Emergency response services: active shooter incidents.

(1) Existing law requires the Director of Emergency Services to establish a Curriculum Development Advisory Committee (CDAC) to, among other things, provide advice on the development of terrorism awareness course curricula and response training. Existing law establishes in the Department of Justice the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training, which is required to, among other things, adopt rules establishing minimum standards relating to physical, mental, and moral fitness that govern the recruitment of peace officers and requires the commission to carry out various duties related to the education and training of peace officers. This bill would require CDAC to consult with the commission. (2) Existing law, the Emergency Medical Services System and the Prehospital Emergency Medical Care Personnel Act, establishes the Emergency Medical Services Authority (EMSA) , which is responsible for the coordination and integration of all state agencies concerning emergency medical services. Under existing law, EMSA is required to establish training standards that include the criteria for the curriculum content recommended by CDAC, involving the responsibilities of first responders to terrorism incidents and to address the training needs of those identified as first responders. This bill would additionally require that those training standards include criteria for coordinating between different responding entities. (3) Existing law establishes the Interdepartmental Committee on Emergency Medical Services (ICEMS) , which is required to advise EMSA on the coordination and integration of all state activities concerning emergency medical services. Existing law authorizes the Director of EMSA to appoint select resource committees of experts and to contract with special medical consultants for assistance in the implementation of the act described above. This bill would require ICEMS or another committee designated by the Director of EMSA to consult with the commission regarding emergency medical services integration and coordination with peace officer training. (4) Existing law requires the commission to develop and disseminate guidelines and standardized training recommendations for Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) teams, as specified, that would be available for use by law enforcement agencies that conduct SWAT operations. Under existing law, those guidelines are required, at a minimum, to address legal and practical issues of SWAT operations, personnel selection, fitness requirements, planning, hostage negotiation, tactical issues, safety, rescue methods, after-action evaluation of operations, logistical and resource needs, uniform and firearms requirements, risk assessment, policy considerations, and multijurisdictional SWAT operations. Existing law also directs the commission to establish training standards and develop a course of instruction involving the responsibilities of first responders to terrorism incidents, as specified. This bill would authorize the above-described guidelines and training standards for SWAT teams to also address tactical casualty care. The bill would authorize the above-described training standards and course of instruction involving the responsibilities of first responders to terrorism incidents to also, if appropriate, include coordination with emergency medical services providers that respond to an incident, tactical casualty care, and other standards of emergency care as established by the Commission on Emergency Medical Services. The bill would include legislative findings and declarations, and would make a related statement of legislative intent.