Public safety omnibus.

Existing law establishes certain minimum standards for public officers or employees declared by law to be peace officers. The minimum education requirement is high school graduation, passing an equivalency test or high school proficiency examination, graduating from a private high school, or attaining a 2-year, 4-year, or advanced degree from an accredited institution. Existing law requires that accreditation must be from a body recognized by the United States Department of Education or holding a full membership in specified organizations. This bill would revise the accreditation standards for high schools, colleges, and universities to include those holding a full membership in Cognia. Existing law authorizes a court, if the defendant fails to appear in person in a misdemeanor case as specified, to continue the matter, order bail revoked or revoke release on the defendant's own recognizance, issue a bench warrant, or proceed with the trial in the defendant's absence under specified circumstances in which the defendant is in custody and is refusing to appear in court. This bill would additionally authorize the court, if the defendant is not in custody, to proceed with the trial if the court finds the defendant has absented themselves voluntarily with full knowledge the trial is to be held or being held. Existing law permits the Attorney General to furnish state summary criminal history information, as defined, to specified individuals, organizations, and agencies upon a showing of compelling need. Existing law makes it a misdemeanor for a person authorized to receive the state criminal history information to furnish the information to an unauthorized person. This bill would additionally permit the Attorney General to furnish that information to the Governor when the Governor recommends to the Director of the Selective Service System applicants for appointment to the state's Selective Service System local boards. By creating a new law changing the scope of a crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. Existing law makes various provisions relating to battered women's shelters, including, among others, authorizing a court, for specified crimes, to, in lieu of a fine, require that the defendant make payments to a battered women's shelter. This bill would instead make those provisions apply to domestic violence shelter-based programs. Existing law generally subjects any person under 18 years of age who commits a crime to the jurisdiction of the juvenile court, which may adjudge that person to be a ward of the court. Under existing law, juvenile court proceedings to declare a minor a ward of the court are commenced by the filing of a petition by the probation officer, the district attorney after consultation with the probation officer, or the prosecuting attorney, as specified. Existing law specifies the circumstances under which a crime that is punishable, in the discretion of the court, as a felony or as a misdemeanor is a misdemeanor. This bill would authorize a judge of the juvenile court, when a youth is alleged to have committed an offense that could be punishable as a felony or as a misdemeanor, to determine whether a case should proceed as a misdemeanor at any point in the adjudication of a petition. Existing law authorizes a judge of the juvenile court in which a petition was filed to dismiss the petition, or set aside the findings and dismiss the petition, if the court finds that the interests of justice and the welfare of the minor require that dismissal, or if the court finds that the minor is not in need of treatment or rehabilitation, regardless of whether the minor is, at the time of the order, a ward or dependent child of the court. This bill would additionally allow the petition to be dismissed by a court that takes jurisdiction of the case, as specified. This bill would additionally make other technical and clarifying changes. 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 no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.