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(a) (1) The Legislature finds and declares that peace officers of the state correctional system, including youth and adult correctional facilities, have a role in the criminal justice system that has been previously ignored in terms of creation and application of sound selection criteria for applicants and their training prior to assuming their duties. For the purposes of this section, correctional peace officers are peace officers as defined in Section 830.5 and employed by the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.(2) The Legislature further finds that sound applicant selection and training are essential to public safety and in carrying out the missions of the department in the custody
and care of the state’s offender population. The greater degree of professionalism which will result from sound screening criteria and a significant training curriculum will greatly aid the department in maintaining smooth, efficient, and safe operations and effective programs in the department.
(b) There is within the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation a Commission on Correctional Peace Officer Standards and Training, hereafter referred to as CPOST.
(c) (1) The executive board of CPOST shall be composed of seven voting members.
(A) Three members from, appointed by, and representing the management of, the department.
(B) Three members from, appointed by, and representing the membership of, the California Correctional Peace Officers’ Association. Two members shall be rank and file persons from State Bargaining Unit 6 and one member shall be supervisory.
(C) One member with at least five years’ experience in a higher education environment providing instruction in either corrections or employee training. This member shall be selected as follows:
(i) Within three months of appointment, the group of three members appointed pursuant to subparagraph (A) and the group of three members appointed pursuant to subparagraph (B) shall each nominate five persons who are qualified to be appointed as a member pursuant to subparagraph (C).
(ii) The
group of three members appointed pursuant to subparagraph (A) and the group of three members appointed pursuant to subparagraph (B) shall alternatively strike one name from the combined list of 10 nominees. The last name remaining shall be the seventh member and shall serve a term of three years. The order in which the group appointed pursuant to subparagraph (A) and the group appointed pursuant to subparagraph (B) strike names from the list shall initially be determined by lot.
(iii) Six months prior to the expiration of the seventh member’s term, the six members of the commission appointed pursuant to subparagraphs (A) and (B) shall vote on whether to extend the seventh member’s term for an additional term of three years. If the six voting members fail to extend the seventh member’s term by a majority vote, the commission shall replace that member with a new member appointed pursuant to the initial procedure used
to appoint a seventh member.
(2) Each appointing authority shall appoint one alternate member for each regular member whom they appoint pursuant to paragraph (1). Every alternate member shall possess the same qualifications as the regular member and shall substitute for, and vote in place of, the regular member whenever he or she is absent.
(d) The rules for voting on the executive board of the CPOST shall be as follows:
(1) Decisions shall be made by a majority vote.
(2) Proxy voting shall not be permitted.
(3) Tentative approval of a decision
may be taken by a telephone vote. The CPOST members’ decision shall be documented in writing and submitted to CPOST for confirmation at the next scheduled CPOST meeting so as to become a part of the permanent record.
(e) The executive board of CPOST shall adopt rules, as it deems necessary, for efficient operations, including, but not limited to, the appointment of advisory members for forming whatever subcommittee it deems necessary to conduct its business. These rules shall be in conformance with the rules and regulations of the State Personnel Board and the Department of Personnel Administration, and the provisions of the State Bargaining Unit 6 Memorandum of Understanding.