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animals . All investigations of reported or observed animal <br /> cruelty or animal abuse shall be the joint responsibility of and <br /> shall be jointly carried out by the Animal Cruelty Investigators <br /> and the Animal Control Officers of Orange County. <br /> B. Except as may be otherwise provided by law, no officer, <br /> agent , or employee of the County charged with the duty of enforc- <br /> ing the provisions of this ordinance or other applicable laws , <br /> shall be personally liable for any damage that may accrue to per- <br /> sons or property as a result of any act required or permitted in <br /> the discharge of such duty unless he or she acts with actual <br /> malice . <br /> C. It shall be unlawful for any person to interfere with, <br /> hinder, or molest any Animal Control Officer , Rabies Control <br /> Officer, Animal Cruelty Investigator , police officer Fr-o-�-etlee <br /> appei-R 4-ageR r-4Relladieg7-43e4- -44-trite-e -t-o-r-xae-r c --A�r - <br /> Resccc-imorkers79 while in the performance of any duty authorized <br /> by this ordinance or the Animal Control Program, or to seek to <br /> release any animal in the custody of said agents, except in the <br /> manner as herein provided. <br /> D. Animal Control Officers, Rabies Control Officers and <br /> Animal Cruelty Investigators are not authorized to carry on their <br /> person firearms of any kind except as provided herein . The <br /> Orange County Animal Control Program may store at the Health <br /> Department and use firearms when necessary to enforce sections of <br /> this ordinance or under applicable law for the control of wild, <br /> vicious, or diseased animals . <br /> 12 <br />