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Procedure D - Training Procedures
Procedure G - Management Counseling
Procedure H - Reserve Officer Program Procedures
Procedure D - Training Procedures
Commission Procedure D-1, Basic Training
D-1-1 Basic Training
D-1-2 General Requirements for All Basic Training
D-1-3 Regular Basic Course Terminology and Requirements
D-1-4 Specialized Investigators' Basic Course Terminology and Requirements
D-1-5 Public Safety Dispatchers' Basic Course Terminology and Requirements
D-1-6 Coroners' Death Investigation Course
D-1-7 PC 832 Arrest and Firearms Course Terminology and Requirements
Commission Procedure D-2, Continuing Professional Training and Perishable Skills
D-2-1 Continuing Professional Training (CPT), Advanced Officer Course, and
Perishable Skills
D-2-2 Recommended CPT Topics and Advanced Officer Requirements
D-2-3 Non-POST Certified Courses
Commission Procedure D-3, Supervisory Course
D-3-1 Specifications for the Supervisory Courses
D-3-2 Supervisory Course Subjects
Commission Procedure D-4, Management Course
D-4-1 Specifications for Management Courses
D-4-2 Management Course
Commission Procedure D-5, Executive Development Course
D-5-1 Specifications for Executive Development Courses
D-5-2 Executive Development Course Subjects and Minimum Hours
Commission Procedure D-6, Technical Course
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D-6-3 Job Specific Training
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Commission Procedure D-8, Seminars
D-8-1 Specifications for Seminars
D-8-2 Seminar Design and Minimum Hours
D-8-3 Commission Endorsement
Commission Procedure D-9, Field Management Training
D-9-1 Field Management Training
D-9-2 Who May Participate
D-9-3 Request for Participation
D-9-4 Approval of Training Applications
D-9-5 Schedule of Field Management Training
D-9-6 Training Limits
D-9-7 Additional Training
D-9-8 Evaluation Report of Training Required
Commission Procedure D-13, Field Training
D-13-1 Purpose
D-13-2 Field Training Program Description and Approval Process
D-13-3 Field Training Program Minimum Content Requirements
D-13-4 Field Training Officer Course Minimum Requirements
D-13-5 Field Training Supervisor/Administrator/Coordinator (SAC) Course Minimum Requirements
D-13-6 Field Training Officer Update Course Minimum Requirements
Commission Procedure D-14, District Attorney Investigator Transition Course
D-14-1 Specifications for the District Attorney Investigator Transition Course
D-14-2 District Attorney Investigator Transition Course Definitions and Requirements
Commission Procedure D-15, Management Course Prerequisite Waiver Process for Attending the Executive Development Course
D-15-1 Purpose
D-15-2 Evaluation
D-15-3 Reserved
D-15-4 Eligibility
D-15-5 Request for Evaluation
D-15-6 POST Evaluation Process
D-15-7 Waiver Issuance/Non-Issuance
D-15-8 Waiver Issuance/Non-Issuance
Attachment A: Sample Employment Verification Letter
Attachment B: Management Course Instructional Goals
Commission Procedure D-16, Appeals of Denial of Certification / Suspension/Decertification of Training Courses
D-16-1 Purpose
Procedure G - Management Counseling
Commission Procedure G-1, Guidelines for Counseling Service
G-1-1 Management Counseling
G-1-2 Services Provided
G-1-3 Preliminary Evaluations
G-1-4 Special Survey
G-1-5 General Survey
G-1-6 Selected Counseling
G-1-7 Implementation Assistance
G-1-8 Consultants Assigned
G-1-9 Written Requests
G-1-10 POST Consultants
G-1-11 Special Consultants
G-1-12 Assistance Available
Illustration i Example Letter of Request for Management Counseling
Procedure H - Reserve Officer Program Procedures
Commission Procedure H-1, Definitions
H-1-1 Purpose
H-1-2 Definitions
Commission Procedure H-3, Reserve Officer Training
H-3-1 Purpose
H-3-2 Reserve Officer Minimum Training
H-3-3 Exemption to Minimum Training
H-3-4 Training Files and Records
Commission Procedure H-4, Reserve Officer Certificates
See Section B, Regulation 1011 Certificates