Section 13514.5 Of Article 2. Field Services And Standards For Recruitment And Training From California Penal Code >> Title 4. >> Part 4. >> Chapter 1. >> Article 2.
13514.5
. (a) The commission shall implement on or before July 1,
1999, a course or courses of instruction for the training of law
enforcement officers in the handling of acts of civil disobedience
and adopt guidelines that may be followed by police agencies in
responding to acts of civil disobedience.
(b) The course of training for law enforcement officers shall
include adequate consideration of all of the following subjects:
(1) Reasonable use of force.
(2) Dispute resolution.
(3) Nature and extent of civil disobedience, whether it be passive
or active resistance.
(4) Media relations.
(5) Public and officer safety.
(6) Documentation, report writing, and evidence collection.
(7) Crowd control.
(c) (1) All law enforcement officers who have received their basic
training before July 1, 1999, may participate in supplementary
training on responding to acts of civil disobedience, as prescribed
and certified by the commission.
(2) Law enforcement agencies are encouraged to include, as part of
their advanced officer training program, periodic updates and
training on responding to acts of civil disobedience. The commission
shall assist these agencies where possible.
(d) (1) The course of instruction, the learning and performance
objectives, the standards for the training and the guidelines shall
be developed by the commission in consultation with appropriate
groups and individuals having expertise in responding to acts of
civil disobedience. The groups and individuals shall include, but not
be limited to, law enforcement agencies, police academy instructors,
subject matter experts and members of the public. Different regional
interests such as rural, suburban, and urban interests may be
represented by the participating parties.
(2) The commission, in consultation with the groups and
individuals described in paragraph (1), shall review existing
training programs to determine in what ways civil disobedience
training may be included as part of ongoing programs.
(e) As used in this section, "law enforcement officer" means any
peace officer as defined in Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section 830)
of Title 3.
(f) It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this section
to provide law enforcement officers with additional training so as to
control acts of civil disobedience with reasonable use of force and
to ensure public and officer safety with minimum disruption to
commerce and community affairs.
(g) It is also the intent of the Legislature in enacting this
section that the guidelines to be developed by the commission should
take into consideration the roles and responsibilities of all law
enforcement officers responding to acts of civil disobedience.