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March 2023

Keeping you up to date on POST projects

Basic Training Bureau Completes Revision of Field Training Program Supervisor/Administrator/Coordinator Course Materials

BTB FTP
BTB FTP

Staff members of the Basic Training Bureau’s (BTB) Field Training Program hosted a workshop from February 27 – March 2, 2023. During this workshop, subject matter experts from across the state gathered to continue revising the course materials for the Field Training Program Supervisor/Administrator/Coordinator course. Once finalized and approved by the Commission, the updated course materials will be shared with POST-certified presenters of the course.

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

Basic Training Bureau’s Basic Course Certification Review (BCCR) of the Golden West College Regional Criminal Justice Training Center

BTB BCCR Golden West College
BTB BCCR Golden West College

The BTB recently conducted a Basic Course Certification Review (BCCR) of the Golden West College Regional Criminal Justice Training Center. 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 I in the Basic Training Bureau, at (916) 227-4856.

Basic Training Bureau Hosts Basic Course Consortium in Del Mar

BTB Del Mar
BTB Del Mar

On March 15-16, 2023, the BTB hosted the Basic Course Consortium in Del Mar, California. This is a bi-annual seminar that is designed to foster dialogue between the Basic Course presenters and serves as an opportunity for the BTB to introduce and discuss current trends, best practices, legislative changes, and proposed updates to Commission Regulations. Members from the BTB provided informational updates to support all aspects of the Basic Courses.

During this Consortium, attendees received a presentation on the Stanislaus County Sheriff’s Office problem-based academy.  

Questions regarding the Basic Course Consortium may be directed to Carrie Hollar, Bureau Chief with the Basic Training Bureau, at (916) 227-4661.

Meet the New POST Employees

Kristoffer Gerolaga

Kristoffer (Erik) Gerolaga

Staff Services Manager I (Supervisor)
Training Delivery and Compliance Bureau

Erik comes to us from the California Highway Patrol (CHP), where he served as the administrative assistant to the Organizational Development Section’s commander and was the training coordinator and facilitator for several leadership courses. Prior to CHP, Erik worked for San Quentin State Prison as the Nurse Staffing and Nurse Training Coordinator. Erik is assigned as a Staff Services Manager I, in the Training Delivery and Compliance Bureau.

Loralynne Kong

Loralynne (Lora) Kong

Law Enforcement Consultant I (Retired Annuitant)
Professional Conduct II Bureau

Lora comes to us from the California Department of Justice where she most recently served as a Special Agent Supervisor in the department’s Professional Standards Group where she was assigned to conduct Internal Affairs and background investigations. Lora is assigned as a Law Enforcement Consultant I, Retired Annuitant, in the Professional Conduct II Bureau.

Kajal Sharma

Kajal (KJ) Sharma

Office Technician (Typing)
Intake and Disposition Bureau

KJ has 7 years of experience in early childhood education and worked in speech pathology before accepting a position here at POST. Before working in the field of speech pathology, KJ was creating Independent Education Plans (IEPs) for students with disabilities. KJ is very excited to be here and to bring forth all she has to offer. She is currently assigned as an Office Technician (Typing), in the Intake and Disposition Bureau.

Lucianna Allard

Lucianna (Luci) Allard

Associate Governmental Program Analyst
Professional Conduct I Bureau

Lucianna comes to us from California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR), California State Prison Solano, where she held several critical positions supporting institutional and departmental operations. Most recently, she served as the Chief Deputy Warden’s assistant. Prior to CDCR, Lucianna had a long private sector career where she held executive management roles. Lucianna is assigned as an Associate Governmental Program Analyst, in the Professional Conduct I Bureau.

Erica Riddell

Erica Riddell

Associate Governmental Program Analyst
Certification Bureau

Erica comes to us from CDCR where she served as the Staff Services Analyst with the Centralized Screening Team (CST). Prior to CST, Erica worked for CDCR’s Office of Internal Affairs as the Executive Assistant to the Deputy Director for six years. Erica is assigned as an Associate Governmental Program Analyst, in the Certification Bureau. 

Freshta Rasoli

Freshta Rasoli

Staff Services Manager I (Supervisor)
Legal Affairs Bureau

Freshta comes to us from the California Department of Public Health, Office of Legal Services, where she served as a Senior Legal Analyst. Prior to that, Freshta worked for the California Highway Patrol, in the Office of the Commissioner, staff, as the lead Policy and Publication Analyst. Freshta’s background is in law, and as a law school graduate, she hopes to one day serve as an attorney for Legal Affairs Bureau (LAB). Freshta is assigned as the Staff Services Manager I, in the LAB. 

Recently Approved Rulemaking Files

Effective April 1, 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.
 

Additional information regarding the Commission Regulation changes can be obtained by contacting the Regulations Analyst at (916) 227-2802.

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 4/3/2022)

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-In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.

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: 3/30/2023-Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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: 3/29/2023-In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file.

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: 3/29/2023-In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file.

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: 3/14/2023-From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. 

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.

Introduced: 2/6/2023

Status: 3/14/2023-From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. 

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: 3/2/2023

Status: 3/28/2023-In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.

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: 3/28/2023-In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.

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: 3/22/2023-From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. 

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, and any use of a police canine for crowd control. 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: 3/15/2023

Status: 3/22/2023-Coauthors revised. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. 

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: 3/16/2023

Status: 3/20/2023-Re-referred to 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: 3/27/2023-Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.

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: 3/13/2023-Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S

AB 994

Assembly Member Jackson

Law enforcement: social media

Would prohibit a police department or sheriff’s office from sharing, on social media, booking photos of an individual arrested on suspicion of committing any crime unless specified circumstances exist. This bill would also 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: 3/16/2023

Status: 3/22/2023-Coauthors revised. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on P. & C.P. 

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: 3/16/2023

Status: 3/20/2023-Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.

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: 3/30/2023-From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on ED. Read second time and amended.

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: 3/30/2023

Status: 3/30/2023-Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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: 3/20/2023

Status: 3/29/2023-Re-referred to Com. on PUB S.

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