BILL NUMBER:  AB 1968
  VETOED	DATE: 09/30/2012




To the Members of the California State Assembly:

I am returning Assembly Bill 1968 without my signature.

This bill requires a chief probation officer to develop and implement
an official policy covering the arming of deputy probation officers.

I am sympathetic to what the proponents are trying to accomplish by
this bill. But since local circumstances differ, I am reluctant to
force this matter from the state level. The chief probation officers
are closer and better situated to make the decision. The principles
of subsidiarity apply.

Sincerely,



Edmund G. Brown Jr.