POST Monthly Report

May 2023

Keeping you up to date on POST projects

POST Learning Portal Status Update

Beginning June 30, 2023, the Learning Portal will run on the Blackboard platform, providing new and improved functionality to serve the field. Improvements include a new learner dashboard with clear information about completed, in-progress, and upcoming courses. The new system has better search and sorting capabilities and offers training managers trouble-free course assignment and reporting features.

What should I do to prepare?

Complete any in-progress courses by June 16, 2023, to ensure transfer to Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)
Training Managers:
- Enter the POST Multimedia Roster in EDI, for facilitated or individual viewing courses, no later than June 16, 2023
- When assigning training, set a due date no later than June 16, 2023

What if I have not completed a course by June 16th?

Your progress will not be saved but you can start the course from the beginning after the update.

What about First Aid/CPR/AED refresher training?

Users should complete the online modules and skills demonstration by June 16, 2023. If your skills demonstration date is after that date, wait until the update is complete to take the online modules and enter the skills demonstration date.

Will there be any training or tutorials for the updates?

Yes. Tutorials and other training will be released closer to the time of the update.

To ensure you have the latest information, log in to POST PASS and subscribe to receive the quarterly Learning Portal Newsletter and other updates.

We look forward to a successful transition to the new Learning Portal in June! For questions regarding this project, contact Catherine Bacon-Davis in the Learning Technology Resources Bureau.

Basic Course Certification Review of the College of the Deserts Regular Basic Course

The Basic Training Bureau (BTB) recently conducted a Basic Course Certification Review (BCCR) of the College of the Deserts Regular Basic Course - Module III and Module II Formats. The BCCR is an in-depth review of Basic Course presenters and the certification of their courses to promote the quality, integrity, and safety of entry-level peace officer training in California. POST ensures all certified Basic Course presenters are in compliance with Penal and Government Codes related to POST, Commission Regulations, Commission Procedures, and the Training and Testing Specifications.

For questions regarding the BCCR process, please contact Bill Lewis, Staff Services Manager in the Basic Training Bureau, at (916) 227-4856.

BTB Facilitated Director/Coordinator Course in Orange

During the week of May 16-19, 2023, the BTB facilitated a 24-hour Director/Coordinator Course in Orange, CA, where 21 academy directors and coordinators from around the state were in attendance.

This course is mandated for all newly appointed directors and coordinators of Basic Courses and must be completed within one year of appointment. Course instruction includes Roles and Responsibilities, Commission Regulations and Procedures, Instructional Design, Instructional Planning, Quality, & Resources, EDI, Testing and Remedial Training Requirements, Liabilities and Legal Issues, Legislative Mandates, Risk Management and Academy Safety Protocols, and the BCCR process.

For more information regarding the Director/Coordinator Course, please contact Kirk Bunch, Law Enforcement Consultant in the Basic Training Bureau, at (916) 227-3896.

BTB Continues Revision of Field Training Officer Course (40 hour)

Staff members from BTB’s Field Training Program hosted a workshop on May 8-11, 2023. During this workshop, subject matter experts from across the state gathered to continue revising the course materials for the Field Training Officer Course (40 hour). Once finalized, the updated course materials will be shared with POST-certified presenters of the Field Training Officer Course.

Questions may be directed to Stephen Crawford, Law Enforcement Consultant in the Basic Training Bureau, at 916-227-4957.

Robert Presley Institute of Criminal Investigation (ICI) Survey

POST is conducting a survey to determine if there is an ongoing, unmet training need for detectives and other criminal investigators employed by POST-participating agencies. The use of this survey is for POST’s research purposes only, and the identity of those completing the survey is 100% anonymous.

The ICI Program currently offers the Criminal Investigation Core course, 13 Foundation Specialty courses, and several investigative electives; however, it is unknown if there remains an ongoing, unmet investigative training need that could be addressed under the ICI Program. As such, the field’s assistance is being sought to help answer this question. Specifically, detectives and other criminal investigators are requested to complete the short ICI Course Development Survey by the deadline of June 23, 2023.

Additional information regarding the ICI Program can be found on the POST Website. Questions may also be directed to Gerald Fernandez, Law Enforcement Consultant in the Training Program Services Bureau, at (916) 227-3933.

Meet the New POST Employees

Trevor Shields

Law Enforcement Consultant I (Retired Annuitant)

Professional Conduct I Bureau

Trevor comes to us from the California Highway Patrol (CHP) where he retired as a Sergeant after 27 years. He worked many years of patrol in the South Sacramento Area, the State Capitol, and the Valley Division Investigative Service Unit. His last assignment was as a task force supervisor for the Sacramento County Auto Theft Task Force. Trevor is assigned to the Professional Conduct I Bureau as a Law Enforcement Consultant I, Retired Annuitant.

Chandler Knapp

Staff Services Analyst

Executive Office

Chandler comes to us from the private sector where he served as a Collection Manager and Motorcar Restoration Specialist for a private automobile collection. Chandler has an educational background in Criminal Justice and Business Administration from Sacramento State University. New to state service, Chandler now serves as a Staff Services Analyst in the Executive Office.

Mac Cunningham

Staff Services Analyst

Certification Bureau

Mac comes to us from the CHP where he served as an Office Technician for the Enforcement and Planning Division at CHP Headquarters. Prior to working at CHP, Mac worked for the Department of Justice (DOJ) as a Seasonal Clerk in the Bureau of Firearms. Mac is currently assigned as a Staff Services Analyst in the Certification Bureau.

Katelynn Poulos

Associate Governmental Program Analyst

Executive Office

Katelynn comes to us from California Correctional Health Care Services (CCHCS) where she served as a Communications Analyst. Prior to CCHCS, Katelynn worked in the private sector in various administrative capacities. Katelynn is assigned as the Associate Governmental Program Analyst (Executive Analyst) in the Executive Office.

Recently Approved Rulemaking Files

Effective May 2023

The following is a list of recently approved rulemaking files proposed by the Commission on POST. The Office of Administrative Law reviews these rulemaking files to ensure compliance with the Administrative Procedures Act.

View all Commission on POST Regulatory Actions.

Adoption of Commission Regulations 1211 and 1214
Senate Bill 2 Implementation
Approved May 4, 2023
Effective May 4, 2023
OAL Notice of Approval and Approved Text (pdf)
Adoption of Commission Regulations 1203, 1204, 1206, 1207, 1208, 1209, and 1210
Senate Bill 2 Implementation
Approved May 5, 2023
Effective May 5, 2023
OAL Notice of Approval and Approved Text (pdf)

Additional information regarding the Commission Regulation changes can be obtained by contacting the Regulations Analyst at (916) 227-4894.

Legislative Update

Status of Current Legislation

The following is a list of the legislation POST is monitoring for the 2023-24 legislative session. This is not a complete list of legislation that could affect law enforcement. This list is updated monthly. (Updated 5/22/2022)

View a detailed report on legislative matters pertaining to law enforcement and POST.

List of current legislation
Bill # and Author	Title and Summary	Status of Bill
AB 21 Assembly Member Gipson	Peace officers: training Current law requires specified categories of law enforcement officers to meet training standards pursuant to courses of training certified by the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST). Current law requires POST to require field training officers who are instructors for the field training program to have at least 8 hours of crisis intervention behavioral health training to better train new peace officers on how to effectively interact with persons with mental illness or intellectual disability. This bill would require the commission to revise that training to include instruction on how to effectively interact with persons with Alzheimer’s disease or dementia.	Introduced: 12/6/2022 3/22/2023-5/18/2023-Coauthors revised. In committee: Held under submission.
AB 44 Assembly Member Ramos	California Law Enforcement Telecommunications System: tribal police Current law establishes the California Law Enforcement Telecommunications System (CLETS) within the Department of Justice to facilitate the exchange and dissemination of information between law enforcement agencies in the state. Current law also establishes a CLETS advisory committee, appointed by the Attorney General, to assist in the management of the system, as specified. This bill would require the department to grant access to the system to the law enforcement agency of a federally recognized Indian tribe meeting certain qualifications, as specified.	Last Amend: 3/29/2023 Status: 5/18/2023-From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 18). Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
AB 93 Assembly Member Bryan	Criminal procedure: consensual searches Would prohibit a peace officer or law enforcement agency from conducting a warrantless search of a vehicle, person, or their effects, based solely on a person’s consent, as specified. The bill would specify that consent to conduct a search is not lawful justification for a search.	Last Amend: 2/23/2023 Status: 3/8/2023-Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
AB 330 Assembly Member Dixon	Domestic violence: victim’s information card. Current law requires law enforcement agencies to develop and implement written policies for officer responses to domestic violence incidents, including furnishing written notice to victims at the scene in the form of a Victims of Domestic Violence card that contains, among other information, telephone numbers for local hotlines, shelters, and counseling centers. This bill would add the issuance of Victims of Domestic Violence cards as a topic in the course of instruction for the training of law enforcement officers. This bill would additionally require the Victims of Domestic Violence card to be a different color than other cards issued by officers, to include a disclaimer, to be available in languages other than English, and to include various information such as the definition of domestic violence and the statute of limitations for domestic violence. This bill would make these changes operative on January 1, 2025. Because this bill would expand an existing local program, it would impose a state-mandated local program.	Last Amend: 2/28/2023 Status: 5/18/2023-In committee: Held under submission.
AB 355 Assembly Member Alanis	Firearms: assault weapons: exception for peace officer training Current law prohibits the sale, transfer, or possession of a large-capacity magazine, as defined. Current law exempts from this prohibition the sale or transfer to, or the possession by, a peace officer or retired peace officer, as specified, or to or by a person enrolled in the course of basic training prescribed by the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training, or any other course certified by the commission, for purposes of participation in the course, as specified. Existing law prohibits the sale, transfer, or possession of an assault weapon, as specified. Current law exempts from this prohibition the sale or transfer of an assault weapon to, or the possession of an assault weapon by, a peace officer, as specified. This bill would also exempt from this prohibition the loaning of an assault weapon to, or the possession of an assault weapon by, a person enrolled in the course of basic training prescribed by the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training, or any other course certified by the commission, while engaged in firearms training and being supervised by a firearms instructor.	Last Amend: 3/8/2023 Status: 3/9/2023-Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
AB 390 Assembly Member Henry	Commission on Peace Officers Standards and Training: assessment of training requirements. Would require the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training to perform specified duties, including, among other things, partnering with academic researchers to conduct an assessment of existing officer training requirements and determining how well the current officer training requirements are working for officers in the field. The bill would require the commission to report its findings to the Legislature by January 1, 2026.	Introduced: 2/2/2023 Status: 5/18/2023-In committee: Held under submission.
AB 443 Assembly Member Jackson	Peace officers: determination of bias. Current law requires each law enforcement agency to be responsible for completing investigations of allegations of serious misconduct of a peace officer. This bill would, commencing January 1, 2026, require the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) to establish a definition of “biased conduct,” as specified, and would require law enforcement agencies to use that definition in any investigation into a bias-related complaint or an incident that involves possible indications of officer bias, and to determine if any racial profiling occurred, as defined. The bill would also require POST to develop guidance for local law enforcement departments on performing effective Internet and social media screenings of officer applicants.	Introduced: 2/6/2023 Status: 5/18/2023-From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 1.) (May 18). Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
AB 449 Assembly Member Ting	Hate crimes: law enforcement policies Would make adoption of a hate crimes policy by a local law enforcement agency mandatory. The bill would require those policies to include the supplemental hate crime report in the model policy framework developed by the commission and a schedule of hate crime or related trainings the agency conducts. By imposing requirements on local agencies, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.	Last Amend: 5/18/2023 Status: 5/18/2023-From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (May 18). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
AB 458 Assembly Member Jones-Sawyer	Peace officers Current law requires the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges, in consultation with specified entities, to develop a modern policing degree program and to prepare and submit a report to the Legislature by no later than June 1, 2023, outlining a plan to implement the program. Current law requires peace officers in this state to meet specified minimum standards, including age and education requirements. Commencing on January 1, 2028, this bill would require a peace officer to attain a modern policing degree, as specified, or a bachelor’s or other advanced degree from an accredited college or university prior to receiving a basic certificate from the commission.	Last Amend: 3/7/2023 Status: 5/17/2023-Referred to Com. on PUB S.
AB 642 Assembly Member Ting	Law enforcement agencies: facial recognition technology Would, commencing July 1, 2024, require any law enforcement agency, as defined, that uses facial recognition technology (FRT), as defined, to have a written policy governing the use of that technology. The bill would require any FRT system used to meet certain national standards and would limit the use of FRT to use as an investigative aid, as described. The bill would specifically prohibit the use of any FRT-generated match from being the sole basis for probable cause in an arrest, search, or warrant. The bill would also require an agency using FRT to post their written policy and an annual summary of FRT usage, as specified, on their internet website.	Last Amend: 5/1/2023 Status: 5/18/2023-Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. In committee: Held under submission.
AB 667 Assembly Member Maienschein	Firearms: gun violence restraining orders Current law authorizes a court to issue a gun violence restraining order to prohibit a person from purchasing or possessing a firearm or ammunition for a period of one to 5 years, subject to renewal for additional one- to 5-year periods, if the subject of the petition poses a significant danger of self-harm or harm to another in the near future by having a firearm and the order is necessary to prevent personal injury to the subject of the petition or another. Current law makes it a crime to own or possess a firearm in violation of a gun violence restraining order. This bill would increase the renewal period to a maximum of 10 years, instead of 5, if the subject of the petition poses a significant danger of self-harm or harm to another in the near future by having a firearm and the order is necessary to prevent personal injury to the subject of the petition or another. By expanding the scope of an existing crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.	Introduced: 2/13/2023 Status: 4/28/2023-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(2). (Last location was PUB. S. on 2/23/2023)(May be acted upon Jan 2024)
AB 725 Assembly Member Lowenthal	Firearms: reporting of lost and stolen firearms Current law requires a person to report any lost or stolen firearm to a law enforcement agency, as specified. A violation of this provision is punishable as an infraction or misdemeanor. Current law also requires the sheriff or chief of the law enforcement agency receiving such a report to enter a description of the lost or stolen firearm into the Department of Justice Automated Firearms System. Current law defines a firearm for purposes of these provisions. This bill would amend how a firearm is defined for purposes of these provisions to include the frame or receiver of the weapon, including both a completed frame or receiver, or a firearm precursor part.	Introduced: 2/13/2023 Status: 5/18/2023-From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 3.) (May 18). Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
AB 742 Assembly Member Jackson	Law enforcement: police canines Would prohibit the use of an unleashed police canine by law enforcement to apprehend a person unless the person is being pursued for a felony that threatened or resulted in the death of or serious bodily injury to another person and the person poses an imminent danger of death or serious bodily injury to the officer or to another person and any use of a police canine for crowd control. The bill would prohibit a police canine from being used to bite unless there is an imminent threat of death or serious bodily injury to the officer or another person by the person against whom the canine is used. The bill would attribute the death of or serious bodily injury to a person caused by a police canine to the canine‘s handler as constituting deadly force. The bill would prohibit law enforcement agencies from authorizing any use or training of a police canine that is inconsistent with this bill.	Last Amend: 5/18/2023 Status: 5/18/2023-From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 4.) (May 18). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
AB 750 Assembly Member Rodriguez	Menace to public health: closure by law enforcement Current law authorizes specified law enforcement and public safety officers and professionals to close an area where a menace to the public health or safety is created by a calamity, including flood, storm, fire, earthquake, explosion, accident, or other disaster, and makes it a misdemeanor for a person to enter an area closed by law enforcement for this purpose. This bill specifies that a duly authorized representative of a news service, newspaper, or radio or television station or network is not authorized to transport, facilitate the entry, or facilitate the transport of a person into an area closed as specified, if that person is not a duly authorized representative of a news service, newspaper, or radio or television station or network.	Last Amend: 4/6/2023 Status: 5/3/2023-Referred to Senate Com. on PUB S.
AB 797 Assembly Member Weber	Local government: police review boards Current law requires each department or agency in this state that employs peace officers to establish a procedure to investigate complaints by members of the public against the personnel of these departments or agencies, and to make a written description of this procedure available to the public. Current law also requires each department or agency to keep and maintain records of complaints and investigations, as specified. This bill would require the governing body of each city and county to, by January 15, 2025, create an independent community-based commission on law enforcement officer practices. The bill would authorize each commission to, among other things, conduct independent investigations of complaints against a police officer or sheriff alleging physical injury to a person, including injuries resulting in a person’s death.	Last Amend: 3/23/2023 Status: 4/28/2023-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(2). (Last location was PUB. S. on 3/23/2023)(May be acted upon Jan 2024)
AB 856 Assembly Member Nguyen, Stephanie	Peace officers: active shooter and rescue training Would establish the Statewide Active Shooter and Student Rescue Training Facility for purposes of training sheriff’s departments, municipal police departments, school law enforcement agencies, statewide law enforcement agencies, municipal emergency medical and fire personnel, and school educators and personnel from across the state for preparedness training for active shooter situations at school facilities, as specified. The bill would require the training facility to be located at the Sacramento County Sheriff Department’s Kenneth Royal Range Facility and managed by the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department. The bill would require training to be conducted by law enforcement officers employed or under contract with the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department and other regional experts with whom the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department has entered into a memorandum of understanding. The bill would require all training to be consistent with current Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department policies and adhere to training standards developed by the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training.	Last Amend: 3/9/2023 Status: 4/28/2023-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(2). (Last location was PUB. S. on 3/9/2023)(May be acted upon Jan 2024)
AB 994 Assembly Member Jackson	Law enforcement: social media Current law prohibits a police department or sheriff’s office from sharing, on social media, booking photos of an individual arrested on suspicion of committing a nonviolent crime, as defined, unless specified circumstances exist. Current law requires a police department or sheriff’s office that shares, on social media, a booking photo of an individual arrested for the suspected commission of a nonviolent crime to remove the information from its social media page, upon request, unless the same specified circumstances exist. Current law also requires a police department or sheriff’s office to remove the booking photo of a person who has committed any other crime from social media if the individual’s record has been sealed, the individual’s conviction has been dismissed, expunged, pardoned, or eradicated, the individual has been issued a certificate of rehabilitation, the individual is found not guilty of committing the crime for which they were arrested, or the individual was ultimately not charged with the crime or the charges were dismissed. With respect to an individual who has been arrested for any crime, this bill would require a police department or sheriff’s office, upon posting a booking photo on social media, to use the name and pronouns given by the individual arrested. The bill would authorize a police department or sheriff’s office to use other legal names or known aliases of an individual in limited specified circumstances.	Last Amend: 5/2/2023 Status: 5/11/2023-Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
AB 1133 Assembly Member Schiavo	Firearms: concealed carry licenses Current law authorizes the sheriff of a county or the chief or other head of a municipal police department of any city or city and county to issue a license to carry a concealed firearm to an applicant for that license if the applicant is of good moral character, good cause exists for issuance of the license, the applicant meets specified residency requirements, and the applicant has completed a specified course of training, acceptable to the licensing authority. Current law requires the course of training to be no less than 8 hours, include instruction on firearm handling and shooting technique, as specified, and to include live-fire exercises conducted on a firing range. Current law provides that, for license renewal applicants, the course of training may be any course acceptable to the licensing authority, must be no less than 4 hours, and must meet the above-described requirements. This bill would remove the requirement that the course of training be any course acceptable to the licensing authority, and instead require the Department of Justice to develop, evaluate, update, maintain, and publish a standardized curricula for a license to carry a concealed firearm. The bill would require the department to create a standardized test, as specified, and to make that test available on a web portal. The bill would require an applicant to submit proof of passing that examination as part of an application to carry a concealed firearm.	Last Amend: 4/13/2023 Status: 5/18/2023-Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 4.) (May 18). Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
AB 1291 Assembly Member McCarty	Law enforcement settlements and judgments: reporting Would require municipalities, as defined, to annually post on their internet websites specified information relating to settlements and judgments of $50,000 or more resulting from allegations of improper police conduct, including, among other information, amounts paid, broken down by individual settlement and judgment, information on bonds used to finance use of force settlement and judgment payments, and premiums paid for insurance against settlements or judgments resulting from allegations of improper police conduct. The bill would also require municipalities to annually post additional information pertaining to settlements and judgments, as specified, irrespective of the amount paid. By increasing requirements for local governments, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.	Last Amend: 4/3/2023 Status: 5/18/2023-Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
AB 1299 Assembly Member Jackson	School safety: school resource officers: school police officers: school safety plans Current law authorizes the governing board of a school district to establish a school police department under the supervision of a school chief of police and employ peace officers to ensure the safety of school district personnel and pupils, as provided. This bill would require a peace officer, including a school resource officer, or any other law enforcement official acting as a school resource officer, employed by the governing board of a school district to report directly to the principal of the school while on the school campus, except as provided.	Last Amend: 3/30/2023 Status:4/28/2023-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(2). (Last location was ED. on 3/2/2023)(May be acted upon Jan 2024)
SB 50 Senator Bradford	Vehicles: enforcement. Would prohibit a peace officer from stopping or detaining the operator of a motor vehicle or bicycle for a low-level infraction, as defined, unless a separate, independent basis for a stop exists. The bill would authorize a peace officer who does not have grounds to stop a vehicle or bicycle, but can determine the identity of the owner, to send a citation or warning letter to the owner. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.	Last Amend: 5/18/2023 Status: 5/18/2023-From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (May 18). Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
SB 449 Senator Bradford	Peace officers: Peace Officer Standards Accountability Advisory Board Current law requires the Governor to establish the Peace Officer Standards Accountability Advisory Board for the purpose of making recommendations on the decertification of peace officers to the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training. Current law requires all members of the board to complete a 40-hour decertification training course, as specified. This bill would remove the requirement that the decertification training course be 40 hours.	Last Amend: 4/10/2023 Status: 5/2/2023-Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
SB 852 Senator Rubio	Searches: supervised persons Current law authorizes courts to suspend the imposition or execution of punishments in misdemeanor cases and instead enforce the terms of probation. Current law authorizes the conditions of probation to include a waiver of the person’s right to refuse searches. This bill would clarify that a search of a person who is granted probation and subject to search or seizure must be performed only by a probation officer or other peace officer.	Last Amend: 3/21/2023 Status: 5/18/2023-Referred to Assembly Com. on PUB. S.

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