BILL ANALYSIS Ó
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CONSENT
Bill No: SB 1127
Author: Hancock (D), et al.
Amended: 4/6/16
Vote: 21
SENATE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE: 7-0, 4/19/16
AYES: Hancock, Anderson, Glazer, Leno, Liu, Monning, Stone
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE: Senate Rule 28.8
SUBJECT: Commission on Correctional Peace Officer Standards
and Training: Internet Web Site
SOURCE: Author
DIGEST: This bill requires the Commission on Correctional Peace
Officer Standards and Training to establish and maintain a Web
site to be more transparent and accountable to California
Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation employees and also
the public.
ANALYSIS:
Existing law:
1)Establishes the Commission on Correctional Peace Officer
Standards and Training (CPOST), which is composed of six
voting members: three members representing the Department of
Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) where one shall be from
the Division of Juvenile Justice or the Division of
Rehabilitative Programs and three members appointed by the
governor where two members shall be rank-and -file persons
from State Bargaining Unit 6. (Penal Code §13600(A)-(D).)
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2)Establishes CPOST in order to develop, approve and monitor
standards for the selection and training of state correctional
peace officer apprentices. (Penal Code §13601(a).)
3)Authorizes the CDCR to design and deliver training programs,
conduct validation studies, and provide program support, while
CPOST monitors the department's program compliance. (Penal
Code §13601(g).)
This bill adds Section 13605 to the Penal Code, which requires
CPOST to establish and maintain an Internet Web site that will
publish the following in order to promote transparency and
accountability:
1)Meeting minutes, agendas, and related supporting documents.
2)An archive of past meeting minutes, agendas, and related
supporting documents.
3)Documents to provide employees and the public with greater
access to professional development materials.
Background
Effective July 1, 2005, as part of the corrections agency
consolidation, the Corrections Standards Authority (CSA) was
created within the CDCR by bringing together the Board of
Corrections (BOC) and CPOST. The reorganization consolidated the
duties and functions of the BOC and CPOST and entrusted the CSA
with new responsibilities. Legislation associated with the 2011
Budget Act (SB 92, Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee,
Chapter 36, Statutes of 2011) abolished the California Council
on Criminal Justice and also the CSA, assigning their former
duties to the newly created 12-member Board of State and
Community Corrections that commenced on July 1, 2012. SB 92 also
created CPOST specifically to take over the CSA functions of
developing, approving and monitoring standards for the selection
and training of state correctional peace officers and
apprentices.
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Last year, the Senate made the following changes to CPOST
through the Budget:
The Budget reduces the length of the correctional officer
training academy from 16 to 12 weeks and re-establishes CPOST.
CPOST is responsible for developing and monitoring standards
for the selection and training of correctional officers and
will be governed by six members (three from CDCR management
and three from the correctional officers' union) appointed by
the Governor. In addition, the Budget requires CPOST to
regularly consult with experts in the area of correctional
officer training.
As discussed above, CPOST was reestablished last year. The CDCR
Web site currently has a section for CPOST-that section contains
one meeting notice for April 14, 2016, and two agendas for
February 11, 2016, and December 10, 2015. This bill requires
CPOST to publish much more substantial meeting and training
information online, including notes regarding what happens at
these meetings, access to the meetings via live and archived
video and audio meeting clips along with documents that
highlight professional development training and techniques to
current CDCR employees and other members of the public.
FISCAL EFFECT: Appropriation: No Fiscal
Com.:YesLocal: No
SUPPORT: (Verified5/3/16)
Legal Services for Prisoners with Children
OPPOSITION: (Verified5/3/16)
None received
Prepared by:Molly Lao / PUB. S. /
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