Police officer standards and training: procedural justice.

Existing law establishes the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training, to adopt rules establishing minimum standards relating to physical, mental, and moral fitness that govern the recruitment of specified peace officers. Existing law requires the commission to establish a certification program for those officers. Existing law establishes the Board of State and Community Corrections to collect and maintain available information and data about state and community correctional policies, practices, capacities, and needs, as specified. This bill would establish the Procedural Justice Task Force, which would be administered by the board. The task force would provide for grant funding, to be awarded to local law enforcement departments for the purpose of implementing and enhancing procedural justice training, as well as a matching grant program to award funds invested by philanthropic organizations. This bill would require the task force to manage these programs, monitor their implementation, and serve in an advisory capacity to sites leading implementation. The bill would set forth additional powers and authority relating to the operation of the task force. The task force would be composed of 12 members, including the Attorney General, or his or her designee, the chair of the board, representatives of law enforcement, nonprofit civil rights organizations, and academia, as prescribed. The bill would specify the minimum requirements for a procedural justice training program of a local law enforcement agency applying for a grant. It would require the commission to develop a model procedural justice training curriculum, within an unspecified period.