The passage of Senate Bill 978 (Penal Code § 13650) requires POST and local law enforcement agencies to conspicuously post on their websites “all current standards, policies, practices, operating procedures, and education and training materials that would otherwise be available to the public” if a request was made pursuant to the California Public Records Act, effective January 1, 2020.
Under this new law, POST is required to publish all presenter course content, unless the material falls within an applicable exemption under the Public Records Act.
Accordingly, in order to comply with public discloser mandates POST developed an open source link on its public website to publish the current expanded course outlines (ECOs) for over 4,000 courses.
This is an informational report to advise the Commission of the work by POST staff to address this new legislative mandate. No action is required by the Commission. |