ARTICLE 2. Field Services, Standards, and Certification

Heading of Article 2 amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 409, Sec. 10.

§§ 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…