1005. Minimum Standards for Training. (Reference Regulation 1007 and Commission Procedure H for reserve peace officer training standards.)
(a) Minimum Entry-Level Standards (Required).
(1) Basic Course Requirement: Every peace officer, except Reserve Levels II and III, those peace officers listed in Regulation 1005(a)(3) [peace officers whose primary duties are investigative], and 1005(a)(4) [coroners or deputy coroners], shall complete the Regular Basic Course before being assigned duties which include the exercise of peace officer powers. Requirements for the Regular Basic Course are set forth in PAM, section D-1-3.
(A) Field Training Program Requirement: Every peace officer, except Reserve Levels II and III and those officers described in sections (B)1-5 (below), following completion of the Regular Basic Course and before being assigned to perform general law enforcement uniformed patrol duties without direct and immediate supervision, shall complete a POST-approved Field Training Program as set forth in PAM section D-13.
(B) Exemptions to the Field Training Program Requirement: An officer is exempt from the Field Training Program requirement following completion of the Regular Basic Course:
1. While the officer’s assignment remains custodial related, or
2. If the officer’s employing department does not provide general law enforcement uniformed patrol services and the department has been granted an exemption as specified in Regulation 1004, or
3. If the officer is a lateral entry officer possessing a POST Basic Certificate and who has either:
a. completed a POST-approved Field Training Program, or
b. one year previous experience performing general law enforcement uniformed patrol duties, or
4. If the officer was a Level I Reserve and is appointed to a full-time peace officer position within the same department and has previously completed the department’s entire POST-approved Field Training Program within the last 12 months of the new appointment, or has the signed concurrence of the department head attesting to the individual’s competence, based upon experience and/or other field training as a solo general law enforcement uniformed patrol officer, or
5. If the officer’s employing department has obtained approval of a field training compliance extension request provided for in Regulation 1004.
(2) Every district attorney investigator or inspector (Penal Code section 830.1), regularly employed and paid as such, in addition to the Regular Basic Course training requirement set forth in Regulation 1005(a)(1), shall complete a POST-certified Investigation and Trial Preparation Course, PAM section D-14, within 12 months from the date of appointment.
(3) Every peace officer whose primary duties are investigative, except district attorney investigators or inspectors, shall complete, within 12 months from the date of appointment, the Regular Basic Course or the Specialized Investigators' Basic Course, PAM, section D-1-5, as elected by the department head. Departments in the following categories have been identified as primarily investigative and may exercise the option provided in this section: 1) state investigative agencies including the Supreme Court of California, (2) welfare investigations, 3) welfare fraud, (4) social services, 5) human assistance/services, and 6) District Attorney child support divisions or welfare fraud units (appointed under P.C. 830.35).
(4) Every coroner or deputy coroner [as defined in Penal Code section 830.35(c)], regularly employed and paid as such, shall satisfactorily complete the PC 832 Arrest and Firearms Course before the exercise of peace officer powers. In addition to the PC 832 Arrest and Firearms Course, satisfactory completion of the POST-certified Coroners' Death Investigation Course, PAM, Section D-1-7 is also required within 12 months from date of appointment. The Coroners’ Death Investigation Course requirement shall only apply to peace officer coroners hired on or after the agency enters the POST program.
(5) Every school police officer employed by a K-12 school district or California Community College district before July 1, 1999, in addition to the Regular Basic Course requirement set forth in Regulation 1005(a)(1), shall complete a POST-certified Campus Law Enforcement Course [Regulation 1081(a)(20)] no later than July 1, 2002. Every school police officer employed by a K-12 school district or California Community College district after July 1, 1999, in addition to the Regular Basic Course, shall complete a POST-certified Campus Law Enforcement Course within two years of the date of first appointment.
(6) Every limited function peace officer shall satisfactorily meet the training requirements of the PC 832 Arrest and Firearms Course; except training in the carrying and use of firearms shall not be required when an employing agency prohibits limited function peace officers the use of firearms.
(7) Every peace officer prior to exercising peace officer powers shall complete the requirements of Penal Code section 832, which may be part of the minimum basic training standard or a separately certified course.