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For the purpose of this chapter, the following mean:

Attached property – Personal property such as decorative personal objects in the manner of body art or body piercing jewelry, but not including containers, and the property appears reasonably securely fastened to or through the person’s skin.

Closed container – A container the contents of which are not exposed to view.

Container – An item designed to hold other things, or an item which is used or may be used to actually hold other things. The term includes both open and closed containers. Some types of containers may be located within other containers.

Dangerous personal property – Any item of personal property that under the circumstances in which it is possessed is readily capable of causing physical injury, property damage, or providing a means of escape, including but not limited to weapons and toxic, flammable or explosive substances.

Facility – A correctional facility, a “facility” as defined in ORS 426.005, or such other lawfully approved facility for the involuntary confinement of persons under state law.

Officer – A police officer employed by the City of Beaverton or acting on behalf of the City of Beaverton.

Open container – A container that is unsecured or incompletely secured such that the container’s contents are exposed to view, generally including, but not limited to, a sack, bag or folder.

Person in custody – A person under lawful custodial arrest or detention, including, but not limited to, a person taken into custody for violation of law; a mental health hold pursuant to ORS Chapter 426, including ORS 426.228; a person taken into custody for treatment of intoxication pursuant to ORS Chapter 430, including ORS 430.399; and a person taken into protective custody pursuant to ORS Chapter 419B, including ORS 419B.150. The term does not include a person issued a criminal citation and released under authority of ORS 133.055 to ORS 133.076 unless the citation and release occurs upon premises of the police station.

Personal property – Every kind of property except land, tenements and fixtures.

Pocket – An external or internal enclosure located on or within an item of clothing or other piece of property, in which items may be located or stored.

Police station – A building set aside for police use which contains the Police Department’s temporary holding facility.

Police vehicle – The secure portion of a Beaverton police vehicle.

Torso – The trunk of the body; the body exclusive of the head, arms and legs.

Valuable personal property – Any cash, check, money order or other negotiable instrument, in any amount; any earring, necklace, ring, watch, bracelet or other similar item of jewelry from the person’s body, or from a container, or other piece of the person’s property, regardless of the item’s apparent value; and any other item of personal property that the person examining the item reasonably believes has a fair market value of $500.00 or more. [BC 2.08.015, added by Ordinance No. 4377, 12/5/05; amended by Ordinances No. 4385, 3/20/06, Ordinance No. 4670, 12/8/15]