Bill Text: CA AB979 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Peace officers: Maritime Peace Officer Standards

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2013-10-07 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 619, Statutes of 2013. [AB979 Detail]

Download: California-2013-AB979-Chaptered.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 979	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER  619
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  OCTOBER 7, 2013
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  OCTOBER 7, 2013
	PASSED THE SENATE  SEPTEMBER 3, 2013
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  MAY 30, 2013
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 24, 2013
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 1, 2013

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Weber

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2013

   An act to add Section 13518.5 to the Penal Code, relating to peace
officers.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 979, Weber. Peace officers: Maritime Peace Officer Standards
Training Act of 2013.
   Existing law establishes in the Department of Justice, the
Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training. Existing law
requires the commission to adopt, and authorizes the commission to
amend, rules establishing minimum standards relating to physical,
mental, and moral fitness that govern the recruitment of various
peace officers, including city police officers and peace officer
members of a county sheriff's office. Existing law also requires the
commission to carry out various duties related to peace officer
education and training, including, among other duties, establishing a
certificate program for peace officers, making inquiries to ensure
adherence to standards for the recruitment and training of peace
officers, and implementing specified courses of instruction in
procedures applicable in specific circumstances, such as domestic
violence and child abuse or neglect. Existing law authorizes the
commission to adopt those regulations as are necessary to carry out
the purposes of these provisions relating to peace officer standards
and training.
   This bill would require each peace officer who is assigned in a
jurisdiction that includes navigable waters, who serves as a crew
member on a waterborne law enforcement vessel, and who meets other
specified criteria to complete a course in basic maritime operations
for law enforcement officers. The bill would require the course of
instruction to include, among other things, boat handling, navigation
rules, and comprehensive training regarding maritime boardings,
arrest procedures, and counterterrorism practices and procedures. The
bill would require that the curriculum be consistent with federal
standards and tactical training. The provisions of the bill would
become operative in a city, county, city and county, or district
contingent upon the appropriation of federal funds for these
purposes, as specified, and the adoption of a resolution by the
governing body of that city, county, city and county, or district, as
specified.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 13518.5 is added to the Penal Code, to read:
   13518.5.  (a) Each peace officer in California who meets the
criteria specified in subdivision (b) shall complete a course in
basic maritime operations for law enforcement officers. The course of
instruction shall include boat handling, chart reading, navigation
rules, and comprehensive training regarding maritime boardings,
arrest procedures, vessel identification, searches, and
counterterrorism practices and procedures. The curriculum shall be
consistent with applicable federal standards and tactical training.
   (b) Subdivision (a) shall apply to a peace officer who meets all
of the following criteria:
   (1) Is employed by a city, county, city and county, or district
that has adopted a resolution pursuant to paragraph (2) of
subdivision (c).
   (2) Is within a classification identified in the resolution
adopted pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (c).
   (3) Is assigned in a jurisdiction that includes navigable waters.
   (4) Serves as a crew member on a waterborne law enforcement
vessel.
   (c) This section shall become operative in a city, county, city
and county, or district when both of the following apply:
   (1) The federal Department of Homeland Security has provided
funding to a law enforcement agency in a city, county, city and
county, or district to implement this section.
   (2) The governing body of the city, county, city and county, or
district, such as the board of supervisors of a county or the city
council, has adopted a resolution agreeing to implement this section
and identifying the specific classifications of peace officers in the
jurisdiction that will be subject to training pursuant to this
section.