Section 13516 Of Article 2. Field Services And Standards For Recruitment And Training From California Penal Code >> Title 4. >> Part 4. >> Chapter 1. >> Article 2.
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. (a) The commission shall prepare guidelines establishing
standard procedures which may be followed by police agencies in the
investigation of sexual assault cases, and cases involving the sexual
exploitation or sexual abuse of children, including, police response
to, and treatment of, victims of these crimes.
(b) The course of training leading to the basic certificate issued
by the commission shall, on and after July 1, 1977, include adequate
instruction in the procedures described in subdivision (a). No
reimbursement shall be made to local agencies based on attendance on
or after that date at any course which does not comply with the
requirements of this subdivision.
(c) The commission shall prepare and implement a course for the
training of specialists in the investigation of sexual assault cases,
child sexual exploitation cases, and child sexual abuse cases.
Officers assigned to investigation duties which include the handling
of cases involving the sexual exploitation or sexual abuse of
children, shall successfully complete that training within six months
of the date the assignment was made.
(d) It is the intent of the Legislature in the enactment of this
section to encourage the establishment of sex crime investigation
units in police agencies throughout the state, which units shall
include, but not be limited to, investigating crimes involving the
sexual exploitation and sexual abuse of children.
(e) It is the further intent of the Legislature in the enactment
of this section to encourage the establishment of investigation
guidelines that take into consideration the sensitive nature of the
sexual exploitation and sexual abuse of children with respect to both
the accused and the alleged victim.