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AGENDA ITEM REPORT

Title: Report on Proposed Changes to Regulation 1953 - Peace Officer Selection Standards for Interim Police Chiefs
REPORT PROFILE
MEETING DATE
10/26/2017		 BUREAU SUBMITTING THIS REPORT
Strategic Communications and Research Bureau
RESEARCHED BY (PRINT NAME)
Phil Caporale		 REVIEWED BY (PRINT NAME)
Scott Loggins
REPORT DATE
09/28/2017		 APPROVED BY
Manuel Alvarez, Jr.		 DATE APPROVED
10/03/17
PURPOSE
Decision Requested		 FINANCIAL IMPACT
No

ISSUE:
Should the Commission approve, subject to the Notice of Proposed Regulatory Action process, the proposed changes to Commission Regulation 1953? 
BACKGROUND:
Interim police chiefs inherently have limited terms with hiring departments. Current regulation requires a complete background investigation each time the chief is appointed to a new department, regardless of when the previous background was completed. 
ANALYSIS:

Commission Regulation 1953 is being revised to provide a more streamlined process for the hiring of these limited term, interim chiefs. The proposed regulation would allow for the hiring authority to perform a complete background or an updated background, at their discretion, based on the interim chief having undergone a complete background investigation within a certain period of time. The proposed changes are provided as Attachment A.

Specific revisions include:

Commission Regulation 1953: Peace Officer Background Investigation is being modified to provide the hiring authority with the discretion to conduct a full or updated background investigation on an interim police chief who has undergone a complete background investigation within the past five years and has been employed as an interim chief within the past 24 months with a POST participating department. 

RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the Commission approve, subject to the Notice of Proposed Regulatory Action process, the proposed changes to Commission Regulation 1953. 
 
ATTACHMENT(S):
Name: Type:
Attachment_A_-_Sel_Stds_Interim_Chief_BI.docx Cover Memo