Bill Text: CA AB2541 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Peace officer training: wandering.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed) 2024-05-28 - From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (May 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. [AB2541 Detail]
Download: California-2023-AB2541-Introduced.html
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
2023–2024 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 2541
| Introduced by Assembly Member Bains |
February 13, 2024 |
An act to add Section 13515.40 to the Penal Code, relating to peace officer training.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 2541, as introduced, Bains.
Peace officer training: wandering.
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 include in its basic training course adequate instruction in the handling of persons with developmental disabilities or mental illness, or both.
This bill would require the commission, in consultation with specified subject matter experts and on or before January 1, 2026, to develop guidelines addressing wandering associated with Alzheimer’s disease, autism, and dementia, as specified.
Digest Key
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The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 13515.40 is added to the Penal Code, to read:13515.40.
(a) The commission, in consultation with subject matter experts, including, but not limited to, law enforcement agencies, the Department of Justice Missing and Unidentified Persons Section, organizations with expertise in autism and wandering, organizations with expertise in Alzheimer’s disease and dementia and wandering, emergency management services agencies, regional centers, and public transit agencies, shall, on or before January 1, 2026, develop guidelines addressing wandering associated with Alzheimer’s disease, autism, and dementia.(b) The guidelines shall address, at a minimum, all of the following:
(1) Development of law enforcement investigational checklists.
(2) Protocols for deploying law enforcement agency resources, including, but not limited to, search and rescue dogs.
(3) Protocols for developing community awareness campaigns for wandering prevention and water safety.
(4) Technological solutions regarding all of the following:
(A) Wandering prevention devices.
(B) Proactive registries.
(C) Community alert systems.
(5) Coordination and communication protocols between law enforcement agencies and all of the following:
(A) Other local law enforcement
agencies.
(B) First responders, including, but not limited to, emergency management services.
(C) 911 dispatch.
(D) Hospitals.
(E) Transportation systems.
