement officers, including a peace officer of the Office of Internal Affairs within the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, from these prohibitions with respect to overhearing or recording any communication that the officer could lawfully overhear or record prior to January 1, 1968. Existing law provides for the Office of Correctional Safety within the department and makes members of that office who meet certain criteria peace officers. This bill would additionally exempt peace officers of the Office of Correctional Safety from the prohibitions described above relating to overhearing or recording communications.