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ARTICLE 1 - Administration
Section 13500. - 13500. (a) There is in the Department of Justice a...
Section 13501. - 13501. The Governor shall designate the chair of the commission...
Section 13502. - 13502. Members of the commission shall receive no compensation, but...
Section 13503. - 13503. In carrying out its duties and responsibilities, the commission...
Section 13503.5. - 13503.5. (a) Commencing February 1, 2020, and each year thereafter,...
Section 13504. - 13504. The Attorney General shall, so far as compatible with...
Section 13505. - 13505. In exercising its functions, the commission shall endeavor to...
Section 13506. - 13506. The commission may adopt those regulations as are necessary...
Section 13507. - 13507. As used in this chapter, “district” means any of...
Section 13507.1. - 13507.1. As used in this chapter, “joint powers agency” means...
Section 13508. - 13508. (a) The commission shall do each of the following:...
Section 13509. - 13509. (a) There is hereby established the Innovations Grant Program...
Section 13509.5. - 13509.5. (a) There is within the commission a Peace Officer...
Section 13509.6. - 13509.6. (a) No later than January 1, 2023, the Governor...
ARTICLE 2 - Field Services, Standards, and Certification
Section 13510. - 13510. (a) (1) For the purpose of raising the level...
Section 13510.05. - 13510.05. (a) The Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training...
Section 13510.06. - 13510.06. Notwithstanding any other law, information that identifies the testing...
Section 13510.1. - 13510.1. (a) The commission shall establish a certification program for...
Section 13510.2. - 13510.2. Any person who knowingly commits any of the following...
Section 13510.3. - 13510.3. (a) The commission shall establish, by December 31, 1997,...
Section 13510.4. - 13510.4. (a) A peace officer trainee who, based on the...
Section 13510.5. - 13510.5. For the purpose of maintaining the level of competence...
Section 13510.7. - 13510.7. (a) Whenever any person holding a certificate issued pursuant...
Section 13510.8. - 13510.8. (a) (1) A certified peace officer shall have their...
Section 13510.85. - 13510.85. (a) (1) When, upon the completion of an investigation...
Section 13510.9. - 13510.9. (a) Beginning January 1, 2023, any agency employing peace...
Section 13511. - 13511. (a) In establishing standards for training, the commission shall,...
Section 13511.1. - 13511.1. (a) The commission, stakeholders from law enforcement, including representatives...
Section 13511.3. - 13511.3. The commission may evaluate and approve pertinent training previously...
Section 13511.5. - 13511.5. Each applicant for admission to a basic course of...
Section 13512. - 13512. (a) The commission shall make such inquiries as may...
Section 13513. - 13513. Upon the request of a local jurisdiction, the commission...
Section 13514. - 13514. The commission shall prepare a course of instruction for...
Section 13514.1. - 13514.1. (a) On or before July 1, 2005, the commission...
Section 13514.5. - 13514.5. (a) The commission shall implement on or before July...
Section 13515. - 13515. (a) Every city police officer or deputy sheriff at...
Section 13515.25. - 13515.25. (a) The Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training...
Section 13515.26. - 13515.26. (a) The commission shall review the training module in...
Section 13515.27. - 13515.27. (a) The commission shall establish and keep updated a...
Section 13515.28. - 13515.28. (a) (1) The commission shall require the field training...
Section 13515.29. - 13515.29. (a) The commission shall establish and keep updated a...
Section 13515.295. - 13515.295. (a) The commission shall, by May 1, 2016, conduct...
Section 13515.30. - 13515.30. (a) By July 1, 2015, the Commission on Peace...
Section 13515.35. - 13515.35. (a) The commission shall, upon the next regularly scheduled...
Section 13515.36. - 13515.36. (a) The commission shall meet with the Department of...
Section 13515.55. - 13515.55. Every city police officer or deputy sheriff at a...
Section 13516. - 13516. (a) The commission shall prepare guidelines establishing standard procedures...
Section 13516.5. - 13516.5. (a) The commission shall develop and implement a course...
Section 13517. - 13517. (a) The commission shall prepare guidelines establishing standard procedures...
Section 13517.5. - 13517.5. The commission shall prepare guidelines establishing standard procedures which...
Section 13517.7. - 13517.7. (a) The commission shall develop guidelines and training for...
Section 13518. - 13518. (a) Every city police officer, sheriff, deputy sheriff, marshal,...
Section 13518.1. - 13518.1. In order to prevent the spread of communicable disease,...
Section 13518.5. - 13518.5. (a) Each peace officer in California who meets the...
Section 13519. - 13519. (a) The commission shall implement by January 1, 1986,...
Section 13519.05. - 13519.05. (a) The commission shall implement by January 1, 2002,...
Section 13519.07. - 13519.07. (a) The Department of Justice shall make accessible to...
Section 13519.1. - 13519.1. (a) The commission shall implement by July 1, 1988,...
Section 13519.2. - 13519.2. (a) The commission shall, on or before July 1,...
Section 13519.3. - 13519.3. (a) Effective July 1, 1990, the commission shall establish,...
Section 13519.4. - 13519.4. (a) The commission shall develop and disseminate guidelines and...
Section 13519.41. - 13519.41. (a) The commission shall develop and implement a course...
Section 13519.5. - 13519.5. The commission shall, on or before July 1, 1991,...
Section 13519.6. - 13519.6. (a) The commission, in consultation with subject-matter experts, including,...
Section 13519.64. - 13519.64. (a) The Legislature finds and declares that research, including...
Section 13519.7. - 13519.7. (a) On or before August 1, 1994, the commission...
Section 13519.8. - 13519.8. (a) (1) The commission shall implement a course or...
Section 13519.9. - 13519.9. (a) On or before January 1, 1995, the commission...
Section 13519.10. - 13519.10. (a) (1) The commission shall implement a course or...
Section 13519.12. - 13519.12. (a) Pursuant to Section 13510, the Commission on Peace...
Section 13519.14. - 13519.14. (a) The commission shall implement by January 1, 2007,...
Section 13519.15. - 13519.15. The commission shall prepare guidelines establishing standard procedures which...
ARTICLE 3 - Peace Officers Training Fund and Allocations Therefrom
Section 13520. - 13520. (a) There is hereby created in the State Treasury...
Section 13522. - 13522. Any city, county, city and county, district, or joint...
Section 13523. - 13523. (a) The commission shall annually allocate and the State...
Section 13524. - 13524. Any county wishing to receive state aid pursuant to...
Section 13525. - 13525. Any city, county, city and county, district, or joint...
Section 13526. - 13526. An allocation shall not be made from the State...
Section 13526.1. - 13526.1. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature in...
Section 13526.2. - 13526.2. Notwithstanding Section 13526, for the purposes of this chapter,...
Section 13526.3. - 13526.3. Notwithstanding Section 13526, for the purposes of this chapter,...
ARTICLE 4 - Peace Officers
Section 13540. - 13540. (a) Any person or persons desiring peace officer status...
Section 13541. - 13541. (a) Any study undertaken under this article shall include,...
Section 13542. - 13542. (a) In order for the commission to give a...
ARTICLE 5 - Local Law Enforcement Accreditation
Section 13550. - 13550. For the purposes of this article the following terms...
Section 13551. - 13551. (a) The Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training...
Section 13552. - 13552. (a) Participation in this accreditation program is limited to...
Section 13553. - 13553. Nothing in this article shall prohibit a law enforcement...