BILL NUMBER: SB 1190	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 10, 2010
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MARCH 22, 2010

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Cedillo

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2010

   An act to amend Section 12002 of the Penal Code, relating to
animal control officers.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1190, as amended, Cedillo. Animal control officers: 
illegal dumping enforcement officers:  baton training.
   Under existing law, animal control officers  and illegal
dumping enforcement officers  are not peace officers but may
exercise the powers of arrest and  , in the case of animal
control officers,  the power to serve warrants if the officers
have completed an introductory course of training prescribed by the
Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training. Under existing
law an animal control officer  or an illegal dumping enforcement
officer  may carry a wooden club or baton if the officer has
completed a course certified by the Department of Consumer Affairs in
the carrying or use of the club or baton.
   This bill would remove the requirement that animal control
officers  and illegal dumping enforcement officers  complete
training certified by the Department of Consumer Affairs in order to
be permitted to carry a club or baton and would instead require the
officers to complete training approved by the Commission on Peace
Officer Standards and Training in the carrying and use of the club or
baton in order to carry a club or baton.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 12002 of the Penal Code is amended to read:
   12002.  (a) Nothing in this chapter prohibits police officers,
special police officers, peace officers, or law enforcement officers
from carrying any wooden club, baton, or any equipment authorized for
the enforcement of law or ordinance in any city or county.
   (b) Nothing in this chapter prohibits a uniformed security guard,
regularly employed and compensated by a person engaged in any lawful
business, while actually employed and engaged in protecting and
preserving property or life within the scope of his or her
employment, from carrying any wooden club or baton if the uniformed
security guard has satisfactorily completed a course of instruction
certified by the Department of Consumer Affairs in the carrying and
use of the club or baton. The training institution certified by the
Department of Consumer Affairs to present this course, whether public
or private, is authorized to charge a fee covering the cost of the
training.
   (c) The Department of Consumer Affairs, in cooperation with the
Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training, shall develop
standards for a course in the carrying and use of the club or baton.
   (d) Any uniformed security guard who successfully completes a
course of instruction under this section is entitled to receive a
permit to carry and use a club or baton within the scope of his or
her employment, issued by the Department of Consumer Affairs. The
department may authorize certified training institutions to issue
permits to carry and use a club or baton. A fee in the amount
provided by law shall be charged by the Department of Consumer
Affairs to offset the costs incurred by the department in course
certification, quality control activities associated with the course,
and issuance of the permit.
   (e) Any person who has received a permit or certificate which
indicates satisfactory completion of a club or baton training course
approved by the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training
prior to January 1, 1983, shall not be required to obtain a baton or
club permit or complete a course certified by the Department of
Consumer Affairs.
   (f) Any person employed as a county sheriff's or police security
officer, as defined in Section 831.4, shall not be required to obtain
a club or baton permit or to complete a course certified by the
Department of Consumer Affairs in the carrying and use of a club or
baton, provided that the person completes a course approved by the
Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training in the carrying
and use of the club or baton, within 90 days of employment.
   (g) Nothing in this chapter prohibits an animal control officer,
 as described in Section 830.9, from carrying any wooden club
or baton if the animal control officer has satisfactorily completed
the course of training approved by the Commission on Peace Officer
Standards and Training in the carrying and use of the club or baton
pursuant to subdivision (f). A training institution approved by the
commission to present this course, whether public or private, is
authorized to charge a fee covering the cost of the training.

    (h)     Nothing in this
chapter prohibits an illegal dumping enforcement officer, as
described in Section 830.7, from carrying any wooden club or baton if
the illegal dumping enforcement officer has satisfactorily completed
a course of instruction certified by the Department of Consumer
Affairs in the carrying and use of the club or baton. The training
institution certified by the Department of Consumer Affairs to
present this course, whether public or private, is authorized to
charge a fee covering the cost of the training.   as
described in Section 830.9, or an illegal dumping enforcement
officer, as described in Section 830.7, from carrying any wooden club
or baton if the animal control officer or illegal dumping
enforcement officer has satisfactorily completed the course of
instruction certified by the Commission on Peace Officer Standards
and Training in the carrying and use of the club or baton. The
training institution certified by the Commission on Peace Officer
Standards and Training   to present this course, whether
public or private, is authorized to charge a fee covering the cost of
the training.