Bill Text: CA AB2327 | 2017-2018 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Peace officers: misconduct: employment.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2018-09-30 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 966, Statutes of 2018. [AB2327 Detail]
Download: California-2017-AB2327-Chaptered.html
Assembly Bill No. 2327 |
CHAPTER 966 |
An act to add Section 832.12 to the Penal Code, relating to peace officers.
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Approved by
Governor
September 30, 2018.
Filed with
Secretary of State
September 30, 2018.
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LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 2327, Quirk.
Peace officers: misconduct: employment.
Existing law requires each department or agency in this state that employs peace officers to establish a procedure to investigate complaints by members of the public against the personnel of the department or agency. Existing law requires complaints and any reports or findings related to the complaints to be retained for at least 5 years and allows all complaints retained to be maintained in the peace officer’s general personnel file or in a separate file designated by the department or agency.
This bill would require each department or agency in this state that employs peace officers to make and retain a record of any investigations of misconduct involving a peace officer in his or her general personnel file or separate file designated by the department or agency. The bill would require a peace officer seeking employment with a department or
agency to give written permission for the hiring department or agency to view his or her general personnel file or separate file. Because this bill would increase the duties of local law enforcement agencies, it 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.