Section 13515.28 Of Article 2. Field Services And Standards For Recruitment And Training From California Penal Code >> Title 4. >> Part 4. >> Chapter 1. >> Article 2.
13515.28
. (a) (1) The commission shall require the field training
officers who provide instruction in the field training program to
have at least eight hours of crisis intervention behavioral health
training to better train new peace officers on how to effectively
interact with persons with mental illness or intellectual disability.
This course shall include classroom instruction and instructor-led
active learning, such as scenario-based training, and shall be taught
in segments that are at least four hours long.
(2) If a field training officer has completed eight hours of
crisis intervention behavioral health training within the past 24
months, or if a field training officer has completed 40 hours of
crisis intervention behavioral health training, the requirement
described in paragraph (1) shall not apply.
(b) The crisis intervention behavioral health training shall
address issues relating to stigma, shall be culturally relevant and
appropriate, and shall include all of the following topics:
(1) The cause and nature of mental illnesses and intellectual
disabilities.
(2) (A) How to identify indicators of mental illness, intellectual
disability, and substance use disorders.
(B) How to distinguish between mental illness, intellectual
disability, and substance use disorders.
(C) How to respond appropriately in a variety of situations
involving persons with mental illness, intellectual disability, and
substance use disorders.
(3) Conflict resolution and deescalation techniques for
potentially dangerous situations.
(4) Appropriate language usage when interacting with potentially
emotionally distressed persons.
(5) Community and state resources available to serve persons with
mental illness or intellectual disability, and how these resources
can be best utilized by law enforcement.
(6) The perspective of individuals or families who have
experiences with persons with mental illness, intellectual
disability, and substance use disorders.
(c) Field training officers assigned or appointed before January
1, 2017, shall complete the crisis intervention behavioral health
training by June 30, 2017. Field training officers assigned or
appointed on or after January 1, 2017, shall complete the crisis
intervention behavioral health training within 180 days of assignment
or appointment.
(d) This section does not prevent an agency from requiring its
field training officers to complete additional hours of crisis
intervention behavioral health training or requiring its field
training officers to complete that training earlier than as required
by this section.