POST Monthly Report

April 2022

Keeping you up to date on POST projects

Training Program Services Holds Second Workshop for the Supervisory Course Curriculum Committee

On April 11-14, 2022, the Training Program Services Bureau held the second three-day Supervisory Course Curriculum Update Workshop in Monterey. Representing several presenters, 11 subject matter experts (SMEs) returned for the second workshop, which kicked off with feedback on the updated modules piloted between the two meetings.

The SMEs continued reviewing and updating the instructor guides, PowerPoints, handouts, and videos of seven modules. The California Victim’s Bill of Rights Act of 2008 was updated in the Legal Issues and Internal Affairs module. The following modules have been reviewed; Counseling, Communicating with a Diverse Workforce, Critical Incident Management, Followership, Situational Leadership, Team Building, and Use of Force. The Supervisory Course Expanded Course Outline will be updated to reflect all content changes. In addition, a new module that will satisfy the mandate for California Electronic Communications Privacy Act has been developed. This module will be referred to as Hi-Tech Crimes in the Supervisory Course Network. The Hi-Tech Crimes module was piloted by one of the SMEs from the last workshop, and changes were made to the instructional material based on the feedback of the students. Members of the Supervisory Course Network will receive a notification as the revised content is uploaded.

For questions regarding Supervisory Course Curriculum Development Workshop or the Supervisory Course, please contact Jim Katapodis, Senior Consultant in the Training Program Services Bureau, at (916) 204-5587.

Public Safety Dispatchers’ Basic Course Workshop

On April 5-6, 2022, the Management Counseling and Projects Bureau hosted a two-day workshop with a group of Public Safety Dispatcher SMEs. The focus of this workshop was updating LD 109 - Law Enforcement Telecommunications and LD 111 – Resources/Referral Services. The updates to LD 109 are remarkable, and the group came together to really make sure that dispatchers are given a thorough introduction to California Law Enforcement Telecommunications System (CLETS) in the Basic Course. LD 111 has been updated and will still focus on the resources and referral services that public safety dispatchers provide to citizens when they call in for assistance. Workshops are two days long and take place once a month, either online or in person.

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.

Basic Training Bureau Hosts Recruit Training Officer (RTO) Course in Del Mar, CA

On April 26-29, 2022, Basic Training Bureau facilitated a 24-hour Recruit Training Officer (RTO) Course for Basic Course Presenters. POST Regulation requires all full-time RTOs to complete this course within one year of their appointment to their respective academies.

The RTO Course was facilitated in Del Mar, CA, and included instruction on:

The roles and responsibilities of the RTOs
Legislative mandates, Commission Regulations, and Commission Procedures
Testing protocols and remedial training requirements
Liability and ethics
Communication, counseling, and evaluations
Physical training requirements
Special training issues

In attendance were 26 students representing 20 Basic Course presenters from throughout the state.

For questions or more information about the course, please contact Carrie Hollar, Law Enforcement Consultant in the Basic Training Bureau, at (916) 227-4661.

New Course on the Learning Portal

You communicate every day, and yet it is considered a perishable skill because it is an area that can always be enhanced. A new course that meets the Perishable Skills Program (PSP) called, "PSP: Strategic Communications" , is now available for all POST Learning Portal users.

This course meets the POST PSP Strategic Communications requirement under Regulation 1005.
Upon completion, this course automatically offers four Continuing Professional Training (CPT) credit hours.
Participants will practice strategic communication skills through engaging activities and video-based simulations where participants will make decisions and receive constructive feedback.
To learn more, check out the course information video.

POST would like to thank the many agencies and experts who helped at various stages with the development of this training:

Nicholas Akingbemi, University of California, Irvine Police Department
Jason Farris, Ontario Police Department
Paul Gallo, Long Beach Police Department
Jennifer Hunt, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department
Jennifer Ikemoto, California Department of Fish & Wildlife
Suzee Meno, Alameda Police Department
Heather Mulligan-Gonzalez, Foster City Police Department
Domino Scott-Jackson, Pasadena Police Department
Paul Spriggs, San Bernadino Police Department
Jeff Wright, Ontario Police Department
Jennifer Dwyer, POST
Department of Justice
Racial and Identity Profiling Advisory Board Members
And many other agencies who provided valuable feedback and suggestions

For questions about the course, please contact Rayanne Rogers, Information Technology Specialist in the Learning Technology Resources Bureau, at (916) 227-3912.

New Crowd Management Training Video Released

The Learning Technology Resources Bureau has released its newest training video, Crowd Management, which is designed to enhance the ability of California law enforcement to prepare for, manage, and successfully deal with crowd management incidents of varied proportions. The program begins with the pre-event stages of information gathering and planning, discusses situations commonly found during events, and provides recommendations for better performance on both the agency and personal levels. Program segments cover contemporary concepts of crowd and public protection, the critical value of pre-planning and considerations required in successful planning, concerns regarding first responder wellness, and ensuring officers’ safety and neutrality in all aspects of crowd management incidents. A special segment highlighting the Governor’s Policing and Protests Recommendations is also included.

Available on the POST Learning Portal and eligible for CPT credit, the training video offers two viewing modes, as well as printable instructor and trainee documents for either group-facilitated or individual instruction.

For questions about the course, contact Mike Barnes, Senior Consultant in the Learning Technology Resources Bureau, at (916) 227-3454.

New “Did You Know?” Video Raises Awareness on Duty to Intercede

The Learning Technology Resources Bureau’s newest video in the Did You Know? series highlights the individual ethical and statutorily-mandated policy requirements regarding peace officer intervention during use of force. The video immerses viewers into a variety of scenarios that show officer intervention tactics, reinforcing the importance of developing a law enforcement culture where intervention is encouraged and expected as part of law enforcement's duty to self, profession, and community.

The Did You Know? video series features short vignettes that inform and remind officers to always be vigilant in the delivery of exceptional police services while ensuring safety for themselves, their peers, and the citizens they serve. These dynamic and engaging videos are perfect for roll call and other briefing or training settings and are available to view or download at the POST Learning Portal.

Questions about the video, please contact Mike Barnes, Senior Consultant in the Learning Technology Resources Bureau, at (916) 227-3454.

Training Coordinators Course Presented at POST

On April 20-21, 2022, students attended the 16-hour Training Coordinators Course presented by staff of the Training Delivery and Compliance Bureau and Learning Technology Bureau. The course is designed for training coordinators and managers who are responsible for course certification. In addition to the course certification process and requirements, topics included familiarization with the POST Website, the Learning Portal, POST regulations, updates on POST projects, and compliance inspections.

For more questions about the course, please contact Karen Lozito, Senior Consultant in the Training Delivery and Compliance Bureau, at (916) 227-0471.

Senate Bill 2 Certification Workshops

During the month of April 2022, the POST Senate Bill (SB) 2 Transition Team hosted a series of live online workshops which focused on the legal requirements and regulatory changes pursuant to SB 2. Each workshop discussed specific topic areas which included Hiring and Selection Standards, Certificates and Proofs of Eligibility, Decertification Investigations and Reporting Obligations, and the Decertification Process.

If you were unable to attend a session, the Certification Workshops can be viewed on the POST Website.

Meet the New POST Employees

Gloria A. Agoncillo

Senior Accounting Officer (Specialist)

Administrative Services Bureau

Gloria came to POST from CalFire Accounts Payable. There she processed various invoices from different funds and ran accounts payable related reports using the FisCal system for more than four years.

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 4/22/2022)

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: 2/1/2022-In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
AB 662 Assembly Member Rodriguez	Mental health: dispatch and response protocols: working group Would require the California Health and Human Services Agency to convene a working group, as specified, no later than July 1, 2022, to examine the existing dispatch and response protocols when providing emergency medical services to an individual who may require evaluation and treatment for a mental health disorder. The bill would require the working group to develop recommendations for improvements to those dispatch and response protocols and recommend amendments to existing law, including, but not limited to, the provisions governing involuntarily taking an individual into temporary custody for a mental health evaluation and treatment. The bill would require the working group to submit periodic reports to the Legislature every 6 months to update the Legislature on its progress, and to submit a final report of its recommendations to the Legislature on or before January 1, 2024.	Status: 1/25/2022-In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
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: 3/28/2022 Status: 3/28/2022-Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.
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: 3/24/2022 Status: 3/23/2022-From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR.
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: 3/29/2022-From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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: 4/19/2022-In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
AB 2429 Assembly Member Quirk	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 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:4/7/2022-Re-referred to Com. on APPR
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: 4/19/2022-From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (April 19). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
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: 4/19/2022-Re-referred to Com. on APPR
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: 2/19/2022-From printer. May be heard in committee March 21
SB 882 Senator Eggman	Advisory Council on Improving Interactions between People with Intellectual and Development Disabilities and Law Enforcement. 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). Existing law requires POST to include in its basic training course adequate instruction in the handling of persons with developmental disabilities or mental illness, or both. Current law also requires POST to establish and keep updated a continuing education classroom training course relating to law enforcement interaction with developmentally disabled and mentally ill persons. This bill 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.	Introduced: 3/23/2022 Status: 4/20/2022-April 25 hearing postponed by committee.
SB 960 Senator Skinner	Public employment: peace officers: citizenship Current law establishes the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training within the Department of Justice to perform various functions involving the training of peace officers. 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.	Amended: 3/10/2022 Status: 4/5/2022-Read second time. Ordered to third reading
SB 1000 Senator Becker	Criminal investigation Current law authorizes the Attorney General to appoint agents and other employees as the Attorney General deems necessary. Current law requires all persons employed within the Department of Justice designated as peace officers and performing investigative duties to obtain a certificate from the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training. This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to those provisions.	Introduced: 3/16/2022 Status: 4/19/2022-From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (April 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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.	Introduced: 4/18/2022 Status: 4/19/2022-April 20 set for final hearing canceled at the request of author. April 26 hearing postponed by committee.

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: 2/1/2022-In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

AB 662

Assembly Member Rodriguez

Mental health: dispatch and response protocols: working group

Would require the California Health and Human Services Agency to convene a working group, as specified, no later than July 1, 2022, to examine the existing dispatch and response protocols when providing emergency medical services to an individual who may require evaluation and treatment for a mental health disorder. The bill would require the working group to develop recommendations for improvements to those dispatch and response protocols and recommend amendments to existing law, including, but not limited to, the provisions governing involuntarily taking an individual into temporary custody for a mental health evaluation and treatment. The bill would require the working group to submit periodic reports to the Legislature every 6 months to update the Legislature on its progress, and to submit a final report of its recommendations to the Legislature on or before January 1, 2024.

Status: 1/25/2022-In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

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: 3/28/2022

Status: 3/28/2022-Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.

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: 3/24/2022

Status: 3/23/2022-From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR.

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: 3/29/2022-From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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: 4/19/2022-In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

AB 2429

Assembly Member Quirk

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 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:4/7/2022-Re-referred to Com. on APPR

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: 4/19/2022-From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (April 19). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

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: 4/19/2022-Re-referred to Com. on APPR

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: 2/19/2022-From printer. May be heard in committee March 21

SB 882

Senator Eggman

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

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). Existing law requires POST to include in its basic training course adequate instruction in the handling of persons with developmental disabilities or mental illness, or both. Current law also requires POST to establish and keep updated a continuing education classroom training course relating to law enforcement interaction with developmentally disabled and mentally ill persons. This bill 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.

Introduced: 3/23/2022

Status: 4/20/2022-April 25 hearing postponed by committee.

SB 960

Senator Skinner

Public employment: peace officers: citizenship

Current law establishes the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training within the Department of Justice to perform various functions involving the training of peace officers. 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.

Amended: 3/10/2022

Status: 4/5/2022-Read second time. Ordered to third reading

SB 1000

Senator Becker

Criminal investigation

Current law authorizes the Attorney General to appoint agents and other employees as the Attorney General deems necessary. Current law requires all persons employed within the Department of Justice designated as peace officers and performing investigative duties to obtain a certificate from the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training. This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to those provisions.

Introduced: 3/16/2022

Status: 4/19/2022-From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (April 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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.

Introduced: 4/18/2022

Status: 4/19/2022-April 20 set for final hearing canceled at the request of author. April 26 hearing postponed by committee.

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