BILL NUMBER: AB 1718	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Hertzberg
   (Coauthors:  Assembly Members Kuehl, Longville, Machado, Mazzoni,
Steinberg, and Strom-Martin)

                        JANUARY 3, 2000

   An act to add Section 13515.25 to the Penal Code, relating to
peace officers.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1718, as introduced, Hertzberg.  Peace officers:  advanced
training: mental illness.
   Existing law requires specified categories of law enforcement
officers to meet training standards pursuant to courses of training
certified by the Peace Officers Standards and Training (POST)
program, including a basic training course for law enforcement
officers containing an adequate instruction in the handling of
persons with developmental disabilities or mental illness, or both,
as specified.
   This bill would require every city police officer or deputy
sheriff at a supervisory level or below who is assigned field or
investigative duties to complete, every four years after being
assigned field or investigative duties, an advanced training course
in the handling of persons with developmental disabilities or mental
illness, or both, as specified.  By imposing additional duties on
local agencies, 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, including the creation of a State Mandates Claims Fund
to pay the costs of mandates that do not exceed $1,000,000 statewide
and other procedures for claims whose statewide costs exceed
$1,000,000.
   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 13515.25 is added to the Penal Code, to read:
   13515.25.  Every city police officer or deputy sheriff at a
supervisory level or below who is assigned field or investigative
duties shall, every four years after being assigned field or
investigative duties, complete an advanced training course in the
handling of persons with developmental disabilities or mental
illness, or both, that is consistent with Section 13519.2 and is
certified by the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training.
Completion of the course may be satisfied by telecourse, video
training tape, or other instruction. The training shall, at a
minimum, address relevant laws, mental disabilities, behavior
indicators, confrontation resolution, and any other topics specified
in subdivision (b) of Section 13519.2.
  SEC. 2.  Notwithstanding Section 17610 of the Government Code, 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.  If the statewide cost of the claim for
reimbursement does not exceed one million dollars ($1,000,000),
reimbursement shall be made from the State Mandates Claims Fund.