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SB-366 Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training.(1997-1998)

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Senate Bill No. 366
CHAPTER 117

An act to add Section 13510.6 to the Penal Code, relating to peace officers, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.

[ Filed with Secretary of State  July 28, 1997. Approved by Governor  July 27, 1997. ]

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


SB 366, Hughes. Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training.
(1)  Existing law requires the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training, for the purpose of raising the level of competence of local law enforcement officers, to adopt rules establishing minimum standards relating to the physical, mental, and moral fitness that shall govern the recruitment of these officers.
This bill would require the commission to review minimum training and selection standards for peace officers who are employed by a school district and members of a security or police department of a school district, and to report its findings and recommendations to the Legislature by January 1, 1998.
(2)  Existing law authorizes state aid from the Peace Officers’ Training Fund to be provided for training expenses of full-time regularly paid peace officer employees of eligible agencies from cities, counties, or districts.
This bill would provide that money appropriated in a specific item of the Budget Act of 1996 for the training program for law enforcement personnel operated by the Simon Weisenthal Center-Museum of Tolerance shall be allocated to eligible agencies for reimbursement of training expenses for regular and sworn officers and nonsworn personnel who have contact with the public, if the center gives priority to training sworn officers. (3)  This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:


SECTION 1.

 The Legislature recognizes the importance of school safety and finds there is a need to ensure that professional standards are being maintained as school districts establish school police departments at an increasing rate.

SEC. 2.

 Section 13510.6 is added to the Penal Code, to read:

13510.6.
 The commission shall review minimum training and selection standards for peace officers, as defined in Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section 830) of Title 3 of Part 2, who are employed by a school district, and members of a security or police department of a school district, as described in Section 39670 of the Education Code. The commission shall report its findings and recommendations to the Legislature by January 1, 1998.

SEC. 3.

 Money appropriated in Item 8120-012-0268 of the Budget Act of 1996 (Chapter 162, Statutes of 1996) for the training program for law enforcement personnel operated by the Simon Weisenthal Center-Museum of Tolerance shall be allocated to eligible agencies for reimbursement of training expenses for regular and sworn officers and nonsworn personnel who have contact with the public, if the center gives priority to training sworn officers.

SEC. 4.

 This act is an urgency statute necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety within the meaning of Article IV of the Constitution and shall go into immediate effect. The facts constituting the necessity are:
In order to establish statewide standards and require certification by the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training for all persons employed by school districts acting or serving as peace officers at the earliest possible time, it is necessary that this act take effect immediately.