BILL NUMBER: AB 991	CHAPTERED  09/30/03

	CHAPTER  624
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 30, 2003
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 30, 2003
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  SEPTEMBER 9, 2003
	PASSED THE SENATE  SEPTEMBER 4, 2003
	AMENDED IN SENATE  SEPTEMBER 2, 2003
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JULY 10, 2003
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 2, 2003
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 2, 2003

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Negrete McLeod

                        FEBRUARY 20, 2003

   An act to add Section 13514.1 to the Penal Code, relating to peace
officer training.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 991, Negrete McLeod.  Peace officer training.
   Existing provisions of law require the Commission on Peace Officer
Standards and Training to provide various courses of training for
peace officers.
   This bill would require the Commission on Peace Officer Standards
and Training to establish standardized training recommendations and
guidelines for Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) teams, as
specified, that would be available for use by law enforcement
agencies that conduct SWAT operations.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  Section 13514.1 is added to the Penal Code, to read:
   13514.1.  (a) On or before July 1, 2005, the commission shall
develop and disseminate guidelines and standardized training
recommendations for all law enforcement officers, supervisors, and
managers whose agency assigns them to perform, supervise, or manage
Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) operations.  The guidelines and
standardized training recommendations shall be available for use by
law enforcement agencies that conduct SWAT operations.
   (b) The training and guidelines shall be developed in consultation
with law enforcement officers, the Attorney General's office,
supervisors, and managers, SWAT trainers, legal advisers, and others
selected by the commission.  Development of the training and
guidelines shall include consideration of the recommendations
contained in the Attorney General's Commission on Special Weapons and
Tactics (S.W.A.T.) Final Report of 2002.
   (c) The standardized training recommendations shall at a minimum
include initial training requirements for SWAT operations, refresher
or advanced training for experienced SWAT members, and supervision
and management of SWAT operations.
   (d) The guidelines shall at minimum address legal and practical
issues of SWAT operations, personnel selection, fitness requirements,
planning, hostage negotiation, tactical issues, safety, rescue
methods, after-action evaluation of operations, logistical and
resource needs, uniform and firearms requirements, risk assessment,
policy considerations, and multijurisdictional SWAT operations.
   (e) The guidelines shall provide procedures for approving the
prior training of officers, supervisors, and managers that meet the
standards and guidelines developed by the commission pursuant to this
section, in order to avoid duplicative training.