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THIRD READING
Bill No: AB 1860
Author: V. Manuel Pérez (D)
Amended: 3/20/14 in Assembly
Vote: 21
SENATE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE : 6-0, 6/10/14
AYES: Hancock, Anderson, De León, Knight, Liu, Steinberg
NO VOTE RECORDED: Mitchell
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 77-0, 4/21/14 (Consent) - See last page for
vote
SUBJECT : Peace officers: basic training requirements
SOURCE : Chief Probation Officers of California
DIGEST : This bill establishes that a probation department
that is a certified provider of a specified peace officer
introductory training course on arrests and firearms prescribed
by Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) is not required
to offer the course to the general public.
ANALYSIS :
Existing law:
1. Requires every peace officer, as specified, except those
whose employing agency prohibits the use of firearms, to
satisfactorily complete an introductory POST-prescribed
introductory training course and that satisfactory completion
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of the course is to be demonstrated by passage of an
appropriate POST-developed or approved examination.
2. Requires every peace officer, as specified, to satisfactorily
complete the course described above prior to exercising the
powers of a peace officer, and states that peace officers who
have not satisfactorily completed the introductory training
course do not have peace officer powers until they
satisfactorily complete the course.
3. Requires any person completing the introductory training
course described above who does not become employed as a
peace officer within three years from the date of passing the
examination, or who has a three year or longer break in
service as a peace officer, to pass the examination prior to
exercising peace officer powers, except for any person who
meets any of the following requirements:
A. Is returning to a management position that is at the
second level of supervision or higher;
B. Has successfully requalified for a basic course
through the POST;
C. Has maintained proficiency through teaching the
introductory training course described above;
D. During the break in California service, was
continuously employed as a peace officer in another
state or at the federal level; or
E. Has previously satisfactorily completed the
introductory training course and passed the appropriate
examination; has been appointed as a peace officer, as
specified; and has been continuously employed as a
custodial officer, as defined, by the agency making the
peace officer appointment since completing the
introductory training course.
4. Authorizes POST, notwithstanding any other law, to charge
appropriate fees, not exceeding actual costs, for the
examination required to demonstrate satisfactory completion
of the introductory training course to each applicant who is
not sponsored by a local or other law enforcement agency; is
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not a peace officer employed by, or under consideration for
employment by, a state or local agency, department, or
district; or is not a custodial officer, as defined.
5. Provides that no course can be certified that restricts
attendance to a single agency, unless the purpose of the
course is to improve that agency and attendance by non-agency
personnel jeopardizes the success of the course.
This bill provides that a probation department that is a
certified provider of a specified peace officer introductory
training course on arrests and firearms prescribed by POST is
not required to offer the course to the general public.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: No Local:
No
SUPPORT : (Verified 6/10/14)
Chief Probation Officers of California (source)
AFSCME, Local 685
Los Angeles Probation Officers' Union
Riverside Sheriffs Association
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 77-0, 4/21/14
AYES: Achadjian, Alejo, Allen, Ammiano, Atkins, Bigelow, Bloom,
Bocanegra, Bonilla, Bonta, Bradford, Brown, Buchanan, Ian
Calderon, Campos, Chau, Chávez, Chesbro, Conway, Cooley,
Dababneh, Dahle, Daly, Dickinson, Donnelly, Eggman, Fong, Fox,
Frazier, Beth Gaines, Garcia, Gatto, Gomez, Gonzalez, Gordon,
Gorell, Gray, Grove, Hagman, Hall, Roger Hernández, Holden,
Jones, Jones-Sawyer, Levine, Linder, Logue, Lowenthal,
Maienschein, Mansoor, Medina, Mullin, Muratsuchi, Nazarian,
Nestande, Olsen, Pan, Patterson, Perea, V. Manuel Pérez,
Quirk, Quirk-Silva, Rendon, Ridley-Thomas, Rodriguez, Salas,
Skinner, Stone, Ting, Wagner, Waldron, Weber, Wieckowski,
Wilk, Williams, Yamada, John A. Pérez
NO VOTE RECORDED: Harkey, Melendez, Vacancy
JG:d 6/11/14 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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