SB 978 Policies, Procedures, and Training
SB 978 – Requires Law Enforcement Agencies to Publish Standards, Polices, Practices, and Training
SB 978 requires local law enforcement agencies and Commission of Peace Officer Standards and Training (“POST”) to post on their Internet websites all current standards, policies, practices, operating procedures, and education and training materials that would otherwise be available to the public through a California Public Records Act (“CPRA”) request.
The Legislature declared that making this information available online and easily accessible to the public helps educate the public about law enforcement policies, practices, and procedures, and is intended to increase communication and community trust while saving on costs and labor associated with responding to individual CPRA requests for this information (SB 978 adds Section 13650 to the Penal Code).
The AHC Police Department's policy manual is a living document that is subject to constant change. New laws, court decisions, District Policy changes, new methodologies, and other factors dictate the need for a continual review of these policies, initiating revisions where necessary and appropriate. It is recognized that no set of policies and procedures, no matter how complete, can hope to address all the situations that may be encountered. When encountering such situations, this policy manual will serve as a guideline and should be employed with sound reason, judgment, and discretion.
To keep our student, staff, faculty, visitors, and police officers safe, while being as transparent as possible, we reviewed all materials and redacted them, where necessary, according to Government Code § 6254, subs. (f). To be specific, we only redacted content:
- Describing law enforcement tactics
- Security or safety procedures
- Information not publicly known that should not be disclosed for safety, security, or investigative reasons
Policies and Procedures
Policy 302 Handcuffing and Restraints
Policy 304 Conductive Energy Device
Policy 305 Officer Involved Shooting
Policy 308 Officer Response to Calls
Policy 312 Temporary Custody of Juveniles
Policy 313 Senior and Disability Victimization
Policy 314 Discriminatory Harassment
Policy 318 Victim and Witness Assistance
Policy 320 Standards of Conduct
Policy 321 Information Technology Use
Policy 325 Subpoenas and Court Appearences
Policy 327 Outside Agency Assist
Policy 328 Registered Offender Information
Policy 329 Major Indicent Notification
Policy 330 Death Investigations
Policy 332 Communications and Persons with Disabilities
Policy 333 Private Persons Arrest
Policy 335 Limited English Proficiency Services
Policy 336 Mandatory Employer Notification
Policy 340 Child and Dependent Adult Safety
Policy 401 Biased-Based Policing
Policy 403 Crime and Disaster Scene Integrity
Policy 406 Hazardous Material Response
Policy 408 Response to Bomb Calls
Policy 412 Foreign Diplomatic and Consular Representatives
Policy 417 Field Training Officer Program
Policy 419 Contacts and Temporary Detentions
Policy 424 Portable Audio/Video Recorders
Policy 425 Public Recording of Law Enforcement
Policy 1005 Reporting Employee Convictions
Policy 1006 Drug-and Alcohol-Free Workplace
Policy 1008 Communicable Diseases
Policy 1009 Smoking and Tobacco Use
Policy 1010 Personnel Complaints
Policy 1015 Commendations and Awards
Policy 1021 Outside Employment
Policy 1022 Occupation Disease and Work-Related Reporting
Policy 1026 Nepotism and Conflicting Relationships
Policy 1030 Employee Speech, Expression and Social Media