POST Monthly Report

February 2024

Keeping you up to date on POST projects

POST Hosts 2024 Symposiums

The Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) recently hosted two symposiums in Northern and Southern California that featured critical topics surrounding law enforcement standards and training.

The symposiums were well attended, with more than 225 agencies represented across the state. Attendees participated in a variety of sessions presented by POST staff as well as a few outside presenters, such as:

Legislative Updates
Peace Officer Certification and You | Understanding the New Dynamic in Your Relationship with POST
Background Investigation Update
Maintaining a Healthy Mindset Throughout Your Career
Senate Bill 2 Update – What We Have Learned and Where We Are Now
Debrief – Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department

A big thank you to all our speakers and the planning committee for a successful symposium!

For any questions regarding the symposiums, please email the Symposium Planning Committee.

Training Managers Course Presented in Rohnert Park

On February 6-8, 2024, students attended the 24-hour Training Managers Course presented by Santa Rosa Junior College Public Safety Training Center. The course is designed for newly assigned and experienced training managers. Topics included developing a training plan, liability issues, and management of training records. Additionally, POST staff presented information on the POST Website, Learning Portal, course certification, Commission Regulations, and agency compliance inspections.

The next presentation of the course is scheduled for May 7-9, 2024.

Questions about the course may be directed to Karen Lozito, Law Enforcement Consultant with the Training Delivery and Compliance Bureau, at (916) 214-8370.

POST Hosts Scenario Management Course

On February 6-9, 2024, the POST Basic Training Bureau hosted a 24-hour Scenario Management Course in West Sacramento, CA. This course is required for basic academy scenario managers, prior to their management of scenario testing. There were twenty-two attendees, representing 13 basic academies from throughout the state. During the course, attendees received instruction regarding scenario competencies, test development, testing, remedial training requirements, and scenario test security protocols.

Questions regarding the Scenario Management Course may be directed to Anita Finner, Staff Services Manager with the Basic Training Bureau, at (916) 227-3901.

Vehicle Pursuit Policy Update Course Status

POST staff are working to get the Vehicle Pursuit Policy Update course back online as soon as possible. POST will send an announcement as soon as the course is live.

In the meantime, agencies may conduct their own Vehicle Pursuit Policy Update training on-site, distribute their policy internally, and collect the attestation forms. Please note: You are not required to use the Learning Portal.

If you want to offer your own Vehicle Pursuit Policy Update course for Continuing Professional Training credit, refer to Commission Regulation 1052 or contact your Regional Consultant. Additional information may be found on the POST Website.

If you have any questions, please contact Catherine Bacon-Davis, Instructional Designer/Project Manager with the Learning Technology and Resources Bureau, at (916) 227-4546.

POST Updates Anti-Reproductive Rights Crimes Guidelines

On September 27, 2022, Governor Newsom signed Assembly Bill 1242 into law, California’s Reproductive Rights Law Enforcement Act (Penal Code sections 13775-13778.2) and Freedom of Access to Clinic and Church Entrances Act (Penal Code section 423.2). These changes were made to protect people who provide reproductive care and all citizens’ rights to access reproductive care.

On April 4-6, 2023, the POST Management Counseling & Projects Bureau held a workshop to update the Anti-Reproductive Rights Crimes Guidelines for California law enforcement. Subject matter experts (SMEs) from the California Attorney General’s Office, California Medical Association, California Commission on the Status of Women and Girls, National Feminist Majority Foundation, and Women’s Health Specialists assisted the SMEs and POST law enforcement consultants with rewriting the 2009 guidelines.

On February 1, 2024, the updated Anti-Reproductive Rights Crimes Guidelines were published on the POST Website and available for viewing and download.

Any questions regarding the 2023 Anti-Reproductive Rights Crimes Guidelines may be directed to Jason Dahl, Law Enforcement Consultant with the Management Counseling and Projects Bureau, at (916) 809-1034.

First Aid/CPR/AED Retraining Completion Reminder

As a reminder, you must complete the six online modules and the instructor-led skills demonstration to receive a certificate of completion for First Aid/CPR/AED retraining. There is no separate certificate of completion for the online modules.

If you are asked to provide evidence of completing the online modules to your training manager before taking the skills demonstration, click “Gradebook” while in the course. Completed modules will appear as a green checkmark. You can take a screenshot of the gradebook and provide it to your training manager.

If you have any questions, please contact Catherine Bacon-Davis, Instructional Designer/Project Manager with the Learning Technology and Resources Bureau, at (916) 227-4546.

POST Begins Development on Internal Affairs Investigations Guidelines

Peace Officer Standards Accountability Division staff attended the first workshop to develop guidelines for internal affairs (IA) investigations. Subject-matter experts were brought together to assist in creating guidelines which will assist IA investigators with all parts of an IA investigation, from intake to investigation to closure.

Once completed, the guidelines will be available for any agency through the POST Website. If you have any questions, please contact Mike Radford, Bureau Chief with the Professional Conduct L.A. County Bureau, at (916) 214-8380.

Basic Course Certification Review of South Bay Regional Public Safety Training Consortium’s Regular Basic Course

On February 5-9, 2024, the Basic Training Bureau conducted a Basic Course Certification Review (BCCR) of the South Bay Regional Public Safety Training Consortium’s Regular Basic Course (Coyote Valley Campus). 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 comply 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.

Meet the New POST Employees

Alyssa Antilla

Staff Services Analyst

Intake and Disposition Bureau

Alyssa comes to us from California Highway Patrol where she served as a Program Technician II in the Support Services Section. Alyssa is assigned as a Staff Services Analyst in the Intake and Disposition Bureau.

Victor Martin

Law Enforcement Consultant I (Retired Annuitant)

Professional Conduct Southern Bureau

Victor retired from the California Highway Patrol as a sergeant in the Office of Internal Affairs (OIA) Investigations Unit. Prior to OIA, he worked at various field commands throughout the state, from Southern California, the Central Coast, Quincy, and eventually the Sacramento Area. Victor is currently assigned as a Law Enforcement Consultant I (Retired Annuitant) with the Professional Conduct Southern Bureau.

Robert Guyton

Senior Law Enforcement Consultant

Professional Conduct Northern Bureau

Robert (Rob) has been in law enforcement for over 30 years. He started as a police officer for the Long Beach Police Department and lateralled to the Bakersfield Police Department where he specialized in criminal street gang investigations. After serving nearly 10 years as a police officer in California, Rob joined the FBI as a special agent and recently retired after 21 years of service.

Rick Campbell

Law Enforcement Consultant II (Retired Annuitant)

Basic Training Bureau

Rick is a retired annuitant who worked with the California Highway Patrol (CHP) for 30 years, retiring in 2019. Rick retired as the captain in the CHP’s Counterterrorism and Threat Awareness Section. Prior to that, he was the commander of the Tracy CHP office. Rick was an officer in the Santa Barbara and Bakersfield areas as well as an instructor at the CHP Academy’s Emergency Vehicle Operations Course. As a sergeant and lieutenant at the CHP’s Capitol Protection Section, Rick was also part of the Bicycle Unit, Mounted Patrol Unit, and Bomb Squad. Rick is assigned to the Basic Training Bureau working on Basic Course Waivers.

Jun-Hyun Hwang

Information Technology Specialist I

Learning Technology Resources Bureau

Before joining POST, Jun worked in the private sector as a software engineer with various technologies and tools mainly associated with the development of web applications. Jun is currently assigned as an Information Technology Specialist I in the Learning Technology Resources Bureau.

James Saso

Law Enforcement Consultant II (Retired Annuitant)

Professional Conduct Central Bureau

James (Jim) retired last November after 35 years of law enforcement. Jim served as the chief of police for the city of Williams for 13 years and as assistant sheriff of the Colusa County Sheriff’s Office for four years. Prior to working at POST, he was an associate faculty member and coordinator at the Butte College Public Safety and Education Center. He is a graduate of the 223rd FBI National Academy and has a POST Executive Certificate. Jim is assigned as a Law Enforcement Consultant II (Retired Annuitant) in the Professional Conduct Central Bureau.

Recently Approved Rulemaking Files

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.

Amend Peace Officer Certificates
Commission Regulation 1202
Approved January 31, 2024
Effective January 31, 2024
OAL Notice of Approval and Approved Text (pdf)
Amend Temporary Suspension of Certification
Commission Regulation 1208
Approved February 1, 2024
Effective February 1, 2024
OAL Notice of Approval and Approved Text (pdf)
Amend Employment Status Notifications and Peace Officer Selection Requirements
Commission Regulations 1003 and 1950
Approved February 6, 2024
Effective February 6, 2024
OAL Notice of Approval and Approved Text (pdf)
Amend Minimum Standards for Training
Commission Regulation 1005 (Non-Substantive)
Approved February 14, 2024
Effective February 14, 2024
OAL Notice of Approval and Approved Text (pdf)
Amend Employment Status Notifications
Commission Regulation 1003 (Non-Substantive)
Approved February 14, 2024
Effective February 14, 2024
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 bills POST is monitoring during the 2024 Legislative Session. These bills could have an impact on POST operations or be of significant interest to law enforcement partners. It is not a complete list. (Updated 3/4/2024)

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

Bill # and Author	Title and Summary	Status of Bill
AB 1839 Assembly Member Alanis	Peace officers: education and hiring grants Would, subject to an appropriation, establish the Law Enforcement Officer Grant Program under the administration of the Student Aid Commission to provide grants of up to $6,000 per year to individuals enrolled in a modern policing degree program at a California community college who commit to work for 4 years as a peace officer at a law enforcement agency, as specified. The bill would require grant recipients to agree to repay the grant to the state if certain conditions for the grant are not met, except as specified.	Introduced: 1/6/2024 Status: 1/29/2024-Referred to Coms. on HIGHER ED. and PUB. S.
AB 2042 Assembly Member Ramos	Police canines: standards and training Would require the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training, on or before January 1, 2026, to develop standards and training guidelines, as specified, for the use of canines by law enforcement. The bill would require each law enforcement agency in California, on or before January 1, 2027, to adopt a policy for the use of canines that, at a minimum, complies with the standards developed by the commission, and to require regular and periodic training for all canines and canine handlers that covers, at a minimum, the training guidelines developed by the commission. Because the bill would impose additional requirements on local law enforcement agencies, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.	Introduced: 2/1/2024 Status: 2/2/2024-From printer. May be heard in committee March 3.
AB 2138 Assembly Member Ramos	Peace officers: tribal police Current law grants specified limited arrest authority to certain persons, including federal criminal investigators and park rangers and peace officers from adjoining jurisdictions. Current federal law authorizes tribal governments to employ tribal police for the enforcement of tribal law on tribal lands. Existing federal law requires the State of California to exercise criminal jurisdiction on Indian lands. Current state law deems a tribal police officer who has been deputized or appointed by a county sheriff as a reserve or auxiliary deputy to be a peace officer in the State of California. This bill would deem certain tribal police officers to be peace officers on Indian lands and elsewhere in the state under specified circumstances. The bill would set certain minimum qualifications and training requirements for a tribal officer to act pursuant to this authority and would place certain requirements on the employing tribe, including certain financial responsibility requirements, a limited waiver of sovereign immunity, and the adoption of a tribal law or resolution authorizing that exercise of authority and providing for public access to certain records.	Introduced: 2/6/2024 Status: 2/29/2024-In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
AB 2382 (Rubio, Blanca)	Human trafficking Would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation relating to training conducted by the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training on the subject of human trafficking.	Introduced: 2/12/2024 Status: 2/13/2024-From printer. May be heard in committee March 14.
AB 2541 (Bains)	Peace officer training: wandering Would require the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST), in consultation with specified subject matter experts and on or before January 1, 2026, to develop guidelines addressing wandering associated with Alzheimer’s disease, autism, and dementia, as specified.	Introduced: 2/13/2024 Status: 2/14/2024-From printer. May be heard in committee March 15.
AB 2923 (Jones-Sawyer)	Peace officers: public complaints Current law requires each department or agency that employs peace officer to establish a procedure to investigate complaints by members of the public against the personnel of the department or agency. This bill would require a form used during the complaint process to include a provision inquiring whether the complaint includes an allegation of racial or identify profiling and a space to describe the allegation. The bill would define “complaint” for these purposes to mean a report, given either in writing or verbally, that brings to the attention of a department or agency an incident during which the complainant perceives that a department or agency employee engaged in misconduct, as specified.	Introduced: 2/15/2024 Status: 2/16/2024-From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.
AB 3021 (Kalra)	Criminal procedure: interrogations Current law prohibits the prosecuting attorney, attorney for the defendant, or investigator for either the prosecution or the defendant from interviewing, questioning, or speaking to a victim or witness whose name has been disclosed by the defendant pursuant to current law without first clearly identifying themself and identifying the full name of the agency by whom they are employed, and identifying whether they represent, or have been retained by, the prosecution or the defendant. Under current law, if an interview takes place in person, the party is also required to show the victim or witness a business card, official badge, or other form of official identification before commencing the interview or questioning. This bill would require a peace officer, as defined, a prosecuting attorney, or an investigator for the prosecution, prior to interviewing a family member of a person who has been killed or seriously injured by a peace officer, to clearly identify themself, if the interview takes place in person, to show identification, and to state specified information, including that the family member has the right to ask about the status of their family member prior to answering questions, has the right to remain silent, and before speaking with the interviewer, can consult with a trusted person and can have that person with them while they speak to the interviewer.	Introduced: 2/16/2024 Status: 2/17/2024-From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
AB 3038 (Essayli)	School safety: armed school resource officers Would require a school district or charter school to hire or contract with at least one armed school resource officer, as defined, authorized to carry a loaded firearm to be present at each school of the school district or charter school during regular school hours and any other time when pupils are present on campus. By imposing an additional requirement on school districts and charter schools, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.	Introduced: 2/16/2024 Status: 2/17/2024-From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
AB 3241 (Pacheco)	Law enforcement: police canines Would require the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) to adopt uniform, minimum guidelines regarding the use of canines by law enforcement, including legal standards established by the bill, and to certify courses of training for all law enforcement canine handlers and those law enforcement supervisors directly overseeing canine programs, as specified. The bill would require, on or before July 1, 2025, each law enforcement agency to maintain a policy for the use of canines by the agency that, at a minimum, complies with the guidelines adopted by POST, and would require law enforcement agencies to establish a training regimen that includes a course certified by the commission. Because the bill would impose additional duties on local law enforcement agencies, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.	Introduced: 2/16/2024 Status: 2/17/2024-From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
SB 1020 Senator Bradford	Law enforcement agency regulations: shooting range targets Current law requires law enforcement agencies to maintain specified policies, including policies regulating the use of force and the use of certain defensive weapons. Current law requires each peace officer to complete all pre-service and in-service training mandated by the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training. This bill would require each law enforcement agency and police academy to prohibit the use, as specified, of ethnic shooting targets, as defined.	Introduced: 2/6/2024
SB 1026 (Smallwood-Cuevas)	School safety: law enforcement agencies: contracts Current law authorizes the governing board of a school district to contract with a private licensed security agency to ensure the safety of school district personnel and pupils and the security of the real and personal property of the school district when the personnel normally required to provide those services fail to do so because of an emergency or when such an emergency necessitates additional security services, as provided. This bill would require the governing board of a school district that establishes a security department or police department, and the governing board or body of a local educational agency, as defined, that enters into a contract on or after January 1, 2025, with a local police or sheriff’s department or private licensed security agency to provide school security services, to do certain things, including specify the parameters on the use of weapons, including, but not limited to, handcuffs, pepper spray, batons, and firearms, on a school campus. By imposing new duties on local educational agencies, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.	Introduced: 2/6/2024 Status: 3/1/2024-Set for hearing March 20.

Bill # and Author

Title and Summary

Status of Bill

AB 1839

Assembly Member Alanis

Peace officers: education and hiring grants

Would, subject to an appropriation, establish the Law Enforcement Officer Grant Program under the administration of the Student Aid Commission to provide grants of up to $6,000 per year to individuals enrolled in a modern policing degree program at a California community college who commit to work for 4 years as a peace officer at a law enforcement agency, as specified. The bill would require grant recipients to agree to repay the grant to the state if certain conditions for the grant are not met, except as specified.

Introduced: 1/6/2024

Status: 1/29/2024-Referred to Coms. on HIGHER ED. and PUB. S.

AB 2042

Assembly Member Ramos

Police canines: standards and training

Would require the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training, on or before January 1, 2026, to develop standards and training guidelines, as specified, for the use of canines by law enforcement. The bill would require each law enforcement agency in California, on or before January 1, 2027, to adopt a policy for the use of canines that, at a minimum, complies with the standards developed by the commission, and to require regular and periodic training for all canines and canine handlers that covers, at a minimum, the training guidelines developed by the commission. Because the bill would impose additional requirements on local law enforcement agencies, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.

Introduced: 2/1/2024

Status: 2/2/2024-From printer. May be heard in committee March 3.

AB 2138

Assembly Member Ramos

Peace officers: tribal police

Current law grants specified limited arrest authority to certain persons, including federal criminal investigators and park rangers and peace officers from adjoining jurisdictions. Current federal law authorizes tribal governments to employ tribal police for the enforcement of tribal law on tribal lands. Existing federal law requires the State of California to exercise criminal jurisdiction on Indian lands. Current state law deems a tribal police officer who has been deputized or appointed by a county sheriff as a reserve or auxiliary deputy to be a peace officer in the State of California. This bill would deem certain tribal police officers to be peace officers on Indian lands and elsewhere in the state under specified circumstances. The bill would set certain minimum qualifications and training requirements for a tribal officer to act pursuant to this authority and would place certain requirements on the employing tribe, including certain financial responsibility requirements, a limited waiver of sovereign immunity, and the adoption of a tribal law or resolution authorizing that exercise of authority and providing for public access to certain records.

Introduced: 2/6/2024

Status: 2/29/2024-In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.

AB 2382

(Rubio, Blanca)

Human trafficking

Would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation relating to training conducted by the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training on the subject of human trafficking.

Introduced: 2/12/2024

Status: 2/13/2024-From printer. May be heard in committee March 14.

AB 2541

(Bains)

Peace officer training: wandering

Would require the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST), in consultation with specified subject matter experts and on or before January 1, 2026, to develop guidelines addressing wandering associated with Alzheimer’s disease, autism, and dementia, as specified.

Introduced: 2/13/2024

Status: 2/14/2024-From printer. May be heard in committee March 15.

AB 2923

(Jones-Sawyer)

Peace officers: public complaints

Current law requires each department or agency that employs peace officer to establish a procedure to investigate complaints by members of the public against the personnel of the department or agency. This bill would require a form used during the complaint process to include a provision inquiring whether the complaint includes an allegation of racial or identify profiling and a space to describe the allegation. The bill would define “complaint” for these purposes to mean a report, given either in writing or verbally, that brings to the attention of a department or agency an incident during which the complainant perceives that a department or agency employee engaged in misconduct, as specified.

Introduced: 2/15/2024

Status: 2/16/2024-From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.

AB 3021

(Kalra)

Criminal procedure: interrogations

Current law prohibits the prosecuting attorney, attorney for the defendant, or investigator for either the prosecution or the defendant from interviewing, questioning, or speaking to a victim or witness whose name has been disclosed by the defendant pursuant to current law without first clearly identifying themself and identifying the full name of the agency by whom they are employed, and identifying whether they represent, or have been retained by, the prosecution or the defendant. Under current law, if an interview takes place in person, the party is also required to show the victim or witness a business card, official badge, or other form of official identification before commencing the interview or questioning. This bill would require a peace officer, as defined, a prosecuting attorney, or an investigator for the prosecution, prior to interviewing a family member of a person who has been killed or seriously injured by a peace officer, to clearly identify themself, if the interview takes place in person, to show identification, and to state specified information, including that the family member has the right to ask about the status of their family member prior to answering questions, has the right to remain silent, and before speaking with the interviewer, can consult with a trusted person and can have that person with them while they speak to the interviewer.

Introduced: 2/16/2024

Status: 2/17/2024-From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.

AB 3038

(Essayli)

School safety: armed school resource officers

Would require a school district or charter school to hire or contract with at least one armed school resource officer, as defined, authorized to carry a loaded firearm to be present at each school of the school district or charter school during regular school hours and any other time when pupils are present on campus. By imposing an additional requirement on school districts and charter schools, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.

Introduced: 2/16/2024

Status: 2/17/2024-From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.

AB 3241

(Pacheco)

Law enforcement: police canines

Would require the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) to adopt uniform, minimum guidelines regarding the use of canines by law enforcement, including legal standards established by the bill, and to certify courses of training for all law enforcement canine handlers and those law enforcement supervisors directly overseeing canine programs, as specified. The bill would require, on or before July 1, 2025, each law enforcement agency to maintain a policy for the use of canines by the agency that, at a minimum, complies with the guidelines adopted by POST, and would require law enforcement agencies to establish a training regimen that includes a course certified by the commission. Because the bill would impose additional duties on local law enforcement agencies, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.

Introduced: 2/16/2024

Status: 2/17/2024-From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.

SB 1020

Senator Bradford

Law enforcement agency regulations: shooting range targets

Current law requires law enforcement agencies to maintain specified policies, including policies regulating the use of force and the use of certain defensive weapons. Current law requires each peace officer to complete all pre-service and in-service training mandated by the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training. This bill would require each law enforcement agency and police academy to prohibit the use, as specified, of ethnic shooting targets, as defined.

Introduced: 2/6/2024

SB 1026

(Smallwood-Cuevas)

School safety: law enforcement agencies: contracts

Current law authorizes the governing board of a school district to contract with a private licensed security agency to ensure the safety of school district personnel and pupils and the security of the real and personal property of the school district when the personnel normally required to provide those services fail to do so because of an emergency or when such an emergency necessitates additional security services, as provided. This bill would require the governing board of a school district that establishes a security department or police department, and the governing board or body of a local educational agency, as defined, that enters into a contract on or after January 1, 2025, with a local police or sheriff’s department or private licensed security agency to provide school security services, to do certain things, including specify the parameters on the use of weapons, including, but not limited to, handcuffs, pepper spray, batons, and firearms, on a school campus. By imposing new duties on local educational agencies, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.

Introduced: 2/6/2024

Status: 3/1/2024-Set for hearing March 20.

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