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Cal. Penal Code § 13603

COMMISSION ON CORRECTIONAL PEACE OFFICER STANDARDS AND TRAINING

Redline — January 1, 2011 → current.View current text →
Current — January 1, 2021
As of January 1, 2011
(a) The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation shall provide 16 weeks of training to each correctional peace officer cadet. Except as provided by subdivision (b), this training shall be completed by the cadet prior to his or her assignment to a post or position as a correctional peace officer.
(a) The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation shall, until July 1, 2021, provide 520 hours of training to each correctional peace officer cadet. The department shall provide a minimum of 480 hours of training to each correctional peace officer cadet who commences training on or after July 1, 2021. This training shall be completed by the cadet prior to their assignment to a post or position as a correctional peace officer.
(b) If an agreement is reached between the department and the bargaining unit for the correctional peace officers that this subdivision shall apply, and with the approval of the CPOST on how to implement the on-the-job training requirements of this subdivision, the department shall provide a total of 16 weeks of training to each correctional peace officer cadet as follows:
(1) Twelve weeks of the training shall be at the department’s training academy. Cadets shall be sworn in as correctional peace officers upon the completion of this initial 12 weeks.
(2) Four weeks shall be at the institution where the cadet is assigned to a post or position.
(c) The department shall provide a minimum of two weeks of training to each newly appointed first-line supervisor.
(b) The CPOST shall determine the on-the-job training requirements for correctional peace officers.
(d) Training standards previously established pursuant to this section shall remain in effect until training requirements are established by the CPOST pursuant to Section 13602.
(c) Training standards previously established pursuant to this section shall remain in effect until training requirements are established by the CPOST pursuant to Section 13602.
(e) This section shall become operative July 1, 2012.

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