Bill Text: CA SB1321 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Introduced

California Senate Bill 1321 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Peace officers: training: canines.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-03-17 - Referred to Com. on RLS. [SB1321 Detail]

Download: California-2013-SB1321-Introduced.html

BILL NUMBER: SB 1321	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Calderon

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2014

   An act relating to peace officers.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1321, as introduced, Calderon. Peace officers: training:
canines.
   Existing law establishes the Commission on Peace Officer Standards
and Training in the Department of Justice and requires the
commission to adopt rules establishing minimum standards regarding
the recruitment of peace officers. Existing law requires the
commission to develop guidelines and implement courses of instruction
regarding racial profiling, handling domestic violence, hate crimes,
and human trafficking, among others.
   This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation to require the commission to develop training
requirements for peace officers in the humane treatment of canines
when encountering canine behavior.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation to require the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and
Training to develop training requirements for peace officers in the
humane treatment of canines when encountering canine behavior.