13508.1.
(a) The commission shall do each of the following:(1) Partner with academic researchers to conduct an assessment of existing peace officer training requirements and determine how well the existing officer training requirements are working for peace officers in the field.
(2) Adjust training mandates as needed based on its findings, including reducing or eliminating training because it is not effective or no longer meets the needs of the workforce today.
(3) Continually assess new mandated training requirements.
(4) Revise its process for evaluating law enforcement training to include additional course certification criteria that incorporates training outcomes.
(5) Establish a process to do all of the following:
(A) Collect and secure data for research purposes in order to improve training to encourage more rigorous analysis of officer training programs. This data shall be kept confidential but may be made available to the commission or research institutions for analysis.
(B) Make summary or disaggregated data available to the public.
(C) Provide periodic updates to the Legislature, after January 1, 2026, regarding both of the following:
(i) The commission’s assessment of existing peace officer training requirements, including its findings on how well the existing officer training requirements are working for peace officers in the field.
(ii) The commission’s continual assessment of new mandated training requirements.
(b) The commission shall establish a permanent academic review board to do all of the following:
(1) Regularly review and update the commission’s training standards and curriculum to ensure alignment with the latest scientific research.
(2) Survey current research on peace officer training and other relevant topics and advise the commission on how to incorporate findings into new and existing standards and training.
(3) Advise the commission on strategies to define and test training outcomes.
(4) Advise the commission on procedures to address data confidentiality issues that may arise from sharing data for research purposes.
(c) The commission shall submit a report to the Legislature on or before January 1, 2026, that includes all of the following:
(1) The commission’s assessment of existing peace officer training requirements, including its findings on how well the existing officer training requirements are working for peace officers in the field.
(2) The commission’s continual assessment of new mandated training requirements.
(d) (1) The requirement for submitting a report imposed under subdivision (c) is inoperative on January 1, 2026, pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government Code.
(2) A report to be submitted pursuant to subdivision (c) shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.
(e) Notwithstanding any other law, any personal identifying information, as defined by Section 530.55, of a peace officer, peace officer trainee, or student of a regular basic course of peace officer training collected by the commission for the purpose of research, evaluation, tracking or course development is confidential and shall not be released to the public unless otherwise subject to disclosure under Section 832.7.