POST Monthly Report

April 2020

Keeping you up to date on POST projects

Basic Training Bureau Facilitates Presenter Workshop for the PC 832 Arrest and Firearms Course in Folsom, CA

On May 10-11, 2022, the Basic Training Bureau (BTB) facilitated a 12-hour Presenter Workshop for the PC 832 Arrest and Firearms Course in Folsom. The workshop provided presenters of the PC 832 courses with information regarding how to certify and maintain their basic courses, which included course certification requirements, information on the test security administration and policy, guidelines for student safety, Commission Regulations and Training Procedures, and an overview of the Basic Course Certification Review (BCCR) process.

For additional information regarding the PC 832 Arrest and Firearms Course and Presenter Workshop, please contact Carrie Hollar, Law Enforcement Consultant in the Basic Training Bureau, at (916) 227-4661.

BTB Facilitates Officer Wellness Workshop for Basic Courses

In early May 2022, the BTB began the development of a new learning domain for the Basic Courses regarding Officer Wellness. A diverse group of subject matter experts from around the state, which included medical and psychological professionals, peace officers, and academy instructors, met to begin the development of the Training and Testing Specifications (TTS) and Student Workbook content for Learning Domain (LD) 14 – Officer Wellness.

For information regarding the Basic Course TTS and Workbooks, please contact Raymund Nanadiego, Law Enforcement Consultant with the Basic Training Bureau at (916) 227-4852.

BTB Facilitates Director/Coordinator Course in Orange, CA

During the week of May 17-20, 2022, the BTB facilitated a 24-hour Director/Coordinator Course in Orange, CA, where 24 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, Electronic Data Interchange (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.

Basic Course Certification Review at Yuba College Law Enforcement Training Academy

The BTB recently conducted a BCCR of the law enforcement training academy at Yuba College. The BCCR is an in-depth review of Basic Course presenters and the certification of their courses. The BCCR ensures the quality, integrity, and safety of entry-level peace officer training in California. The Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) ensures all certified Basic Course presenters are in compliance with the Penal Codes and Government Codes related to POST, Commission Regulations, Commission Procedures, and the TTS.

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

Training Managers Course Presented at Santa Rosa Junior College Public Safety Training Center

On May 3-4, 2022, 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 Training Managers. Topics included developing a training plan, liability issues, and management of training records. Additionally, POST staff presented information on the POST Website, the Learning Portal, course certification, POST regulations, and agency compliance inspections.

Please contact Santa Rosa Junior College Public Safety Training Center at (707) 836-2912 to register for the next course which is scheduled for November 1-2, 2022.

Questions about the course may be directed to the Training Delivery and Compliance Bureau at (916) 227-4860.

Training Coordinator Course presented in Ontario, CA

Thanks to the Ontario Police Department for hosting the POST Training Coordinators Course on May 10-11, 2022, which was presented by the Training Delivery and Compliance Bureau.

This 16-hour course is designed to teach a newly assigned Training Coordinator the fundamentals of the job from the POST perspective. Topics included: background compliance, legal issues, legislative mandates, Electronic Data Interchange (EDI), course certification process, and more. The class consisted of 38 students from 26 POST presenters and agencies. Thanks to Daniel Schmitt, Region 10 POST Consultant, Mark Flores, Region 9 POST Consultant to the Ontario PD, Cliff Lohner, Ashley Young, and Jacqueline Lopez for coordinating the class, along with Chief Mike Lorenz, for allowing us to use a training room to provide the training to the region.

For questions about the Training Coordinators Course, please contact Christine Ford, Law Enforcement Consultant, with the Training Delivery and Compliance Bureau, at 916-227-0472.

Public Safety Dispatchers’ Basic Course Workshop

On May 11-12, 2022, POST hosted a two-day workshop with a group of Public Safety Dispatcher subject matter experts to update LD100 – Professional Orientation and Ethics and LD103 – Interpersonal Communication. Workshops are two days long and take place once a month either online or in person.

The workgroup addressed some topics that are impacting our peace officer partners, like the duty to intercede, as well as being cognizant of personal bias, implicit and explicit. Learning activities for both learning domains have been updated.

If you are interested in being considered as a subject matter expert for additional POST Public Safety Dispatcher projects, please contact Jennifer Dwyer, Staff Services Manager/Project Manager in the Management Counseling and Projects Bureau, at (916) 227-0477.

New Video Highlights: Use of Force Policy Changes for Risk of Positional Asphyxia

POST has released a brief informational video that provides insight into the recent legal update on Government Code Section (GC) 7286.5(a), the law relating to agency use of force policies, and risk of positional asphyxia. This news-style video, On-Scene: Positional Asphyxia, clarifies what this updated law means to peace officers, and captures expert insights into how officers may shift their mindset. Restraint techniques and transportation methods that may create the most risk for positional asphyxia are highlighted, as well as medical warning signs officers should look for. The video reinforces the need for agencies to develop a strategy that emphasizes an officer’s responsibility to monitor, recognize, take action, and manage the safety of an individual to help mitigate the risk of positional asphyxia, resulting in a better approach to custody and care, officer and community safety, tactical considerations, and risk management.

Separately, a new self-paced course, Legal Update: Positional Asphyxia (GC 7286.5), was released in February 2022 and provides an update on the changes that Assembly Bill 490 made to GC 7286.5. Upon completion of the course, trainees will be able to define positional asphyxia, identify risks for positional asphyxia, and list actions that mitigate the risk of positional asphyxia. The 20-minute course offers one hour of Continuing Professional Training credit.

The news update video and the training course are available exclusively at the POST Learning Portal.

For questions about the news update video, please contact Anne Johnston, Senior Law Enforcement Consultant with the Learning Technology Resources Bureau, at (916) 227-4864.

For questions about the training course, please contact Charday Alcaraz, Instructional Designer/Project Manager with the Learning Technology Resources Bureau, at (916) 227-5562.

Meet the New POST Employees

Charity Kocher

Information Technology Associate (Retired Annuitant)

Learning Technology Resources Bureau

Charity comes to us as a retired annuitant, Information Technology (IT) Associate in the Learning Technology Resources Bureau. Previously with the Franchise Tax Board, she served as the Enterprise IT Change Manager. Prior to state service, Charity spent nearly four decades working in the Silicon Valley as an IT Product Manager for several high technology companies. At Oracle Corporation, Charity was the Product Manager responsible for Data Quality Management Tools. She is named inventor on US Patent #7155427 for a “Configurable search tool for finding and scoring non-exact matches in a relational database.”

Mikayla Scioneaux

Staff Services Analyst

Human Resources

Mikayla comes to us from the Department of Justice (DOJ), Attorney General’s Office where she served as a Staff Services Analyst. Prior to DOJ, Mikayla worked as a Personnel Specialist for the Department of Fish and Wildlife. Mikayla is assigned as a Staff Services Analyst in Human Resources.

Kara Fergason

Associate Governmental Program Analyst

Basic Training Bureau

Kara comes to us from CalSTRS where she worked as a Contact Center Analyst. Prior to CalSTRS, Kara began her State service with the Department of Health Care Services, and previously was a Substitute Teacher for Elk Grove Unified School District. Kara is assigned to the Basic Training Bureau as an Associate Governmental Program Analyst.

Legislative Update

Status of Current Legislation

The following is a list of the legislation POST is monitoring during the 2022-23 legislative session. This is not a complete list of legislation that could affect law enforcement. (Updated 5/24/2022)

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

Bill # and Author	Title and Summary	Status of Bill
AB 655 Assembly Member Kalra	California Law Enforcement Accountability Reform Act Current law requires that a candidate for a peace officer position be of good moral character, as determined by a thorough background investigation. This bill would require that background investigation to include an inquiry into whether a candidate for specified peace officer positions has engaged in membership in a hate group, participation in any hate group activity, or advocacy of public expressions of hate, as specified, and as those terms are defined. The bill would provide that certain findings would disqualify a person from employment.	Amended: 1/24/2022 Status: 5/4/2022-Referred to Com. on PUB. S.
AB 662 Assembly Member Rodriguez	Mental health: Office of Suicide Prevention Current law authorizes the Office of Suicide Prevention, if established, to perform certain functions, including, among others, conducting state-level assessment of regional and statewide suicide prevention policies and practices and reporting on progress to reduce rates of suicide. Current law authorizes the office to focus activities on high-risk groups, including youth, Native American youth, older adults, veterans, and LGBTQ people. This bill would authorize the office to additionally conduct local-level assessments of regional suicide prevention policies and practices, and would include emergency medical personnel and firefighters as a high-risk group.	Amended: 5/9/2022 Status: 5/18/2022-Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH
AB 1639 Assembly Member Voepel	Firearms Would require a police officer of the San Diego Unified Port District Harbor Police or a port warden or a port police officer of the Harbor Department of the City of Los Angeles to complete the live-fire training qualification at least twice a year instead of at least once every 6 months in order to be exempt from the prohibitions on unsafe handguns.	Amended: 2/22/2022 Status: 3/8/2022-In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
AB 1836 Assembly Member Maienschein	Peace officers: mental health Would, upon appropriation of funds, establish the Officer Wellness and Mental Health Grant Program within the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training for the purpose of improving officer wellness and expanding mental health resources and suicide prevention. The bill would require the commission to award grants to eligible local law enforcement agencies and local peace officer associations. The bill would require program funds to be used for one or more specified purposes, including the establishment of officer wellness and peer support units and the hiring and retention of licensed mental health professionals.	Introduced: 4/28/2022 Status: 5/19/2022-From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 19). Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
AB 1947 Assembly Member Ting	Hate crimes: law enforcement policies Current law requires any local law enforcement agency that adopts or updates a hate crime policy to include specified information in that policy, including information on bias motivation. Current law requires the Department of Justice to collect specified information relative to hate crimes and to post that information on its internet website. This bill would require each local law enforcement agency to adopt a hate crimes policy. The bill would require those policies to, among other things, include instructions on considering the relevance of specific dates and phrases when recognizing whether an incident is a hate crime, to include a supplemental suspected hate crime form. The bill would require every state and local agency to use specified definitions for the term “protected characteristics.” The bill would require each law enforcement agency to report their hate crime policy to the Department of Justice, as specified. The bill would require the department to post information regarding the compliance and noncompliance of agencies that are required to provide information relative to hate crimes to the department.	Introduced: 5/19/2022 Status: 5/23/2022-Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
AB 2062 Assembly Member Salas	Local law enforcement hiring grants Would, upon appropriation of funds for this purpose in the annual Budget Act and until January 1, 2029, require the Board of State and Community Corrections to establish a grant program to provide $50,000,000 in grants to local law enforcement agencies to incentivize peace officers to work in local law enforcement agencies that are in underserved communities and to live in the communities that they are serving. The bill would require grant funds to be used to provide a 5-year supplement to peace officer salaries in local law enforcement agencies that are in underserved communities that have had a homicide rate higher than the state average for the past 5 years or more and where the peace officer lives within 5 miles of the office in which they work. The bill would require local law enforcement agencies that receive grants to report specified information to the board annually and would require the board to report to the Legislature and the Governor’s office on the efficacy of the program, as prescribed, on or before July 1, 2028.	Introduced: 2/14/2022 Status: 5/20/2022-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(8). (Last location was A. APPR. SUSPENSE FILE on 4/27/2022)
AB 2229 Assembly Member Rivas	Peace officers: minimum standards: bias evaluation Current law requires peace officers in this state to meet specified minimum standards, including, among other requirements, that peace officers be evaluated by a physician and surgeon or psychologist and found to be free from any physical, emotional, or mental condition that might adversely affect the exercise of the powers of a peace officer. This bill would require that evaluation to include bias against race or ethnicity, gender, nationality, religion, disability, or sexual orientation.	Introduced: 2/15/2022 Status: 5/4/2022-Referred to Com. on PUB. S.
AB 2429 Assembly Member Quirk	Commission on Peace Officers Standards and Training: assessment of training requirements. The Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training is required to adopt rules establishing minimum standards relating to physical, mental, and moral fitness governing the recruitment of specified peace officers. This bill would require the commission 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 existing 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, 2025.	Introduced: 4/6//2022 Status:5/23/2022-Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0.)
AB 2537 Assembly Member Gipson	Vehicles: driver education. Would require the Department of Justice, in conjunction with the Department of Motor Vehicles and the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training, to develop and create a video demonstrating the proper conduct by a peace officer and an individual during a traffic stop and to post the video on its internet website.	Amended: 4/7/2022 Status: 5/19/2022-From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 19). Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
AB 2557 Assembly Member Bonta	Peace officers: records Would make records and information obtained from records maintained by an agency or body established by a city, county, city and county, local government entity, state agency, or state department for the purpose of civilian oversight of peace officers subject to disclosure pursuant to the California Public Records Act. The bill would require those records to be redacted only as specified. By increasing duties on local entities, this bill would create a state-mandated local program.	Introduced: 2/17/2022 Status: 4/29/2022-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(5).
AB 2583 Assembly Member Mullin	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. 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: 4/18/2022 Status: 5/20/2022-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(8).
AB 2831 Assembly Member Jones-Sawyer	Sheriffs Current law sets forth the duties of a sheriff and requires a sheriff to command the aid of as many inhabitants of the sheriff’s county as they think necessary in the execution of their duties. This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to that provision.	Introduced: 2/18/2022 Status: 5/6/2022-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(6)
SB 882 Senator Eggman	Advisory Council on Improving Interactions between People with Intellectual and Development Disabilities and Law Enforcement. Would create the Advisory Council on Improving Interactions between People with Intellectual and Development Disabilities and Law Enforcement, under the Department of Justice, to, among other things, evaluate existing training for peace officers specific to interactions between law enforcement and individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The bill would require the council to be composed of 9 members, appointed by the Governor, Senate Committee on Rules, and Speaker of the Assembly, including an individual with an intellectual or developmental disability and a representative from a law enforcement organization. The bill would require the council to meet quarterly beginning July 1, 2023, and would require the council to submit a report including recommendations to the Legislature for improving outcomes of interactions with both individuals who have an intellectual or developmental disability and mental health conditions, as specified.	Introduced: 5/19/2022 Status: 5/23/2022-Read second time. Ordered to third reading
SB 960 Senator Skinner	Public employment: peace officers: citizenship Current law requires peace officers in this state to meet specified minimum standards, including, among other requirements, being at least 18 years of age, being of good moral character, as determined by a thorough background investigation, and being either a citizen of the United States or a permanent resident who is eligible for and has applied for citizenship, except as prescribed. This bill would remove the provision that requires peace officers to either be a citizen of the United States or be a permanent resident who is eligible for and has applied for citizenship, and would make conforming changes.	Amended: 3/10/2022 Status: 5/19/2022-Referred to Com. on PUB. S
SB 1000 Senator Becker	Law enforcement agencies: radio communications. urrent law establishes the California Law Enforcement Telecommunications System (CLETS) to make specified criminal justice databases, including individual criminal histories, wanted and missing persons, and stolen firearms, vehicles, and property, available to participating law enforcement agencies. Current law prohibits unauthorized access to CLETS and the unlawful use of CLETS information by authorized users. Existing law authorizes the Attorney General to adopt policies, procedures, and practices related to the use of CLETS. These rules require a participating agency to restrict access to CLETS and define “access” as the ability to see or hear any information obtained from CLETS. This bill would require a law enforcement agency, including the California Highway Patrol, municipal police departments, county sheriff’s departments, specified local law enforcement agencies, and specified university and college police departments, to, by no later than January 1, 2024, ensure public access to the radio communications of that agency, as specified.	Amended: 5/19/2022 Status: 45/23/2022-Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
SB 1464 Senator Pan	Law enforcement: public health orders Current law requires all sheriffs to execute all lawful orders of a department in their counties. Current law authorizes each sheriff to enforce all orders of the State Department of Public Health or of the local health officer issued for the purpose of preventing the spread of any contagious, infectious, or communicable disease. Current law authorizes each peace officer of every political subdivision of the county to enforce within the area subject to their jurisdiction all orders of the State Department of Public Health or of the local health officer issued for the purpose of preventing the spread of any contagious, infectious, or communicable disease. This bill would instead require those sheriffs and peace officers to enforce those orders. By expanding the duties of local law enforcement, this bill would create a state-mandated local program.	Amended: 4/18/2022 Status: /29/2022-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(5).

Bill # and Author

Title and Summary

Status of Bill

AB 655

Assembly Member Kalra

California Law Enforcement Accountability Reform Act

Current law requires that a candidate for a peace officer position be of good moral character, as determined by a thorough background investigation. This bill would require that background investigation to include an inquiry into whether a candidate for specified peace officer positions has engaged in membership in a hate group, participation in any hate group activity, or advocacy of public expressions of hate, as specified, and as those terms are defined. The bill would provide that certain findings would disqualify a person from employment.

Amended: 1/24/2022

Status: 5/4/2022-Referred to Com. on PUB. S.

AB 662

Assembly Member Rodriguez

Mental health: Office of Suicide Prevention

Current law authorizes the Office of Suicide Prevention, if established, to perform certain functions, including, among others, conducting state-level assessment of regional and statewide suicide prevention policies and practices and reporting on progress to reduce rates of suicide. Current law authorizes the office to focus activities on high-risk groups, including youth, Native American youth, older adults, veterans, and LGBTQ people. This bill would authorize the office to additionally conduct local-level assessments of regional suicide prevention policies and practices, and would include emergency medical personnel and firefighters as a high-risk group.

Amended: 5/9/2022

Status: 5/18/2022-Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH

AB 1639

Assembly Member Voepel

Firearms

Would require a police officer of the San Diego Unified Port District Harbor Police or a port warden or a port police officer of the Harbor Department of the City of Los Angeles to complete the live-fire training qualification at least twice a year instead of at least once every 6 months in order to be exempt from the prohibitions on unsafe handguns.

Amended: 2/22/2022

Status: 3/8/2022-In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.

AB 1836

Assembly Member Maienschein

Peace officers: mental health

Would, upon appropriation of funds, establish the Officer Wellness and Mental Health Grant Program within the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training for the purpose of improving officer wellness and expanding mental health resources and suicide prevention. The bill would require the commission to award grants to eligible local law enforcement agencies and local peace officer associations. The bill would require program funds to be used for one or more specified purposes, including the establishment of officer wellness and peer support units and the hiring and retention of licensed mental health professionals.

Introduced: 4/28/2022

Status: 5/19/2022-From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 19). Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

AB 1947

Assembly Member Ting

Hate crimes: law enforcement policies

Current law requires any local law enforcement agency that adopts or updates a hate crime policy to include specified information in that policy, including information on bias motivation. Current law requires the Department of Justice to collect specified information relative to hate crimes and to post that information on its internet website. This bill would require each local law enforcement agency to adopt a hate crimes policy. The bill would require those policies to, among other things, include instructions on considering the relevance of specific dates and phrases when recognizing whether an incident is a hate crime, to include a supplemental suspected hate crime form. The bill would require every state and local agency to use specified definitions for the term “protected characteristics.” The bill would require each law enforcement agency to report their hate crime policy to the Department of Justice, as specified. The bill would require the department to post information regarding the compliance and noncompliance of agencies that are required to provide information relative to hate crimes to the department.

Introduced: 5/19/2022

Status: 5/23/2022-Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

AB 2062

Assembly Member Salas

Local law enforcement hiring grants

Would, upon appropriation of funds for this purpose in the annual Budget Act and until January 1, 2029, require the Board of State and Community Corrections to establish a grant program to provide $50,000,000 in grants to local law enforcement agencies to incentivize peace officers to work in local law enforcement agencies that are in underserved communities and to live in the communities that they are serving. The bill would require grant funds to be used to provide a 5-year supplement to peace officer salaries in local law enforcement agencies that are in underserved communities that have had a homicide rate higher than the state average for the past 5 years or more and where the peace officer lives within 5 miles of the office in which they work. The bill would require local law enforcement agencies that receive grants to report specified information to the board annually and would require the board to report to the Legislature and the Governor’s office on the efficacy of the program, as prescribed, on or before July 1, 2028.

Introduced: 2/14/2022

Status: 5/20/2022-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(8). (Last location was A. APPR. SUSPENSE FILE on 4/27/2022)

AB 2229

Assembly Member Rivas

Peace officers: minimum standards: bias evaluation

Current law requires peace officers in this state to meet specified minimum standards, including, among other requirements, that peace officers be evaluated by a physician and surgeon or psychologist and found to be free from any physical, emotional, or mental condition that might adversely affect the exercise of the powers of a peace officer. This bill would require that evaluation to include bias against race or ethnicity, gender, nationality, religion, disability, or sexual orientation.

Introduced: 2/15/2022

Status: 5/4/2022-Referred to Com. on PUB. S.

AB 2429

Assembly Member Quirk

Commission on Peace Officers Standards and Training: assessment of training requirements.

The Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training is required to adopt rules establishing minimum standards relating to physical, mental, and moral fitness governing the recruitment of specified peace officers. This bill would require the commission 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 existing 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, 2025.

Introduced: 4/6//2022

Status:5/23/2022-Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0.)

AB 2537

Assembly Member Gipson

Vehicles: driver education.

Would require the Department of Justice, in conjunction with the Department of Motor Vehicles and the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training, to develop and create a video demonstrating the proper conduct by a peace officer and an individual during a traffic stop and to post the video on its internet website.

Amended: 4/7/2022

Status: 5/19/2022-From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 19). Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

AB 2557

Assembly Member Bonta

Peace officers: records

Would make records and information obtained from records maintained by an agency or body established by a city, county, city and county, local government entity, state agency, or state department for the purpose of civilian oversight of peace officers subject to disclosure pursuant to the California Public Records Act. The bill would require those records to be redacted only as specified. By increasing duties on local entities, this bill would create a state-mandated local program.

Introduced: 2/17/2022

Status: 4/29/2022-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(5).

AB 2583

Assembly Member Mullin

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. 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: 4/18/2022

Status: 5/20/2022-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(8).

AB 2831

Assembly Member Jones-Sawyer

Sheriffs

Current law sets forth the duties of a sheriff and requires a sheriff to command the aid of as many inhabitants of the sheriff’s county as they think necessary in the execution of their duties. This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to that provision.

Introduced: 2/18/2022

Status: 5/6/2022-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(6)

SB 882

Senator Eggman

Advisory Council on Improving Interactions between People with Intellectual and Development Disabilities and Law Enforcement.

Would create the Advisory Council on Improving Interactions between People with Intellectual and Development Disabilities and Law Enforcement, under the Department of Justice, to, among other things, evaluate existing training for peace officers specific to interactions between law enforcement and individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The bill would require the council to be composed of 9 members, appointed by the Governor, Senate Committee on Rules, and Speaker of the Assembly, including an individual with an intellectual or developmental disability and a representative from a law enforcement organization. The bill would require the council to meet quarterly beginning July 1, 2023, and would require the council to submit a report including recommendations to the Legislature for improving outcomes of interactions with both individuals who have an intellectual or developmental disability and mental health conditions, as specified.

Introduced: 5/19/2022

Status: 5/23/2022-Read second time. Ordered to third reading

SB 960

Senator Skinner

Public employment: peace officers: citizenship

Current law requires peace officers in this state to meet specified minimum standards, including, among other requirements, being at least 18 years of age, being of good moral character, as determined by a thorough background investigation, and being either a citizen of the United States or a permanent resident who is eligible for and has applied for citizenship, except as prescribed. This bill would remove the provision that requires peace officers to either be a citizen of the United States or be a permanent resident who is eligible for and has applied for citizenship, and would make conforming changes.

Amended: 3/10/2022

Status: 5/19/2022-Referred to Com. on PUB. S

SB 1000

Senator Becker

Law enforcement agencies: radio communications.

urrent law establishes the California Law Enforcement Telecommunications System (CLETS) to make specified criminal justice databases, including individual criminal histories, wanted and missing persons, and stolen firearms, vehicles, and property, available to participating law enforcement agencies. Current law prohibits unauthorized access to CLETS and the unlawful use of CLETS information by authorized users. Existing law authorizes the Attorney General to adopt policies, procedures, and practices related to the use of CLETS. These rules require a participating agency to restrict access to CLETS and define “access” as the ability to see or hear any information obtained from CLETS. This bill would require a law enforcement agency, including the California Highway Patrol, municipal police departments, county sheriff’s departments, specified local law enforcement agencies, and specified university and college police departments, to, by no later than January 1, 2024, ensure public access to the radio communications of that agency, as specified.

Amended: 5/19/2022

Status: 45/23/2022-Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

SB 1464

Senator Pan

Law enforcement: public health orders

Current law requires all sheriffs to execute all lawful orders of a department in their counties. Current law authorizes each sheriff to enforce all orders of the State Department of Public Health or of the local health officer issued for the purpose of preventing the spread of any contagious, infectious, or communicable disease. Current law authorizes each peace officer of every political subdivision of the county to enforce within the area subject to their jurisdiction all orders of the State Department of Public Health or of the local health officer issued for the purpose of preventing the spread of any contagious, infectious, or communicable disease. This bill would instead require those sheriffs and peace officers to enforce those orders. By expanding the duties of local law enforcement, this bill would create a state-mandated local program.

Amended: 4/18/2022

Status: /29/2022-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(5).

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