Local public safety dispatchers: training: human trafficking.

Existing law requires the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training to adopt and amend rules establishing minimum standards relating to the recruitment and training of local public safety dispatchers, who have the primary responsibility for providing dispatching services for local law enforcement agencies. Under existing law, those requirements apply to cities, counties, cities and counties, and districts receiving specified state aid and to consolidated dispatch centers operated by independent joint powers agencies. This bill would require the commission, on or before January 1, 2021, to adopt training requirements for local public safety dispatchers that include 3 hours of training in recognizing the signs of human trafficking. The bill would require a person hired on or after January 1, 2021, to have received the training before beginning duty and would require a person employed as a local public safety dispatcher prior to January 1, 2021, to receive the training no later than January 1, 2022. By requiring local entities to train, or obtain training for, local public safety dispatchers, 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 the statutory provisions noted above.