Bill Text: CA SB1127 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Commission on Correctional Peace Officer Standards and

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Failed) 2016-11-30 - From Assembly without further action. [SB1127 Detail]

Download: California-2015-SB1127-Amended.html

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BILL NUMBER: SB 1127	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 6, 2016

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Hancock
   (Principal coauthor: Senator Anderson)

                        FEBRUARY 17, 2016

   An act  to add Section 13605 to the Penal Code, 
relating to  correctional officers.   the
Commission on Correctional Peace Officer Standards and Training.




	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1127, as amended, Hancock.  Correctional officers:
training.   Commission on Correctional Peace Officer
Standards and Training: Internet Web site.  
   Existing law establishes the Commission on Correctional Peace
Officer Standards and Training within the Department of Corrections
and Rehabilitation and requires the commission to develop standards
and training for correctional peace officers.  
   This bill would require the commission to establish an Internet
Web site to include meeting minutes, agendas, and supporting
documents. The bill would require the commission to transmit live
video and audio of all of its meetings via the Internet Web site. The
bill would require the commission to include an archive of past
meeting minutes, agendas, and supporting documents and the video and
audio of past meetings. The bill would require the commission to
include documents on the Internet Web site to provide employees and
the public with greater access to professional development materials.
 
   Existing law defines a correctional officer of the Department of
Corrections and Rehabilitation as a peace officer whose authority
extends to any place in the state while engaged in the performance of
his or her duties. Under existing law, every person described as a
peace officer is required to complete an introductory training course
prescribed by the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and
Training, as specified.  
   This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation to establish a blue ribbon panel of experts to review the
curriculum of the Basic Correctional Officer Academy, as specified.

   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee:  no
  yes  . State-mandated local program: no.


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

   SECTION 1.    Section 13605 is added to the 
 Penal Code   , to read:  
   13605.  (a) To promote transparency and accountability, the
commission shall establish and maintain an Internet Web site to
include the following:
   (1) Meeting minutes, agendas, and related supporting documents.
   (2) An archive of past meeting minutes, agendas, and related
supporting documents.
   (3) Documents to provide employees and the public with greater
access to professional development materials.
   (b) The commission shall transmit live video and audio of all of
its meetings via the Internet Web site, and shall also include an
archive of the video and audio of those meetings on its Internet Web
site.  
  SECTION 1.    It is the intent of the Legislature
to enact legislation to establish a blue ribbon panel of experts to
review the curriculum of the Basic Correctional Officer Academy and
recommend changes, additions, and improvements to the Governor, the
Legislature, and the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and
Training, reflecting national and international best training
practices.