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AB 2710: Peace officers: active shooter incidents.

  • Session Year: 2023-2024
  • House: Assembly
  • Latest Version Date: 2024-04-08

Current Status:

Failed

(2024-05-16: In committee: Held under submission.)

Introduced

In Committee

First Chamber

In Committee

Second Chamber

Enacted

Version:

Existing law authorizes a peace officer to use reasonable force to effect the arrest, to prevent escape, or to overcome resistance. Existing law requires law enforcement agencies to maintain a use of force policy, as specified. Existing law requires the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) to develop and disseminate guidelines and standardized training recommendations for Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) teams, as specified, that would be available for use by law enforcement agencies that conduct SWAT operations.

This bill would require the commission to convene a panel of law enforcement experts to report to the Legislature and the commission, by January 1, 2027, specified topics related to active shooter incidents, including successful trainings and response protocols that have been demonstrated in active shooter incidents and the use of school resource officers on campus for threat prevention, detection, and assessment. The bill would repeal these provisions as of January 1, 2031.

This bill would require each law enforcement agency at an active shooter incident to identify the incident commander, as defined, and prohibit the indiscriminate parking of police vehicles.The bill would require the commission to develop guidelines for law enforcement agencies to prevent unnecessary radio transmissions and inappropriate self-deployment of law enforcement officers during an active shooter incident.By imposing new duties on local law enforcement agencies, 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.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.

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