AB 2130
Version: Amended
Author: Gorell
BILL NUMBER: AB 2130 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MAY 25, 2012
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 17, 2012
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Gorell Members Gorell and
Morrell
FEBRUARY 23, 2012
An act to add Section
832.0213511.4 to the Penal Code,
relating to peace officers.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 2130, as amended, Gorell. Peace officers: training.
Existing law requires every peace officer, as defined, to satisfactorily
complete an introductory course of training prescribed by the Commission on
Peace Officer Standards and Training, demonstrated by passage of an appropriate
examination developed or approved by the commission, prior to exercising the
powers of a peace officer.
Existing law authorizes the commission to
evaluate and approve pertinent training previously completed by any
jurisdiction' s law enforcement officers as meeting current training
requirements.
This bill would authorize the commission to
accept the satisfactory
completion of training as a military police officer in the United States Armed
Forces as an alternative to the satisfactory completion of that introductory
course of training. evaluate pertinent military police officer
training previously completed by any jurisdiction's law enforcement officers
for the purposes of determining whether the training meets the current training
requirements prescribed by the commission. The bill would authorize the
commission to develop a protocol that considers previous military police
officer training as an applicable substitute for portions of the current
standard training. The bill would require the commission to report to the
Legislature by January 1, 2014, on the development of the protocol.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local
program: no.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 13511.4 is added to the Penal Code , to read:
13511.4. (a) The commission may evaluate pertinent military police officer
training previously completed by any jurisdiction's law enforcement officers
for the purposes of determining whether the training meets the current training
requirements prescribed by the commission pursuant to this chapter and may
consider previous military police officer training as part of the commission's
basic course waiver process.
(b) The commission may develop a protocol that considers previous military
police officer training as an applicable substitute for portions of the current
standard training. In developing the protocol, the commission shall do all of
the following:
(1) Assess the content and transferability of military police officer
training to fulfill the commission's program requirements.
(2) Identify additional training requirements that must be fulfilled to
satisfactorily complete the commission's certification program.
(3) Develop a modular training standard for the purpose of satisfying the
unmet requirements identified by the commission pursuant to paragraph (2).
(c) The commission shall report to the Legislature, by January 1, 2014, on
the development of the protocol required by this section.
(d) (1) The requirement for submitting a report imposed under subdivision
(c) is inoperative on July 31, 2017, pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the
Government Code.
(2) The report required pursuant to subdivision (c) shall be submitted in
compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.
SECTION 1. Section 832.02 is added to the Penal Code, to read:
832.02. The Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training may accept
the satisfactory completion of training as a military police officer in the
United States Armed Forces as an alternative to completion of the training
requirements specified in subdivision (a) of Section 832.