POST Monthly Report

August 2022

Keeping you up to date on POST projects

Peace Officer Standards Accountability Division (POSAD) Began Presenting Workshops Related to Implementation of Senate Bill 2

This month, the Peace Officer Standards Accountability Division (POSAD) began presenting workshops related to implementation of Senate Bill (SB) 2. Our first two workshops were held on August 10, and August 17, 2022, at Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) headquarters in West Sacramento. Next month, our team will begin presenting these workshops throughout the state. This fall, POSAD will host another series of online webinars to provide additional information to those who cannot make it to a workshop or want an update on the implementation of SB 2. More information about SB 2 and/or the workshops can be found on the POST Website.

Basic Training Bureau hosted a Scenario Management Course, in Orange, CA

On August 2 - 5, 2022, the Basic Training Bureau (BTB) hosted a 24-hour Scenario Management Course in Orange, CA. This course is required for basic academy scenario managers prior to their scenario testing management. During the course, attendees received instruction on topics such as scenario competencies, test development, testing process, remedial training requirements, and scenario test security protocols.

Questions regarding the Scenario Management Course may be directed to Jennifer Hardesty, Staff Services Manager I (Specialist) in the Basic Training Bureau, at (916) 227-3917.

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

On August 16 - 19, 2022, the BTB 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 Folsom, 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; and special training issues.

If you are interested in more information, please contact Carrie Hollar, Bureau Chief of the Basic Training Bureau, at (916) 227-4661.

San Diego Regional Public Safety Training Institute BCCR

The BTB recently conducted a Basic Course Certification Review (BCCR) of the San Diego Regional Public Safety Training Institute.

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. POST ensures all certified Basic Course presenters are in compliance with the Penal and Government Codes related to POST, Commission Regulations, Commission Procedures, and the Training and Testing Specifications (TTS).

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

Investigation of Child Physical Abuse and Neglect, Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation Guidelines

On August 18, 2022, the new Investigation of Child Physical Abuse and Neglect, Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation Guidelines were published and made accessible on the POST Website. These guidelines include law enforcement’s response to, and treatment of, victims of these crimes. These guidelines have also been updated to incorporate changes in the law and changes in investigative procedures. POST thanks the team of subject matter experts who contributed to the update of these guidelines.

Questions regarding the new Investigation of Child Physical Abuse and Neglect, Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation Guidelines may be directed to Gerald Fernandez, Law Enforcement Consultant in the Training Program Services Bureau, (916) 227-3933.

ICI Detective Symposium (Virtual) – Request for Workshop Hosts

On May 16 - 18, 2023, a virtual Robert Presley Institute of Criminal Investigation (ICI) Detective Symposium will be offered, tuition-free, to California detectives and criminal investigators from POST participating agencies. The previous virtual version of the symposium, held in May 2021, was a significant success and attended remotely by more than 1,600 individuals. This time, to further maximize the pool and quality of potential workshops offered during the symposium while meeting the needs of the field, all POST participating agencies interested in hosting one of the virtual workshops are encouraged to submit an application to POST by completing a brief survey, no later than November 16, 2022. Examples of workshops can include a case study, an investigative technique, an investigative resource, or anything else that would provide a training benefit to California detectives and criminal investigators.

For questions regarding the ICI Detective Symposium (Virtual) you may contact Gerald Fernandez, Law Enforcement Consultant in the Training Program Services Bureau, at (916) 227-3933.

BTB Implements New Secure Network and Discussion Board for Field Training Officers

On August 1, 2022, the BTB implemented a new Secure Network and Discussion Board for Field Training Officers (FTO) statewide. The goal of this network is to provide a virtual collaboration space for POST FTOs. In this network, FTOs will be able to pose questions and interact with each other on the FTO Discussion Board, as well as share information and documents of joint interest. Access must be requested prior to viewing and contributing to this network.

This network and discussion board rollout was officially shared with Field Training Program Managers and Coordinators statewide through POST PASS on August 1, 2022. The BTB sent out instructions regarding accessing the Secure Network and Discussion Board on August 1, 2022. An announcement will also be available and posted as a “POST News” blurb on the POST Website for selected audiences; it will be posted and viewable there from August 8 - December 31, 2022.

For questions regarding the network or discussion board, you may contact Stephen Crawford, Senior Law Enforcement Consultant in the Basic Training Bureau, at (916) 227-4957.

New “Under the Influence” Training Video Released

POST has released its newest training video, Under the Influence, which is designed to enhance California law enforcement personnel’s initial investigation of under the influence (drugs) cases. With a focus on patrol’s response to the drugs and substances commonly encountered by officers in the field, the program covers specific topics of inhalants, cannabis and hallucinogens, polydrug use, PCP, and stimulants. Officer safety concerns and evidentiary aspects, along with a special section on legal considerations, are also included.

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

Questions about this training video may be directed to Mike Barnes or Ron Crook in the Learning Technology Resources Bureau, at (916) 227-4889.

A Newly Updated Course on the POST Learning Portal

The updated Law Enforcement Response to Terrorism (LERT) course on the POST Learning Portal will help you answer these questions: Do you know some of the indicators of terrorist activity? Do you know how to report this information? Can you think like a terrorist? Learn this information and more in this highly interactive course.

- This is a one-time refresher/update training per POST Specialized Training Requirements, Law Enforcement Response to Terrorism (LERT), and Regulation 1081.
- It takes about two hours to complete and offers eight CPT credits.
- Participants will learn to recognize, report, and respond to terrorist threats through case studies and interactions.
- Learn more about Law Enforcement Response to Terrorism (LERT).

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

- Herb Brown, Central California Intelligence Center
- Remon Girgis, Joint Regional Intelligence Center
- Kevin Givens, Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office
- Claude Jubran, Federal Bureau of Investigation Task Force San Diego, and California Highway Patrol
- Doug Lee, Public Safety Chief, City of Lincoln (retired)
- Tony Lukin, California Specialized Training Institute and California Governor's Office of Emergency Services
- Heather Mulligan-Gonzalez, Foster City Police Department
- Duane Tadlock, California State Lottery
- Jeffery Williams, South Bay Regional Public Communications Authority
- And many other agencies provided valuable testing, feedback, and suggestions.

Questions about the Law Enforcement Response to Terrorism course may be directed to Rayanne Rogers, Information Technology Specialist in the Learning Technology Resources Bureau, at (916) 227-3912.

Public Safety Dispatchers’ Basic Course Workshop

On August 9 - 10, 2022, POST hosted a two-day workshop with a group of subject matter experts to update LD112 – Critical Incidents. Additionally, the group of experts designed the curriculum for a brand-new learning domain addressing Terrorism and Extremist Group Awareness. The amount of work done by this group will have a positive impact on future Public Safety Dispatchers.

Only two more workshops are planned to update the POST Public Safety Dispatchers’ Basic Course. 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.

Meet the New POST Employees

Annemarie Del Mugnaio

Assistant Executive Director

Standards Accountability Division

Annemarie has over 26 years of public service, where she has held several leadership roles and served as the Executive Director for the Commission on Correctional Peace Officer Standards and Training. Annemarie began her state career in 1996 at the Department of Consumer Affairs where she spent over twenty years working as an Executive Officer managing regulatory and enforcement matters related to licensed health care practitioners. Annemarie is engaged to her fiancé Brian and together they have three children. Annemarie enjoys hiking and spending as much time in the mountains as possible. Annemarie joined POST on August 1, 2022, as the Assistant Executive Director of Peace Officer Standards Accountability Division.

Sarah Wallace

Staff Services Manager III

Intake and Disposition Bureau, Standards Accountability Division

Sarah began her state career in 2008 at the Dental Board of California within the Department of Consumer Affairs. She has over 14 years of experience working for a consumer protection regulatory agency assuring initial and continued competence of licensees through licensure, investigation of consumer complaints, and administrative discipline of licensees found in violation of statutory and regulatory requirements. Sarah served as the Dental Board’s Assistant Executive Officer from 2014 to 2021, and as the Interim Executive Officer from December 2021 to August 2022. Sarah joined POST in August as Bureau Chief of the Intake and Disposition Bureau.

Andrew Castillo

Staff Services Analyst

Certification Bureau, Standards Accountability Division

Andrew Castillo comes to us from San Joaquin County Sheriff’s Office where he worked as a Correctional Officer for approximately 6 years. Prior to corrections, Andrew worked in the Sacramento area at a local parks and recreation district as well as an intern with the CA Fair Political Practices Commission during his undergrad at California State University, Sacramento.

Janel Lovato

Accounting Officer (Specialist)

Administrative Services Bureau

Janel comes to us from Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) where she served as a Staff Services Analyst. Prior to DHCS, Janel worked for Cal Fire. Janel is assigned as an Accounting Officer Specialist in the Administrative Services Bureau.

Legislative Update

Status of Current Legislation

The following is a list of the legislation POST is monitoring during the 2021-22 legislative session. This is not a complete list of legislation that could affect law enforcement. (Updated 8/17/2022)

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: 8/11/2022-From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 11). Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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: 5/6/2022-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(6). (Last location was A. PUB. S. on 1/20/2022)
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: 8/12/2022-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(15). (Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE FILE on 8/2/2022)
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.	Amended: 8/11/2022 Status: 8/15/2022-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.	Amended: 8/4/2022 Status: 8/8/2022-Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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: 8/12/2022-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(15). (Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE FILE on 8/2/2022)
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: 8/11/2022 Status: 8/15/2022-Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
AB 2547 Assembly Member Nazarian	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 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. 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.	Amended: 6/16/2022 Status: 8/12/2022-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(15). (Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE FILE on 8/2/2022)
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, upon appropriation by the Legislature, 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. The bill would repeal these provisions as of July 1, 2026.	Introduced: 8/15/2022 Status: 8/16/2022-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 provide that those standards shall be interpreted and applied consistent with federal law and regulations, as specified. The 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 instead require peace officers be legally authorized to work in the United States, and make conforming changes.	Amended: 8/8/2022 Status: 8/15/2022-Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
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: 8/12/2022-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(15). (Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE FILE on 8/3/2022)
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: 4/29/2022-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: 8/11/2022-From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 11). Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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: 5/6/2022-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(6). (Last location was A. PUB. S. on 1/20/2022)

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: 8/12/2022-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(15). (Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE FILE on 8/2/2022)

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.

Amended: 8/11/2022

Status: 8/15/2022-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.

Amended: 8/4/2022

Status: 8/8/2022-Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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: 8/12/2022-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(15). (Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE FILE on 8/2/2022)

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: 8/11/2022

Status: 8/15/2022-Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

AB 2547

Assembly Member Nazarian

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 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. 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.

Amended: 6/16/2022

Status: 8/12/2022-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(15). (Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE FILE on 8/2/2022)

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, upon appropriation by the Legislature, 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. The bill would repeal these provisions as of July 1, 2026.

Introduced: 8/15/2022

Status: 8/16/2022-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 provide that those standards shall be interpreted and applied consistent with federal law and regulations, as specified. The 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 instead require peace officers be legally authorized to work in the United States, and make conforming changes.

Amended: 8/8/2022

Status: 8/15/2022-Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.

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: 8/12/2022-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(15). (Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE FILE on 8/3/2022)

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

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