POST Monthly Report

February 2020

Keeping you up to date on POST projects

POST Command College Class #65 Graduation

On February 21, 2020, law enforcement professionals from around the State successfully completed the Command College program. The Law Enforcement Command College is a 14-month program designed to prepare law enforcement leaders of today for the challenges of the future. The program focuses on:

Development of strategic foresight needed to influence the future direction of law enforcement organizations
Strategies to identify emerging issues and provide a proactive response
Trend Analysis via the STEEP model (sociological, technological, economic, environmental, political)
Methods and benefits of stakeholder engagement and information sharing to address pending community needs
Procedural Justice and the impact of social systems on a global society

The primary goal of the Command College is to provide sitting law enforcement leaders a course with a focus on futures forecasting and innovation. Students are commended for the commitment and sacrifice they made in completing this prestigious program.

For further information regarding Command College, contact Mike Radford, Bureau Chief, Training Program Services at (916) 227-3925.

POST Conducts BCCR of Stanislaus County Sheriff’s Department

In late January 2020, the California Commission on POST – Basic Training Bureau conducted a Basic Course Certification Review (BCCR) of the Stanislaus County Sheriff’s Department law enforcement academy.

The BCCR is an in-depth review, by POST, of the Regular Basic Course (RBC) presenters to ensure the quality, integrity, and safety of entry-level peace officer training in California. POST reviews all certified RBCs to ensure compliance with Penal and Government Codes related to POST, California Code of Regulations (Title 11, Division 2) and POST Training Procedures.

If you are interested in more information, please contact Bill Lewis, Basic Training Bureau, at (916) 227-4856.

New Hate Crimes “Did You Know?” Video Online

POST has released its latest edition of a Did You Know? video titled “Hate Crimes: Face Hate,” which is now available to view or download on the POST Website or on the POST Learning Portal.

As a part of POST’s award-winning officer awareness and safety video series, this brief roll-call length video presents a montage of victims' faces and statements to illustrate how hate crimes affect many more protected characteristics than officers may realize. The video emphasizes that hate hurts everyone, and challenges officers to think about what they would do to help those who are victims of hate crimes. The program reinforces the theme that it is in the best interest of everyone – especially law enforcement – to do their best in combating hate crimes.

A full-length training video, “Hate Crimes: Identification and Investigation,” is also available to POST agencies free of charge on the POST Learning Portal or on DVD format (visit the Training Videos Website).

Questions about the new Did You Know? Hate Crimes video may be directed to Mike Barnes, Learning Technology Resources Bureau, at (916) 227-3454.

PSP Communications Update

On February 11-12, 2020, the Training Delivery and Compliance Bureau (TDC) held a two day workshop to review and update the Perishable Skills Program on the topic of Communications. Many thanks to Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) for hosting this meeting at their Elysian Park Academy. During the workshop, a group of Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) from throughout the state met to review the current minimum standards. A variety of best practices were taken into consideration for updates including de-escalation, effective communication strategies, and communicating with people with disabilities.

For questions regarding the PSP updates, please contact Staff Services Manager Michelle Weiler, Training Delivery and Compliance Bureau at (916) 227-4870.

Additional DVD Training Videos Now Streaming on POST Learning Portal

Several additional POST training videos have been converted from DVD disc to the POST Learning Portal and are now available 24/7 as streaming videos. Video titles added in February include: Stress Management; Initial Response to Critical Incidents; PTSD and Traumatic Brain Injury; Strategic Communications, Hearsay Testimony; Social Media; and Investigations Within Mental Health Facilities. The addition of these videos brings the total of videos on the POST Learning Portal to more than 60. Several additional previously-released DVDs will be converted in the next few months, with more than 75 POST videos available for streaming on the POST Learning Portal this Spring. POST continues to offer DVD copies of some training video programs by mail upon request for those agencies that are unable to access the online versions; however, DVD-by-mail distribution will cease later in 2020.

For questions about POST Training Videos, visit the POST Website or contact Ron Crook, Learning Technology Resources Bureau, at (916) 227-3913.

AB 332 Research Project Update

Assembly Bill 332 (Penal Code Section 13510.05) requires POST to submit a report to the Legislature and Governor on or before April 1, 2021 that presents data on the pass/fail rates by gender and race of at least six months of data on students in peace officer intensive regular basic course training. Analyses focus on, but are not limited to, the number and percentage of students who failed to complete learning domains relating to vehicle operations and firearms. However, data is being collected on pass, fail, dropout, and dismissal rates for all 42 POST-required tests. Each student who fails an initial test is being tracked for details related to how soon after the initial test remediation training occurred, how many hours of remediation training were provided, how long after remediation training the retest occurred, and the pass/fail results of the remediation retest.

The goal of the analyses of this data is to present to the POST Commission a review of the practices used by agencies to remediate students after an initial test failure to develop a common understanding of the extent to which each type of additional training is successful at assisting the student to complete that learning domain, with attention being focused on the learning domains relating to vehicle operation and firearms proficiency.

Data collection began on July 1, 2019 for all intensive format regular basic academies. As of February 25, 2020, data has been collected on 579 students enrolled in 12 academy classes from 10 different academies. As data is collected, POST staff in the Strategic Communication and Research (SCR) Bureau are carefully reviewing the data and, when necessary, reaching out to the specific academies to correct that data.

Questions related to the collection and analyses of these data should be direct to Chau Chan at (916) 227-4835 or Dr. Bob Holmgren at (916) 227-4830 from the SCR Bureau.

POST Conducts BCCR of Orange County Sheriff’s Department

In mid-February 2020, the California Commission on POST - Basic Training Bureau conducted a Basic Course Certification Review (BCCR) of the Orange County Sheriff’s Department law enforcement academy.

If you are interested in more information, please contact Bill Lewis, Basic Training Bureau, at (916) 227-4856.

Meet the New POST Employees

Karissa Bolivar

Accountant Trainee

Administrative Services Bureau

Karissa comes to us from the private sector as an accounting clerk. She has worked in the dental industry and has experience working with customers and processing payments. Karissa is assigned as the Accountant Trainee in the Administrative Services Bureau.

Legislative Update

Status of Current Legislation

The following is Legislation assigned to POST in the 2020-21 session. The 2020-21 Legislative Session began on January 6, 2020. Bills for the new session were introduced on February 21, 2020. (Updated 2/27/2020)

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

Bill # and Author	Title and Summary	Status of Bill
AB 1854 Assembly Member Frazier	Missing or Murdered Native American Women Task Force. Would create the Missing or Murdered Native American Women Task Force in the Department of Justice, and would provide for the membership of that task force. The bill would require the task force to complete a formal consultation with California’s Native American tribes on how to improve tribal access to databases, to develop recommendations on how to increase state resources for reporting and identifying missing and murdered Native American persons in the state, and to develop a database of nonprofit or nongovernmental organizations that provide aid or support in locating missing Native American persons. The bill would require the task force to submit a report to the Legislature on or before January 1, 2023, detailing improvements to tribal database access, interjurisdictional coordination, and law enforcement resource allocation for cases of missing or murdered Native American persons.	Introduced Date: 1/7/2020 Status: 1/17/2020-Referred to Com. on PUB. S.
AB 2236 Assembly Member Gabriel	Peace officer training: hate crimes. Current law requires the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) to develop and implement a course of instruction and training for specified peace officers on the topic of hate crimes. Current law requires that training to be implemented into the basic course and requires, as specified, all state and local law enforcement agencies to provide the training to all peace officers they employ. This bill would require the basic course curriculum on the topic of hate crimes to include the viewing of a specified video course developed by POST. The bill would also require POST to make the video available via the online learning portal, and would require all peace officers to view the video no later than January 1, 2022.	Introduced Date: 2/13/2020 Status: 2/20/2020-Referred to Com. on PUB. S.
AB 2616 Assembly Member Gabriel	Peace officer training: gun violence restraining orders Would require the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training to develop and implement, on or before January 1, 2022, a course of training for those law enforcement officers regarding gun violence restraining orders. The bill would require the course to be incorporated into the course or courses of basic training for law enforcement officers on or before January 1, 2022, and would require the course or courses to include specified topics, including the process of filing a petition for a gun violence restraining order and situational training to assist officers in identifying when a gun violence restraining order is appropriate.	Introduced Date: 2/20/2020 Status: 2/21/2020-From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
AB 2833 Assembly Member Lackey	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.	Introduced Date: 2/20/2020 Status: 2/21/2020-From printer. May be heard in committee March 22
AB 3071 Assembly Member Mullin	Lead ammunition: shooting ranges. Would prohibit a sport shooting range or an indoor shooting range, as defined, from selling or giving away ammunition unless that ammunition is certified as nonlead ammunition by the commission. The bill would also prohibit patrons or employees of a sport shooting range or an indoor shooting range from firing ammunition unless it is nonlead certified and would require a sport shooting range and an indoor shooting range to post a specified sign to that effect.	Introduced Date: 2/21/2020 Status: 2/24/2020-Read first time.
AB 3341 Assembly Member Muratsuchi	Public employment: peace officers Current law requires peace officers in this state to meet specified minimum standards, including, among other requirements, being of good moral character, as determined by a thorough background investigation. This bill would require that the background investigation for determining moral character use standards defined by the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training, as minimum guidelines, before the applicant may be employed or begin training as a peace officer. The bill would make related changes.	Introduced Date: 2/21/2020 Status:2/24/2020-Read first time.
SB 776 Senator Skinner	College admissions: criminal history inquiry: prohibition Would prohibit a postsecondary educational institution in this state from inquiring about a prospective student’s criminal history on an initial application form or at any time during the admissions process before the institution’s final decision relative to the prospective student’s application for admission. By imposing new duties on community college districts, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.	Amended Date: 1/6/2020 Status: 1/27/2020-Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 30. Noes 6.) Ordered to the Assembly. In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
SB 1136 Senator Gonzalez, Lena	Peace officers: recruitment of women Would require the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training to develop best practice recruiting recommendations and materials that include best practices for recruiting women peace officers. The bill would require the commission to create and make available a guidebook or other material on best practices for peace officer recruitment for recruiting community oriented officers and women peace officers. The bill would also require the commission to distribute a short bulletin via the internet to law enforcement agencies on the topic of best recruitment practices, including recruiting women peace officers.	Introduced Date: 2/19/2020 Status: 2/20/2020-From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 21.
SB 1354 Senator Hurtado	Law enforcement agencies: public records Current law requires the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training and each local law enforcement agency to conspicuously post on their internet websites all current standards, policies, practices, operating procedures, and education and training materials that would otherwise be available to the public if a request was made pursuant to the California Public Records Act. This bill would require that information to be posted in English, Spanish, and any other language that is spoken by at least 5% of the population in the jurisdiction of that law enforcement agency.	Introduced Date: 02/21/2020 Status: 2/24/2020-From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 25. Read first time.
SB 1392 Senator Bradford	Peace officers: basic course of training Current law requires every peace officer to have satisfactorily completed an introductory training course prescribed by the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training. Current law requires each applicant for admission to a basic course of training certified by the commission that includes the carrying and use of firearms, who is not sponsored by a local or other law enforcement agency, or is not a peace officer, to submit written certification to the Department of Justice that the applicant has no criminal history background that would disqualify them from possessing a firearm. This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to these provisions.	Introduced Date: 2/21/2020 Status: 2/24/2020-From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 25. Read first time.

Bill # and Author

Title and Summary

Status of Bill

AB 1854

Assembly Member Frazier

Missing or Murdered Native American Women Task Force.

Would create the Missing or Murdered Native American Women Task Force in the Department of Justice, and would provide for the membership of that task force. The bill would require the task force to complete a formal consultation with California’s Native American tribes on how to improve tribal access to databases, to develop recommendations on how to increase state resources for reporting and identifying missing and murdered Native American persons in the state, and to develop a database of nonprofit or nongovernmental organizations that provide aid or support in locating missing Native American persons. The bill would require the task force to submit a report to the Legislature on or before January 1, 2023, detailing improvements to tribal database access, interjurisdictional coordination, and law enforcement resource allocation for cases of missing or murdered Native American persons.

Introduced Date: 1/7/2020

Status: 1/17/2020-Referred to Com. on PUB. S.

AB 2236

Assembly Member Gabriel

Peace officer training: hate crimes.

Current law requires the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) to develop and implement a course of instruction and training for specified peace officers on the topic of hate crimes. Current law requires that training to be implemented into the basic course and requires, as specified, all state and local law enforcement agencies to provide the training to all peace officers they employ. This bill would require the basic course curriculum on the topic of hate crimes to include the viewing of a specified video course developed by POST. The bill would also require POST to make the video available via the online learning portal, and would require all peace officers to view the video no later than January 1, 2022.

Introduced Date: 2/13/2020

Status: 2/20/2020-Referred to Com. on PUB. S.

AB 2616

Assembly Member Gabriel

Peace officer training: gun violence restraining orders

Would require the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training to develop and implement, on or before January 1, 2022, a course of training for those law enforcement officers regarding gun violence restraining orders. The bill would require the course to be incorporated into the course or courses of basic training for law enforcement officers on or before January 1, 2022, and would require the course or courses to include specified topics, including the process of filing a petition for a gun violence restraining order and situational training to assist officers in identifying when a gun violence restraining order is appropriate.

Introduced Date: 2/20/2020

Status: 2/21/2020-From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.

AB 2833

Assembly Member Lackey

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.

Introduced Date: 2/20/2020

Status: 2/21/2020-From printer. May be heard in committee March 22

AB 3071

Assembly Member Mullin

Lead ammunition: shooting ranges.

Would prohibit a sport shooting range or an indoor shooting range, as defined, from selling or giving away ammunition unless that ammunition is certified as nonlead ammunition by the commission. The bill would also prohibit patrons or employees of a sport shooting range or an indoor shooting range from firing ammunition unless it is nonlead certified and would require a sport shooting range and an indoor shooting range to post a specified sign to that effect.

Introduced Date: 2/21/2020

Status: 2/24/2020-Read first time.

AB 3341

Assembly Member Muratsuchi

Public employment: peace officers

Current law requires peace officers in this state to meet specified minimum standards, including, among other requirements, being of good moral character, as determined by a thorough background investigation. This bill would require that the background investigation for determining moral character use standards defined by the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training, as minimum guidelines, before the applicant may be employed or begin training as a peace officer. The bill would make related changes.

Introduced Date: 2/21/2020

Status:2/24/2020-Read first time.

SB 776

Senator Skinner

College admissions: criminal history inquiry: prohibition

Would prohibit a postsecondary educational institution in this state from inquiring about a prospective student’s criminal history on an initial application form or at any time during the admissions process before the institution’s final decision relative to the prospective student’s application for admission. By imposing new duties on community college districts, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.

Amended Date: 1/6/2020

Status: 1/27/2020-Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 30. Noes 6.) Ordered to the Assembly. In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

SB 1136

Senator Gonzalez, Lena

Peace officers: recruitment of women

Would require the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training to develop best practice recruiting recommendations and materials that include best practices for recruiting women peace officers. The bill would require the commission to create and make available a guidebook or other material on best practices for peace officer recruitment for recruiting community oriented officers and women peace officers. The bill would also require the commission to distribute a short bulletin via the internet to law enforcement agencies on the topic of best recruitment practices, including recruiting women peace officers.

Introduced Date: 2/19/2020

Status: 2/20/2020-From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 21.

SB 1354

Senator Hurtado

Law enforcement agencies: public records

Current law requires the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training and each local law enforcement agency to conspicuously post on their internet websites all current standards, policies, practices, operating procedures, and education and training materials that would otherwise be available to the public if a request was made pursuant to the California Public Records Act. This bill would require that information to be posted in English, Spanish, and any other language that is spoken by at least 5% of the population in the jurisdiction of that law enforcement agency.

Introduced Date: 02/21/2020

Status: 2/24/2020-From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 25. Read first time.

SB 1392

Senator Bradford

Peace officers: basic course of training

Current law requires every peace officer to have satisfactorily completed an introductory training course prescribed by the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training. Current law requires each applicant for admission to a basic course of training certified by the commission that includes the carrying and use of firearms, who is not sponsored by a local or other law enforcement agency, or is not a peace officer, to submit written certification to the Department of Justice that the applicant has no criminal history background that would disqualify them from possessing a firearm. This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to these provisions.

Introduced Date: 2/21/2020

Status: 2/24/2020-From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 25. Read first time.

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