TITLE 4. STANDARDS AND TRAINING OF LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS [13500. - 13553.]
Title 4 added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1823.
§§ 13500–13553 · 89 sections
CHAPTER 1. Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training §§ 13500–13553 · 89 sections
ARTICLE 1. Administration §§ 13500–13509.6 · 14 sections
- § 13500 (a) There is in the Department of Justice a Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training, hereafter referred to in this chapter as the commission. The…
- § 13501 The Governor shall designate the chair of the commission from among the members of the commission. The person designated as the chair shall serve at the…
- § 13502 Members of the commission shall receive no compensation, but shall be reimbursed for their actual and necessary travel expenses incurred in the performance of…
- § 13503 In carrying out its duties and responsibilities, the commission shall have all of the following powers: (a) To meet at those times and places as it may deem…
- § 13503.1 (a) Commission employees, prospective employees, appointees, volunteers, contractors, and subcontractors, whose job duties require access to criminal offender…
- § 13503.5 (a) Commencing February 1, 2020, and each year thereafter, the commission shall submit an annual report to the Legislature, in compliance with Section 9795 of…
- § 13504 The Attorney General shall, so far as compatible with other demands upon the personnel in the Department of Justice, make available to the commission the…
- § 13505 In exercising its functions, the commission shall endeavor to minimize costs of administration so that a maximum of funds will be expended for the purpose of…
- § 13506 The commission may adopt those regulations as are necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter.
- § 13507 As used in this chapter, “district” means any of the following: (a) A regional park district. (b) A district authorized by statute to maintain a police…
- § 13507.1 As used in this chapter, “joint powers agency” means any agency, entity, or authority formed pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with Section 6500) of Chapter 5…
- § 13508 (a) The commission shall do each of the following: (1) Establish a learning technology laboratory that would conduct pilot projects with regard to needed…
- § 13509.5 (a) There is within the commission a Peace Officer Standards Accountability Division, hereafter referred to in this chapter as the division. (b) The primary…
- § 13509.6 (a) No later than January 1, 2023, the Governor shall establish the Peace Officer Standards Accountability Advisory Board, hereafter referred to in this…
ARTICLE 2. Field Services, Standards, and Certification §§ 13510–13519.15 · 59 sections
- § 13510 (a) (1) For the purpose of raising the level of competence of local law enforcement officers, the commission shall adopt, and may from time to time amend,…
- § 13510.06 Notwithstanding any other law, information that identifies the testing results of a particular student of a regular basic course of peace officer training is…
- § 13510.1 (a) The commission shall establish a certification program for peace officers described in Section 830.1, 830.2 with the exception of those described in…
- § 13510.2 Any person who knowingly commits any of the following acts is guilty of a misdemeanor, and for each offense is punishable by a fine of not more than one…
- § 13510.3 (a) The commission shall establish, by December 31, 1997, and in consultation with representatives of law enforcement organizations, a voluntary professional…
- § 13510.4 (a) A peace officer trainee who, based on the commission’s investigative findings, knowingly cheats, assists in cheating, or aids, abets, or knowingly conceals…
- § 13510.5 For the purpose of maintaining the level of competence of state law enforcement officers, the commission shall adopt, and may, from time to time amend, rules…
- § 13510.6 (a) The commission shall establish a definition of “biased conduct” that, at a minimum, includes all of the following: (1) Biased conduct includes any conduct,…
- § 13510.7 (a) Whenever any person holding a certificate issued pursuant to Section 13510.1 is determined to be disqualified from holding office or being employed as a…
- § 13510.8 (a) (1) The commission shall revoke the certification of a certified peace officer if the person is or has become ineligible to hold office as a peace officer…
- § 13510.85 (a) (1) When, upon the completion of a serious misconduct investigation conducted pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 13510.8, the division finds reasonable…
- § 13510.9 (a) Beginning January 1, 2023, any agency employing peace officers shall report to the commission within 10 days, in a form specified by the commission, any of…
- § 13511 (a) In establishing standards for training, the commission shall, so far as consistent with the purposes of this chapter, permit required training to be…
- § 13511.1 (a) The commission, stakeholders from law enforcement, including representatives of law enforcement administration and law enforcement employees, the…
- § 13511.3 The commission may evaluate and approve pertinent training previously completed by any jurisdiction’s law enforcement officers as meeting current training…
- § 13511.5 Each applicant for admission to a basic course of training certified by the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training that includes the carrying and…
- § 13512 (a) The commission shall make such inquiries as may be necessary to determine whether every city, county, city and county, and district receiving state aid…
- § 13513 Upon the request of a local jurisdiction, the commission shall provide a counseling service to such local jurisdiction for the purpose of improving the…
- § 13514 The commission shall prepare a course of instruction for the training of peace officers in the use of tear gas. Such course of instruction may be given, upon…
- § 13514.1 (a) On or before July 1, 2005, the commission shall develop and disseminate guidelines and standardized training recommendations for all law enforcement…
- § 13514.5 (a) The commission shall implement on or before July 1, 1999, a course or courses of instruction for the training of law enforcement officers in the handling…
- § 13515 (a) Every city police officer or deputy sheriff at a supervisory level and below who is assigned field or investigative duties shall complete an elder and…
- § 13515.25 (a) The Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training shall establish and keep updated a continuing education classroom training course relating to law…
- § 13515.26 (a) The commission shall review the training module in the regular basic course relating to persons with a mental illness, intellectual disability, or…
- § 13515.27 (a) The commission shall establish and keep updated a classroom-based continuing training course that includes instructor-led active learning, such as…
- § 13515.28 (a) (1) The commission shall require the field training officers who provide instruction in the field training program to have at least eight hours of crisis…
- § 13515.29 (a) The commission shall establish and keep updated a field training officer course relating to competencies of the field training program and police training…
- § 13515.295 (a) The commission shall, by May 1, 2016, conduct a review and evaluation of the required competencies of the field training program and police training…
- § 13515.30 (a) By July 1, 2015, the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training shall establish and keep updated a continuing education training course relating to…
- § 13515.35 (a) The commission shall, upon the next regularly scheduled review of a training module relating to persons with disabilities, create and make available on DVD…
- § 13515.36 (a) The commission shall meet with the Department of Veterans Affairs and community, local, or other state organizations and agencies that have expertise in…
- § 13515.40 (a) The commission, in consultation with subject matter experts, including, but not limited to, law enforcement agencies, the Department of Justice Missing and…
- § 13515.55 Every city police officer or deputy sheriff at a supervisory level who is assigned field or investigative duties shall complete a high technology crimes and…
- § 13516 (a) The commission shall prepare guidelines establishing standard procedures which may be followed by police agencies in the investigation of sexual assault…
- § 13516.5 (a) The commission shall develop and implement a course or courses of instruction for the training of peace officers in California on commercial sexual…
- § 13517 (a) The commission shall prepare guidelines establishing standard procedures which may be followed by police agencies in the detection, investigation, and…
- § 13517.5 The commission shall prepare guidelines establishing standard procedures which may be followed by police agencies and prosecutors in interviewing minor…
- § 13517.7 (a) The commission shall develop guidelines and training for use by state and local law enforcement officers to address issues related to child safety when a…
- § 13518 (a) Every city police officer, sheriff, deputy sheriff, marshal, deputy marshal, peace officer member of the Department of the California Highway Patrol, and…
- § 13518.1 In order to prevent the spread of communicable disease, a law enforcement agency employing peace officers described in subdivision (a) of Section 13518 may…
- § 13518.5 (a) Each peace officer in California who meets the criteria specified in subdivision (b) shall complete a course in basic maritime operations for law…
- § 13519 (a) The commission shall implement by January 1, 1986, a course or courses of instruction for the training of law enforcement officers in California in the…
- § 13519.05 (a) The commission shall implement by January 1, 2002, a course or courses of instruction for the training of law enforcement officers in California in the…
- § 13519.07 (a) The Department of Justice shall make accessible to law enforcement agencies, via a department bulletin and the California Law Enforcement Web, the…
- § 13519.1 (a) The commission shall implement by July 1, 1988, a course or courses of instruction for the training of law enforcement officers and law enforcement…
- § 13519.2 (a) The commission shall, on or before July 1, 1990, include in the basic training course for law enforcement officers, adequate instruction in the handling of…
- § 13519.3 (a) Effective July 1, 1990, the commission shall establish, for those peace officers specified in subdivision (a) of Section 13510 who are assigned to patrol…
- § 13519.4 (a) The commission shall develop and disseminate guidelines and training for all peace officers in California as described in subdivision (a) of Section 13510…
- § 13519.41 (a) The commission shall develop and implement a course of training regarding sexual orientation and gender identity minority groups in this state. In…
- § 13519.5 The commission shall, on or before July 1, 1991, implement a course or courses of instruction to provide ongoing training to the appropriate peace officers on…
- § 13519.6 (a) (1) The commission, in consultation with subject-matter experts, including, but not limited to, law enforcement agencies, civil rights groups, and academic…
- § 13519.64 (a) The Legislature finds and declares that research, including “Special Report to the Legislature on Senate Resolution 18: Crimes Committed Against Homeless…
- § 13519.7 (a) On or before August 1, 1994, the commission shall develop complaint guidelines to be followed by city police departments, county sheriffs’ departments,…
- § 13519.8 (a) (1) The commission shall implement a course or courses of instruction for the regular and periodic training of law enforcement officers in the handling of…
- § 13519.9 (a) On or before January 1, 1995, the commission shall establish the Robert Presley Institute of Criminal Investigation which will make available to criminal…
- § 13519.10 (a) (1) The commission shall implement a course or courses of instruction for the regular and periodic training of law enforcement officers in the use of force…
- § 13519.12 (a) Pursuant to Section 13510, the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training shall establish training standards and develop a course of instruction…
- § 13519.14 (a) The commission shall implement by January 1, 2007, a course or courses of instruction for the training of law enforcement officers in California in the…
- § 13519.15 The commission shall prepare guidelines establishing standard procedures which may be followed by law enforcement agencies in the investigation and reporting…
ARTICLE 3. Peace Officers’ Training Fund and Allocations Therefrom §§ 13520–13526.3 · 9 sections
- § 13520 (a) There is hereby created in the State Treasury a Peace Officers’ Training Fund, which is hereby appropriated, without regard to fiscal years, exclusively…
- § 13522 Any city, county, city and county, district, or joint powers agency, that desires to receive state aid pursuant to this chapter shall make application to the…
- § 13523 (a) The commission shall annually allocate and the State Treasurer shall periodically pay from the State Penalty Fund, at intervals specified by the…
- § 13524 Any county wishing to receive state aid pursuant to this chapter for the training of regularly employed and paid inspectors and investigators of a district…
- § 13525 Any city, county, city and county, district, or joint powers agency which desires to receive state aid pursuant to this chapter for the training of regularly…
- § 13526 An allocation shall not be made from the State Penalty Fund, pursuant to this article, to a local government agency if the agency was not entitled to receive…
- § 13526.1 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature in adding this section that effect be given to amendments made by Chapter 950 of the Statutes of 1989. The Legislature…
- § 13526.2 Notwithstanding Section 13526, for the purposes of this chapter, the housing authority police departments of the City of Los Angeles and the City of Oakland…
- § 13526.3 Notwithstanding Section 13526, for the purposes of this chapter, joint powers agencies formed pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with Section 6500) of Chapter 5…
ARTICLE 4. Peace Officers §§ 13540–13542 · 3 sections
- § 13540 (a) Any person or persons desiring peace officer status under Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section 830) of Title 3 of Part 2 who, on January 1, 1990, were not…
- § 13541 (a) Any study undertaken under this article shall include, but shall not be limited to, the current and proposed duties and responsibilities of persons…
- § 13542 (a) In order for the commission to give a favorable recommendation as to a change in designation to peace officer status, the person or persons desiring the…
ARTICLE 5. Local Law Enforcement Accreditation §§ 13550–13553 · 4 sections
- § 13550 For the purposes of this article the following terms apply: (a) “Local law enforcement” means city police and county sheriffs’ departments. (b) “Accreditation”…
- § 13551 (a) The Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training shall develop regulations and professional standards for the law enforcement accreditation program…
- § 13552 (a) Participation in this accreditation program is limited to police departments, sheriffs’ departments, and the California Highway Patrol. Other law…
- § 13553 Nothing in this article shall prohibit a law enforcement agency from establishing standards that exceed the minimum accreditation standards set by the…