BILL NUMBER: AB 2626	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Members Jones-Sawyer and Bonta

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2016

   An act to add Section 13519.45 to the Penal Code, relating to
peace officer standards and training.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2626, as introduced, Jones-Sawyer. Commission on Peace Officer
Standards and Training: procedural justice training.
   Existing law establishes the Commission on Peace Officer Standards
and Training and requires it to develop and disseminate guidelines
and training for law enforcement officers, as described.
   This bill would require the commission to develop and disseminate
guidelines and training for peace officers on principled policing,
which would include the subjects of procedural justice and implicit
bias, as defined. The bill would require this training as part of the
basic training course for peace officers. The bill would also
require the commission to develop and disseminate guidelines and
training to train peace officers to teach the course of basic
training on principled policing to other officers in their agencies.
The bill would require the commission to offer the basic principled
policing course and the training course semiannually commencing in
June 2017.
   By requiring additional basic training for peace officers, this
bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
   The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local
agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the
state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that
reimbursement.
   This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates
determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state,
reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to these
statutory provisions.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: yes.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 13519.45 is added to the Penal Code, to read:
   13519.45.  (a) (1) The commission shall develop and disseminate
guidelines and training on principled policing, specifically
procedural justice and implicit bias, for all peace officers
described in subdivision (a) of Section 13510.
   (2) "Procedural justice" means the procedures used by police
officers where citizens are treated fairly and with proper respect as
human beings.
   (3) "Implicit bias" means thoughts or feelings about people of
which one is unaware and can influence one's own and others' actions.

   (4) The course or courses of instruction and the guidelines shall
stress procedural justice as a strategy for improving the
relationship of trust between law enforcement and communities and how
implicit bias can be a barrier to procedural justice.
   (b) The course of basic training for peace officers shall include
adequate instruction on procedural justice and implicit bias in order
to foster mutual respect and cooperation between law enforcement and
communities. The curriculum shall be evidence-based and shall be
developed in consultation with appropriate groups and individuals who
have expertise in procedural justice or implicit bias, including,
but not limited to, law enforcement agencies that have demonstrated
experience in procedural justice or implicit bias training,
university professors who specialize in addressing and reducing
racial and identity bias towards individuals and groups, and
community organizations or members who specialize in civil or human
rights and criminal justice. The course of instruction shall include,
but not be limited to, consideration of each of the following
subjects:
   (1) Procedural justice as a strategy for improving the
relationship of trust between law enforcement agencies and the
communities they are sworn to serve.
   (2) Implicit bias as a barrier to procedural justice.
   (3) Historical and generational effects of policing.
   (4) Interactive nature of policing goals, procedural justice, and
implicit bias.
   (c) The commission shall also develop and disseminate guidelines
and training to train peace officers to be able to effectively teach
the course of basic training on principled policing. The training
course shall be structured so that experts on procedural justice and
implicit bias train small groups from law enforcement agencies to be
able to effectively teach the concepts, principles, and research
behind procedural justice and implicit bias to colleagues within
their departments. Participating law enforcement agencies shall send
at least one police executive and one training officer to the
training course. Law enforcement agencies are encouraged to attend
the training course with at least one community member. Upon
completion of the training course, peace officers from participating
law enforcement agencies shall be certified by the commission to
conduct the course of basic training on principled policing for
colleagues in their respective agencies.
   (d) The commission shall offer the course of basic training on
principled policing and the training course on a semiannual basis in
regional training centers across the state commencing in June 2017.
  SEC. 2.  If the Commission on State Mandates determines that this
act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local
agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant
to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of
the Government Code.