Animal control officers: illegal dumping enforcement officers: baton training.

Under existing law, animal control officers and illegal dumping enforcement officers are not peace officers but may exercise the powers of arrest and, in the case of animal control officers, the power to serve warrants if the officers have completed an introductory course of training prescribed by the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training. Under existing law an animal control officer or an illegal dumping enforcement officer may carry a wooden club or baton if the officer has completed a course certified by the Department of Consumer Affairs in the carrying or use of the club or baton. This bill would remove the requirement that animal control officers and illegal dumping enforcement officers complete training certified by the Department of Consumer Affairs in order to be permitted to carry a club or baton and would instead require the officers to complete training approved by the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training in the carrying and use of the club or baton in order to carry a club or baton.