AB 572: Law enforcement: training: racial profiling.

Session Year: 2017-2018
House: Assembly

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Existing law requires peace officers to receive preservice training developed by the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training regarding racial, identity, and cultural awareness, recognizing implicit bias, and preventing racial or identity profiling in law enforcement. Existing law requires peace officers to also complete a refresher course on these subjects at least every 5 years.

This bill would instead require the refresher training to be completed at least annually.

By requiring local agencies to provide that training for their employees with greater frequency, this bill would create 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.

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.

Existing law provides that the State Department of Health Care Services has the sole authority in state government to license adult alcoholism or drug abuse recovery or treatment facilities, as defined. Existing law authorizes the department to conduct announced or unannounced site visits to licensed facilities to review compliance with all applicable statutes and regulations.This bill would require the State Department of Health Care Services to establish a pilot program to locate an investigator within a participating city to investigate complaints against licensed adult alcoholism or drug abuse recovery or treatment facilities within the city. The participating city would be the City of Costa Mesa if the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa elects to participate in the pilot program. The bill would require the department to implement the pilot program by executing a contract with the City of Costa Mesa providing that the department will assign an investigator and the city will reimburse the department for the costs associated with the pilot program, including, but not limited to, the administrative costs and the investigators compensation and benefits. The bill would authorize the City of Costa Mesa to contract with the County of Orange or a city incorporated within the County of Orange to assign the investigator to investigate complaints within those entities if the Orange County Board of Supervisors or the city council of the city adopts an ordinance or resolution electing to participate in the pilot program. The bill would require the pilot program to be completed no later than December 31, 2019, and would require the City of Costa Mesa to submit a report of the results of the pilot program, as specified, to the Legislature no later than July 1, 2020. The bill would require the pilot program to be conducted in conformance with federal confidentiality laws and regulations. The provisions of this bill would be repealed on January 1, 2021.

Discussed in Hearing