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Subject: AB 21, as introduced, Gipson. Peace officers: training.
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ASSEMBLY BILL NO. 21
AB-21 Peace officers: training.(2023-2024)
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2023–2024 REGULAR SESSION
Introduced by Assembly Member Gipson
December 05, 2022
An act to amend Section 13515.28 of, and to add Section 13515.285 to, the Penal Code, relating to
peace officers.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSELʹS DIGEST
AB 21, as introduced, Gipson. Peace officers: training.
Existing law requires specified categories of law enforcement officers to meet training standards pursuant to
courses of training certified by the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST). Existing law
requires POST to require field training officers who are instructors for the field training program to have at least 8
hours of crisis intervention behavioral health training to better train new peace officers on how to effectively
interact with persons with mental illness or intellectual disability.
This bill would require the commission to revise that training to include instruction on how to effectively interact
with persons with Alzheimer’s disease or dementia. The bill would specify that a field training officer who
completed the training prior to January 1, 2025, or who is exempt from completing the training, is not required to
take the updated training, but would require a field training officer who has not completed the training on or after
January 1, 2025, or who is not exempt from completing the training, to complete the revised training. The bill
would exempt jurisdictions that, prior to January 1, 2024, develop a training that meets the same requirements.
This bill would also require the commission, upon the next regularly scheduled review of a training module
relating to persons with disabilities, to create and distribute electronically a course on how to recognize and
interact with persons with Alzheimer’s disease and dementia. The bill would require peace officers appointed on or
before July 1, 2029, to complete that course by January 1, 2030, and peace officers appointed after July 1, 2029,
to complete that course within 180 days of being appointed, as specified. The bill would exempt jurisdictions that,
prior to January 1, 2024, develop a training that meets the same requirements. By creating new duties for local
officials, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs
mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.
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This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs
mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted
above.
Vote: majority Appropriation: no Fiscal Committee: yes Local Program: yes
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 13515.28 of the Penal Code is amended to read:
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 intervention behavioral health training to better train new
peace officers on how to effectively interact with persons with mental illness or intellectual disability. This course
shall include classroom instruction and instructor-led active learning, such as scenario-based training, and shall be
taught in segments that are at least four hours long.
(2) If a field training officer has completed eight hours of crisis intervention behavioral health training within the
past 24 months, or if a field training officer has completed 40 hours of crisis intervention behavioral health
training, the requirement described in paragraph (1) shall not apply.
(b) The crisis intervention behavioral health training shall address issues relating to stigma, shall be culturally
relevant and appropriate, and shall include all of the following topics:
(1) The cause and nature of mental illnesses and intellectual disabilities.
(2) (A) How to identify indicators of mental illness, intellectual disability, and substance use disorders.
(B) How to distinguish between mental illness, intellectual disability, and substance use disorders.
(C) How to respond appropriately in a variety of situations involving persons with mental illness, intellectual
disability, and substance use disorders.
(3) Conflict resolution and deescalation techniques for potentially dangerous situations.
(4) Appropriate language usage when interacting with potentially emotionally distressed persons.
(5) Community and state resources available to serve persons with mental illness or intellectual disability, and
how these resources can be best utilized by law enforcement.
(6) The perspective of individuals or families who have experiences with persons with mental illness, intellectual
disability, and substance use disorders.
(c) Field training officers assigned or appointed before January 1, 2017, shall complete the crisis intervention
behavioral health training by June 30, 2017. Field training officers assigned or appointed on or after January 1,
2017, shall complete the crisis intervention behavioral health training within 180 days of assignment or
appointment.
(d) This section does not prevent an agency from requiring its field training officers to complete additional hours
of crisis intervention behavioral health training or requiring its field training officers to complete that training
earlier than as required by this section.
(e) (1) The commission shall revise the training described in this section to include instruction on how to
effectively interact with persons with Alzheimer’s disease or dementia. A field training officer who completed the
training described in this section prior to January 1, 2025, or who was exempt from completing the training
pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (a), shall not be required to take the updated training. A field training
officer who has not completed the training described in this section by January 1, 2025, or who is not exempt
from completing the training pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (a), shall complete the revised training.
(2) A training developed by a jurisdiction prior to January 1, 2024, that meets the same requirements as this
subdivision shall be deemed to be compliant with this subdivision.
SEC. 2. Section 13515.285 is added to the Penal Code, immediately following Section 13515.28, to read:
13515.285. (a) The commission shall, upon the next regularly scheduled review of a training module relating to
persons with disabilities, create and distribute electronically a course on how to recognize and interact with
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persons with Alzheimer’s disease or dementia. This course shall be designed for, and made available to, peace
officers.
(b) The training course shall be developed by the commission in consultation with the California Department of
Aging and appropriate community, local, or other state organizations and agencies that have expertise in the area
of Alzheimer’s disease and dementia. The commission shall make the course available to law enforcement
agencies in California.
(c) (1) Peace officers appointed on or before July 1, 2029, shall complete the course developed pursuant to this
section by January 1, 2030. Peace officers appointed after July 1, 2029, shall complete the course developed
pursuant to this section within 180 days of being appointed.
(2) Peace officers shall be allowed to complete the course developed pursuant to this section remotely.
(3) The requirement described in this subdivision only applies to peace officers described in Sections 830.1,
830.2, with the exception of those described in subdivision (d) of that section, and 830.33.
(d) A course developed by a jurisdiction prior to January 1, 2024, that meets the same requirements as this
section shall be deemed to be compliant with this section.
SEC. 3. If the Commission on State Mandates determines that this act contains costs mandated by the state,
reimbursement to local agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant to Part 7
(commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code.
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AB-1718 Peace officers: advanced training: mental illness.(1999-2000)
Assembly Bill No. 1718
CHAPTER 200
An act to add Section 13515.25 to the Penal Code, relating to peace officers.
[ Filed with Secretary of State July 24, 2000. Approved by Governor July 24, 2000. ]
LEGISLATIVE COUNSELʹS DIGEST
AB 1718, Hertzberg. Peace officers: advanced training: mental illness.
Existing law requires specified categories of law enforcement officers to meet training standards pursuant to
courses of training certified by the Peace Officers Standards and Training (POST) program, including a basic
training course for law enforcement officers containing an adequate instruction in the handling of persons with
developmental disabilities or mental illness, or both, as specified.
This bill would require that, on or before June 30, 2001, POST establish and keep updated a continuing education
classroom training course relating to law enforcement intervention with developmentally disabled and mentally ill
persons and that the course be developed in consultation with specified groups and entities.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 13515.25 is added to the Penal Code, to read:
13515.25. (a) The Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training shall, on or before June 30, 2001, establish
and keep updated a continuing education classroom training course relating to law enforcement interaction with
developmentally disabled and mentally ill persons. The training course shall be developed by the commission in
consultation with appropriate community, local, and state organizations and agencies that have expertise in the
area of mental illness and developmental disability, and with appropriate consumer and family advocate groups.
In developing the course, the commission shall also examine existing courses certified by the commission that
relate to mentally ill and developmentally disabled persons. The commission shall make the course available to
law enforcement agencies in California.
(b) The course described in subdivision (a) shall consist of classroom instruction and shall utilize interactive
training methods to ensure that the training is as realistic as possible. The course shall include, at a minimum,
core instruction in all of the following:
(1) The cause and nature of mental illnesses and developmental disabilities.
(2) How to identify indicators of mental illness and developmental disability and how to respond appropriately in
a variety of common situations.
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(3) Conflict resolution and de-escalation techniques for potentially dangerous situations involving mentally ill
and developmentally disabled persons.
(4) Appropriate language usage when interacting with mentally ill and developmentally disabled persons.
(5) Alternatives to lethal force when interacting with potentially dangerous mentally ill and developmentally
disabled persons.
(6) Community and state resources available to serve mentally ill and developmentally disabled persons and
how these resources can be best utilized by law enforcement to benefit the mentally ill and developmentally
disabled community.
(c) The commission shall submit a report to the Legislature by October 1, 2003, that shall include all of the
following:
(1) A description of the process by which the course was established, including a list of the agencies and groups
that were consulted.
(2) Information on the number of law enforcement agencies that utilized, and the number of officers that
attended, the course or other courses certified by the commission relating to mentally ill and developmentally
disabled persons from July 1, 2001, to July 1, 2003, inclusive.
(3) Information on the number of law enforcement agencies that utilized, and the number of officers that
attended, courses certified by the commission relating to mentally ill and developmentally disabled persons
from July 1, 2000, to July 1, 2001, inclusive.
(d) The Legislature encourages law enforcement agencies to include the course created in this section, or any
other course certified by the commission relating to mentally ill and developmentally disabled persons, as part of
their advanced officer training program.
(e) It is the intent of the Legislature to reevaluate, on the basis of its review of the report required in subdivision
(c), the extent to which law enforcement officers are receiving adequate training in how to interact with mentally
ill and developmentally disabled persons.
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