Currently, Commission Regulation 1005(a) requires the completion of the POST Regular Basic Course (RBC) for District Attorney Investigators, which excludes those individuals who have completed the POST Specialized Investigators Basic Course (SIBC) from being appointed as a District Attorney Investigators.

POST has received numerous inquires about a method to allow individuals who qualify for California law enforcement investigator positions, to become District Attorney Investigators (DAI). 

At the February 2021 Commission meeting, POST staff was directed by the Commission to look at options, allowing the training (SIBC) completed by those individuals to qualify them for District Attorney Investigators (DAI) positions.

The Regular Basic Course (RBC) is designed for "general law enforcement" and includes specific training on topics which include traffic enforcement, patrol techniques, and handling of "calls for service" incidents. The Specialized Investigator Basic Course (SIBC) is designed for "investigators" and includes specific training in investigative topics such as presentation of evidence, computers and computer crime, etc. 

Commission Regulation 1005 defines "general law enforcement" as duties which include the investigations of crime, patrol of a geographic area, responding to the full range of requests for police services, and performing any enforcement action on the full range of law violations. Therefore, graduates of the SIBC are not eligible for appointment as "general law enforcement" peace officers without completion of an RBC.      

Staff have updated Commission Regulation 1005(a) (Attachment A) to allow completion of the RBC or SIBC to meet the training requirements for District Attorney Investigators (DAI). This change will provide a District Attorney’s Office the ability to hire individuals who have completed the SIBC or maintain the current training requirement of the RBC.

Staff recommends that the revisions to Commission Regulation 1005(a) be amended pursuant to the rulemaking process and the Office of Administrative Law (OAL). If no one requests a public hearing, the amendments will become effective January 1, 2022.