Public safety: domestic abuse.

Existing law, as amended by SB 71 of the 2013–14 Regular Session, authorizes every law enforcement agency in the state to develop, adopt, and implement written policies and standards for officers, responses to domestic violence calls, as specified. Existing law, as amended by SB 71 of the 2013–14 Regular Session, also authorizes law enforcement agencies to maintain a complete and systematic record of all protection orders with respect to domestic violence incidents and to develop a system for recording all domestic violence-related calls for assistance, including whether weapons were involved. This bill would provide that, if SB 71 of the 2013–14 Regular Session is enacted and becomes operative, these provisions are mandatory for law enforcement agencies. By expanding the duties of local law enforcement agencies, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to these statutory provisions. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.